No. 4 Texas Blanks Northwestern, 3-0

Saturday, February 11

Tempe, Ariz.

5:30 PM

Northwestern

2-2

Texas

3-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Northwestern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	3	3	0

Kajikawa Classic Tempe Sports Complex Field 3

2/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

Feb. 11, 2006

Box Score

TEMPE, Ariz. -- No. 16 Northwestern faced its third All-America pitcher in its first four games Saturday night against No. 4 Texas at the Kajikawa Classic, and this time the Wildcats came out on the low end of a 3-0 final score.

With the loss, Northwestern falls to 2-2 on the year, with both of those losses coming against top-5 ranked squads. Texas improves to 3-1 on the season.

Wildcat starter Eileen Canney (Paradise, Calif./Paradise) pitched a solid game, striking out seven while allowing three runs, three hits and three walks. She took the loss, falling to 1-1 on the year.

Texas hurler Cat Osterman (2-0) lived up to her two-time National Player of the Year billing, however, no-hitting Northwestern while walking one. She has not allowed a hit in either of her two starts so far this season.

In the second inning, senior Kristen Amegin (West Sacramento, Calif./Elk Grove) drew a leadoff base on balls, then advanced to second on a passed ball. She would advance no farther and would prove to be NU's lone baserunner of the game.

Freshman Tammy Williams (El Dorado Springs, Mo./Osceola) nearly earned a hit with rocket toward short in the third, but a leaping grab by Desiree Williams kept Cat's no-no intact.

Texas struck first in the third inning. After walks put runners on first and second, a double brought home one run and put runners on second and third. A sacrifice fly to deep center plated another to give the Longhorns a 2-0 lead.

Texas added one more run in the bottom of the sixth.

Northwestern concludes its Kajikawa Classic at 10 a.m. CT tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 12, against Syracuse.