Friday, Feb. 9
• 12:15 p.m. | Houston vs. Texas Tech Live Stats
• 3 p.m. | Houston at Texas A&M SEC+ Live Stats
Saturday, Feb. 10
• 10 a.m. | Houston vs. Boston College Live Stats
• 3 p.m. | Houston vs. Texas Tech Live Stats
Sunday, Feb. 11
• 3 p.m. | Houston at Texas A&M SEC+ Live Stats
• Two of Houston’s opponents at the Aggie Classic are familiar to the Cougars from a year ago. In 2017, Houston hosted Boston College on opening weekend with the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational, splitting the teams’ two meetings. The Cougars also visited Texas A&M in a midweek matchup, winning 1-0 over the then No. 5/5 Aggies.
Tough loss against the Aggies as the Coogs went up 4-1 early, but couldn’t hang on. Eventually lost to a walk-off single. Still, a win against Tech and keeping it close against a Top 10 A&M team that was rested is a good start to the season. Get another chance at the Aggies on Sunday.
HOUSTON NOTES Top Offensive Players: Kaylin Crumpton | 2-3, BB, RBI, R Maya Thomas | 2-4, R Mariah Garcia | 1-2, BB, RBI Lindsey Stewart | 1-3, 2B, 2 R Sarah Queen | 1-4, RBI
Pitching Breakdown: Presley Bell | 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Savannah Heebner (W, 2-0) | 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
In the other two games, Melancon and junior Presley Bell each went for at least five innings. They combined to only give up five earned runs against Texas A&M and Boston College each. Melancon and Bell also only allowed two walks over an 11-inning period. The four starters for Houston did not give up a single home run over the course of the Aggie Classic and in two of the four games – against Texas Tech and Boston College — they did not allow an extra-base hit.
