ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – UTEP softball (7-9) battled through a full day of action at the UNM Invitational, coming up short in a pair of contests Saturday. The Miners fell to Houston Christian, 7-5, before dropping a 7-2 decision to Tarleton State.
Overall Recap
Despite the results, UTEP’s offense continued to produce, as the Miners combined for 17 hits on the day and hit .304 as a team. Ten different players recorded at least one hit, with five posting multi-hit performances. Camrynn Guthrie paced the lineup, batting .571 (4-for-7) with two doubles and two RBIs, while Halle Hogan hit .667 (2-for-3) against Tarleton State.
Overall, seven Miners recorded extra-base hits, and five different players drove in runs. Lavas was the only Miner to score multiple runs (two). Defensively, UTEP committed its lone errors of the day, while pitchers Tatyana Vega and Serenity Jacoway were each tagged with a loss in the circle.
Game 1 Houston Christian 7, UTEP 5
UTEP struck quickly in the opening frame, plating two runs on RBI doubles from Kenna Carranza and Aaliyah Betancourt to take a 2-0 lead.
Houston Christian answered immediately with a two-run bottom of the first, then the teams traded runs over the next two innings. Guthrie’s RBI double in the third briefly gave the Miners a 3-2 advantage…