PREVIEW: Houston Travels East on I-10 for Battle with Lamar

BEAUMONT, Texas – The University of Houston Softball team completes a home-and-home series against Lamar on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

at Lamar
Date \| Time				April 1 \| 5:30 p.m. \| Watch \| Live Stats \| Tickets
Location				LU Softball Complex \| Beaumont, Texas
Game Notes				Game Notes

SERIES vs LAMAR

All-Time: 14-5
in Beaumont: 4-2
Last Houston Win: 10-6; March 18, 2025
Last Lamar Win: 6-5 (8); Feb. 25, 2022
Last 10 in Series: 6-4
Current Streak: W3

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 230-206-1 (9th season)
At Houston: same

FIRST PITCH

Houston defeated Lamar at Cougar Softball Stadium to start the season series this year. The Cougars scored in four innings while hitting a pair of homers to secure the victory.
Houston has hit back-to-back home runs four times this season, all at Cougar Softball Stadium. The Cougars started against Tarleton on Feb. 25 before completing the feat twice as part of back-to-back-to-back homers against Iowa State on March 7. Junior Mandy Esman and sophomore Makenna Mitchell completed the most recent occurrence in the team's last outing against Lamar on March 16.
Houston has been drawing walks at a prolific rate this season. Picking up 188 bases on balls through the first 32 games, the Cougars rank second in the country in walks, sitting one behind of Oklahoma who has played two more games. In the total is five games where Houston drew double-digit walks, including 13 against New Mexico on Feb. 7 which is the second most walks drawn in a single game by a NCAA Division I team this season as well as a new program record for walks in a game.
The Cougars' walk total this season has already eclipsed the season total from 18 of Houston's seasons.
Houston used a 5-3-5 triple play to clinch a 4-3 win against Pitt on Feb. 15. It was the team's second triple play in program history and its first since April 7, 2007, against UTEP. The Cougars are one of seven NCAA Division I teams to turn a triple play this season.
Houston filled the third assistant coach role permitted by the NCAA last summer, hiring Barrett Barnes to complete the coaching staff. The Cougars' staff of Head Coach Kristin Vesely and assistant coaches Nadia Taylor, Hope Trautwein and Barnes are the only staff in the Big 12 who all have played either softball or baseball professionally.
Vesely has defeated a ranked team in every season as head coach of Houston, including knocking-off top-ranked Texas last season for the Cougars' first win against a #1 opponent in program history.

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