{"id":226152,"date":"2026-03-29T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226152\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:57:08","slug":"softball-suffers-first-american-conference-series-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226152\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Suffers First American Conference Series Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013\u00a0UNT softball dropped the series finale against Charlotte 5-1 at Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium on Sunday afternoon for its first American Conference series loss of the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;I thought we played well today but Charlotte played better,&#8221; head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/coaches\/cody-white\/963\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"963\" target=\"_blank\">Cody White<\/a> said. &#8220;We put ourselves in position to score runs but we couldn&#8217;t get them home. When you play talented teams on the road, you have to convert those opportunities.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Mean Green (20-16, 9-3) collected leadoff base runners in five of seven innings but left nine runners stranded including a bases loaded opportunity in the fifth. Despite allowing fewer base runners than the 49ers (20-16, 6-6), North Texas fell victim to three run scoring extra-base hits which included a pair of home runs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/anneca-anderson\/7363\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7363\" target=\"_blank\">Anneca Anderson<\/a> (L, 9-4) threw four innings before <a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/britney-lewinski\/7613\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7613\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Lewinski<\/a> retired the final six batters in a row, including back-to-back strikeouts to end the sixth inning.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/eva-daniels\/7618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7618\" target=\"_blank\">Eva Daniels<\/a> finished 2-for-4 with a pair of singles for her 10th multi-hit game of the season, tied with <a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/cierra-simon\/6727\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6727\" target=\"_blank\">Cierra Simon<\/a> (2022) for the 10th-most multi-hit games by a freshman in UNT history.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/bradi-harman\/7615\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7615\" target=\"_blank\">Bradi Harman<\/a> drove in the lone run with an RBI single in the top of the fifth, scoring <a href=\"https:\/\/meangreensports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/taylor-platt\/7375\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7375\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Platt<\/a> after a leadoff walk. Harman finished 1-for-2 and increased her team-high batting average in conference games to .487 (19-for-39).<\/p>\n<p>North Texas hosts reigning American Conference regular season champions Florida Atlantic for a three-game series at Lovelace Stadium beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. with streaming coverage on ESPN+. Fans can purchase tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northtex.as\/SBtix26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013\u00a0UNT softball dropped the series finale against Charlotte 5-1 at Sue M. 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