Blazers Fall to McNeese 2-4

Sunday, February 12

Lake Charles, LA

12:30 PM

UAB

2-3

McNeese State University

4-1

UAB

McNeese

Blazers Fall to McNeese 2-4

2/12/2023 4:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

LAKE CHARLES – The UAB Softball team (2-3) finished the Classic taking on host school, McNeese State in the early afternoon hours of Sunday. The Blazers concluded the game with a 2-4 loss to the Cowgirls.

"I thought we did a good job, all weekend, of striking first. I believe we scored first in all five games this weekend," said head coach AJ Daugherty. "We need to continue to throw early punches and improve on our ability to both defend the lead and extend our lead. That's a mentality thing that we need to adjust."

The Blazers overall record against McNeese now sits at one win and four losses.

UAB (2) v. MCNEESE STATE (4)
The Blazers began the game similar to the first two days of the tournament. They would be the first to draw runs on the board off an RBI from Sierra Frazier. Lindsey Smith would also deliver a double to give Frazier the run to give UAB the early 2-0 lead.

The second inning went scoreless before the Cowgirls sent a homer to left center to tie the score at two runs apiece. McNeese delivered another homer right after, resulting in 2RBIs to put the Cowgirls in the lead 4-2.

A scoring drought ensued for the remainder of the game before the Blazers found a light entering the seventh inning. Reese Lowery entered as a pinch runner for Olivia Valbak and Chloe Bahruth entered as a pinch hitter for Hannah Miles.

With the bases loaded after a single from Bahruth, Bella Wiggins stepped to the plate to deliver a double play called out, followed by Lilly Crowe being called out. The game ended with the Cowgirls winning four runs to two.

IN THE BOX

The Blazers held the Cowgirls from a scoring run for four innings.
UAB outhit the Cowgirls, with eight hits to McNeese's six
Bahruth and Lauren Brock were the top two players leading in on base percentage, Bahruth totaled 1.000, while Brock finished with .667

The Blazers totaled a higher number of strikeouts, with nine to the Cowgirls' four

UP NEXT
The Blazers return home to host the UAB Blazer Bash. The Green and Gold take on Belmont on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5PM.

QUOTES FROM AJ DAUGHERTY
(On the Seventh Inning) "As the coach of the trailing team, you want to see your team get themselves in a position to tie the game or take the lead. We have to improve on our ability to come up with the big hit with runners in scoring position."

(On the direction of the team) "Really feel good about the direction we're heading. The team is beginning to morph into the pressure-applying, multi-dimensional offensive team we want to be. We ran the bases fairly well, we got some short-game execution, and we are beginning to better understand the defensive concepts."

"This was a good weekend for us with tests against a couple of quality, NCAA Tournament-caliber teams. We will go back to work to polish some areas and keep growing. The best days are ahead of this team. Excited to see where we're headed."

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