Published: March 02, 2007
Austin, Texas – The Red Storm softball team
took a heart breaking 6-4 loss to No. 10 Texas at the Time Warner
Cable Texas Invitational on Friday night. After leading 4-3 through
the top of the seventh inning, St. John’s fell behind on a
three-run home run by Texas’s Tallie Thrasher.
The No. 10 Texas Longhorns took the lead in the top of the third
inning off of an RBI triple from Shannon Thomas. Loryn Johnson
drove in Thomas in the next at bat, giving Texas a 2-0 advantage
early on. The Red Storm would not get out of the inning before
giving up one more run.
St. John’s battled back in the bottom of the frame when freshman
Ona Halladay led off with a ground ball single up
the middle of the field. Senior Tami Hill reached
first base on a bunt single with no outs and Shauntaine
Harris advanced the runners to second and third. With the
heart of the lineup due up to the plate, the Red Storm posted its
first run of the day on a Loren Anguiano RBI
single. Danielle Estrada loaded the bases for the
Red Storm with a shot up the left field line, continuing the rally.
Anguiano scored St. John’s second run on a wild pitch by the
Longhorn’s Torrey Schroeder. Rookie Brandy Reyes
came through with her second hit of the game, driving in both
Spring Montgomery and Danielle
Estrada and giving the Red Storm control of the game,
4-3.
The Longhorns would not go down quietly though, as they mounted
a seventh inning, three-run comeback. Tallie Thrasher’s three-run
home run with two outs recorded in the frame gave Texas a 6-4
victory.
In the circle, junior Lisa Geer battled over seven innings, only
allowing runs in the third and seventh innings.
Reyes was three-for-three against Texas with
two RBI. All but two of St. John’s starting lineup recorded a hit
in the game as the team combined for eight overall.
The Red Storm will continue its play in the Time Warner Cable
Texas Invitational on Saturday, March 3 when it takes on Sam
Houston at 11 a.m.