Cougars Fall to UCF in Series Opener

Friday, March 27

Houston, Texas

6 PM

University of Houston

17-19, 1-9

UCF

26-10, 4-6

UCF

Houston

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3/27/2026 8:57:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Houston break UCF no-hit bid in fourth; drop ninth-straight game

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Softball team fell in its fourth Big 12 weekend series opener, 16-1, against UCF at Cougar Softball Stadium on Friday.

The Cougars (17-19, 1-9 Big 12) were limited to three hits on the night as the Knights (26-10, 4-6 Big 12) produced multi-run innings in each of the first four frames.

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

NOTABLES

Sophomore Ariel Redmond broke up UCF's no-hit bid in the bottom of the fourth inning, tallying her 36^th hit of the season with a single to shallow right field.
Junior Makenna Mitchell supplied her 37^th hit of the season to provide Houston's lone run of the night, cracking a single down the right field line to score freshman Leilani Garcia from second in the bottom of the fifth.
Sophomore Maddie Hartley made her fifth appearance of the season in the circle, tossing a season-high 2.0 innings in relief.
Garcia now has hits in back-to-back games after tallying a base hit to center.

UP NEXT
Houston returns tomorrow for game two against UCF with first pitch set for 3 p.m., Saturday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Vega, Isabella (10-4)

L: Bodeux, Nicole (2-4)

UCF

Batting:

2B: Humphreys, Sierra 1

HR: Evans, Aubrey 3 ; Humphreys, Sierra 1 ; Griffin, Ashleigh 2 ; Yarnell, Kendall 2

RBI: Evans, Aubrey 5 ; Humphreys, Sierra 3 ; Griffin, Ashleigh 5 ; Yarnell, Kendall 3

SH: Rey, Samantha 1 ; Jaimes, Coco 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Rey, Samantha 1 ; Evans, Aubrey 3 ; Warren, Maliyah 1 ; Humphreys, Sierra 3 ; Jaimes, Coco 1 ; Birkenstock, Kalista 1 ; Griffin, Ashleigh 3 ; Mertes, Izzy 1 ; Yarnell, Kendall 2