Dallas Softball Wins Two in First Day of Warrior Softball Spring Fling Classic

The University of Dallas softball team just keeps on winning. In Saturday's first 2 games of the Warrior Spring Fling Classic in Conway, AR hosted by Hendrix College, UD put together big wins over Westminster College and MacMurray College10-6 and 5-1. With the victories, UD has rattled of 6 straight wins after taking 4 games last weekend in the University of Dallas Spring Kickoff.

In their first game outside of the state in the 2010 season, UD came back from an early deficit highlighted by a 6 run fourth inning. At that point UD had taken a 8-5 lead and tacked on 2 more insurance runs the following frame. Freshman pitcher Liana Reveles (Austin, TX/James Bowie H.S.) pitched a solid complete game for her third win of the season. She scattered 11 hits over 7 innings and gave up 5 runs while striking out 7 in the big win. Several Crusaders had big games at the plate including senior pitcher/infielder Whitney Thomas' (Fort Worth, TX/Nolan Catholic) 2-3 game highlighted by 4 RBI. Sophomore outfielder Jessica Mollner (St. Paul, MN/Convent of the Visitation School), freshman catcher Morgan Smith (Irving, TX/Bishop Dunne), and Reveles also each added 2 hits to help bolster the team total to 12. Mollner scored twice and drove in 2 runs while adding a triple in the 4 run win.

In the second game of the day Reveles took the mound again and earned her fourth win in the 5-1 victory over MacMurray College. In seven innings she allowed only 5 hits and a run while striking out 3. Completely opposite of their first game of the day, Dallas allowed only 1 run the first inning before tacking on at least 1 run in the next 4 frames. Freshman infielder Brittany Castro (Houston, TX/Langham Creek H.S.) led UD at the plate with 3 hits, while scoring once and driving in a run. Freshman infielder Sandra Gallegos (Houston, TX/Lamar H.S.), junior outfielder Cheryl Hinze (Houston, TX/Langham Creek H.S.), and Smith all stroked to hits. Castro led the team with 2 doubles, and Thomas, Smith, and senior outfielder/infielder Amber Adams (Dallas, TX/Dallas Christian Academy) each added 1 in the 5 double performance.

The UD softball team remains in Arkansas for two more games before making the road trip to sunny Florida for 6 games in the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, FL starting March 9. Tomorrow, UD takes on Blackburn College and tournament host Hendrix College in the final 2 contests of the Warrior Softball Spring Fling Classic. Tomorrow's first game begins at 10:00am.