by DENTON – First inning runs were all that North Texas needed as they downed Incarnate Word 5-1 and Stephen F. Austin 2-1 on Saturday at Lovelace Stadium. Both wins gave the Mean Green a perfect 5-0 first week at home.
North Texas and Tarleton were set to play on Sunday to close out the North Texas Invitational, but due to weather concerns the two teams have agreed to play a doubleheader when the Mean Green travel to Stephenville on April 21.
“We were a little complacent today and it showed,” head coach Rodney DeLong said. “It showed at a plate and that’s disappointing, but at the same time we played good defense and pitched really well. Hats off to our pitchers, they carried us today and that’s why we won two ball games.”
The Mean Green had three pitching performances that proved to be the difference in the two contests. In game one, it was a complete-game shutout with 17 strikeouts by freshman Janie Worthington (Kiowa/Caddo/MBCI). The Carnegie, Oklahoma native set the program record for strikeouts in a single game by a freshman while issuing zero walks and only allowing two hits.
