March 3, 2008
The No. 13 Baylor softball team (12-3 overall) will take its five-game win streak and hit the road for an 11 game, nine day road trip beginning on Tuesday with a match up with UTSA (8-8 overall) at 6:30 p.m. in San Antonio.
The Lady Bears, who are batting a Big 12 leading .337 as a team, are led at the plate by freshman KJ Freeland and sophomore Kirsten Shortridge who are batting .577 and .523, respectively. In the circle, the Lady Bears carry a 2.54 team ERA and are coming off three-straight shutouts of Louisiana-Monroe over the weekend in which they gave up just seven hits, four walks and 17 strikeouts in 21 innings.
UTSA enters the contest winners of its last four contests. The Roadrunners are led by a pair of offensive players in Whitney Balch and Krista Sitka. Balch is hitting .452 with four home runs and 13 RBI, while Sitka is batting .333 with three blasts and 19 RBI. In the circle, UTSA has been led by Danye Holmes, who carries a 3-3 record with a 1.50 ERA in 28 innings of work.
The Lady Bears will then head to Florida for the USF Under Armour Invitational from March 6-9, playing eight games in four days. Following two days off, Baylor will finish the road trip with a doubleheader against Liberty and UCF on March 12 in Orlando.
All games will have live stats available through www.baylorbears.com.
