EL PASO, Texas --
Audrey Pickett dominated from start to finish,
Madie Green hit her fourth home run of the series, and Tech banged out a season-high 14 hits in defeating UTEP 6-1 to clinch the series Sunday at Helen of Troy Field.
PIckett (13-4) allowed just one run on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts in the victory.
Tech scored early and often and Green put the icing on the cake with a solo home run late. For the weekend, Green was 7-of-9 at the plate with four home runs, 9 RBI and 6 runs scored.
Pickett picked up her second win of the series, allowing a two-out run in the bottom of the third.
"I am proud of the way our team responded," said Tech coach
Josh Taylor. "We challenged them after yesterday's game, and they came back and showed what we are capable of doing. Audrey pounded the strike zone, getting ahead of hitters. And our hitters had quality at bats for the majority of the game."
Tech took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out RBI single by
Brooke Diaz to left field, scoring
Sierra Sacco from second base. The Lady Techsters up the advantage to 3-0 in the second. Green scored on a throwing error by UTEP on a
Bailey Wright ground ball and then
Amanda Gonzalez added an RBI single to plate Wright.
After UTEP scored a run in the third, Tech plated single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. An RBI single by Sacco, plating
Lindsay Edwards who had singled. Following Green's solo blast in the fifth, Tech ended its scoring for the day with an RBI single by
Katelin Cooper scoring Gonzalez.
Sacco, Gonzalez,
Caroline Easom, Green, Cooper and Edwards all had multiple hits in the game.
"We are a group that is continuing to learn," said Taylor. "We have to learn that we can't take a day off in conference play or really ever. Yesterday, for whatever reason, we took the day off when it came to our approach. Today, we showed how good we can be when we are focused on one pitch at a time. I'm proud of them."
Tech (20-13, 5-4 c-USA) travels to face Northwestern State Tuesday.