Feb. 10, 2008
Box Score
Columbia, Mo. -The No. 21 Missouri softball team finished its first tournament of the season, the Florida International University (FIU) Invitational, with a 3-2 record after besting No. 15 Virginia Tech, 2-1, at University Park in Miami, Fla. Sophomore lefty Jana Hainey (Raymore, Mo.) was credited with the win, her second of the campaign and moves to 2-1 on the year.
Junior Stacy Delaney (Freeland, Mich.) made her third start of the tournament and threw four innings of work, striking out two, before Hainey entered the game in the fifth. Hainey held the Hokies hitless and struck out three of the nine batters she faced.
Missouri junior Andee Allen (Barnhart, Mo.) scored both of Missouri's runs and finished the game 2-for-2 at the plate.
Virginia Tech took the early lead, scoring an unearned run in the top of the second inning. Missouri made two errors in the frame allowing Charisse Mariconda to score from second.
Allen led off the third inning with a single to right center and, capitalizing on two Virginia Tech errors, scored on a bases loaded walk by two-time All-American Angela Tincher. Junior Lindsey Ubrun (Riverside, Calif.), was credited with the RBI, her sixth in five games.
Allen scored Missouri's game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Leading off the inning with a walk, Allen advanced to second on freshman Rhea Taylor's (Buford, Ga.) bunt single, and scored on a throwing error by Virginia Tech third baseman Mariconda.
The Tigers will return home before traveling to Las Vegas, Nev., for the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic. Missouri will take on UCLA, Friday, Feb. 15, beginning at 11 a.m. (CT). Other teams in the tournament in clued BYU, UC Davis, Cal Poly and Portland State.
