After losing game one 8-0 to #12 ETBU, the Howard Payne softball team rallies to defeat the University of Texas at Dallas 7-6 on day one of the 2013 American Southwest Conference Softball Championship Tournament at Oran Good Park.

Howard Payne is now 21-20 overall and will play the loser of UT-Tyler and Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday at 10:00 am on day two of the ASC tournament. UT-Dallas’ season ends at 23-18-1 overall.

In game one versus #12 East Texas Baptist, the Lady Jackets were held hitless. Baillie Trumble recorded the loss for Howard Payne giving up eight runs on 14 hits. Committing three errors in the field, the Lady Jackets would lose 8-0 in five innings.

Howard Payne would face the University of Texas at Dallas, who had lost to Texas Lutheran, in the elimination game later in the day.

After UTD scored one in the top of the first, the Lady Jackets in the bottom of the inning would score one on a RBI walk by Amanda Gober with the bases loaded and a Jessica Morales sacrifice fly to score Tylene Middleton.

HPU added three more runs in the second to go up 5-1. UTD scored one in the fourth and four in the fifth to take the lead 6-5.

The Lady Jackets answered in the bottom of the fifth with two runs of their own to retake the lead and the game 7-6.

Baillie Trumble got the win for HPU giving up six runs on 10 hits in five innings of work. Haleigh Caraway threw the sixth and seventh frames in relief to record the save.

Katie Poerner, Evangelina Tellez and Middleton each had two hits for the Lady Jackets.

Howard Payne will play the loser of UT-Tyler and Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday at 10:00 am on day two of the ASC tournament.