Big 12 Softball Roundup

  • Posted: Monday, April 11, 2011 7:00 a.m.
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Texas Tech 16, Iowa State 5: AMES, Iowa -- Sandy James was 4 for 4 with eight runs batted in to pace a 15-hit Tech attack.

Cydney Allen and Logan Hall added three hits each for Tech (38-6, 3-5) which swept the two-game series. Erica Miller and Dalyn Varela hit home runs for Iowa State (17-17, 1-5).

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Baylor 5, Oklahoma 2: NORMAN, Okla. -- Franklin's Kayce Walker had two hits, including one in Baylor's four-run sixth for the Lady Bears (31-7, 5-3) who split the two-game set with the Sooners (32-11, 5-3).

OU's Kealani Ricketts (19-7) struck out 11 and walked one, but was the losing pitcher with Whitney Canion (17-5) the winner with seven strikeouts and no walks.

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Texas 4, Nebraska 3: LINCOLN, Neb. -- Amy Hooks turned Texas' botched squeeze play into a game-winning steal of home in the eighth inning.

Nebraska (30-6, 3-3) was an out from victory when Taylor Hoagland hit a game-tying two-run homer for the Longhorns (34-3, 7-0) who won their 18th straight.

Taylor Edwards and Brooke Thomason hit homers for Nebraska.

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Oklahoma State 4, Kansas 3: STILLWATER, Okla. -- Chelsea Garcia's two-run double in the bottom of the seventh tied the game, and the Cowgirls won it on Tamara Brown's sacrifice fly.

Aylsia Hamilton, Tamara Brown and Garcia each had two hits for OSU (32-9, 3-3). Liz Kocon had two hits for Kansas (27-14, 0-10).

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