COLLEGE STATION, Texas- Wichita State (2-4) fell, 8-3, to UT-Arlington (3-3) in the first game of the 2011 Aggie Classic in College Station, Texas.

Meghan Boston led the Shockers with two RBI off of one hit in two attempts. Hayley Temple went 1-for-2 with one hit and one walk. Senior Jamie Hull went 1-for-3 with one RBI for the Shockers.

Freshman pitcher, Callie Collins, picked up the win for UTA.  She went 6.2 innings, allowed two hits, gave up two runs, and picked up eight strikeouts.

Brianna Smet got the loss in the circle for the Shockers. She went 3.2 innings, while giving up seven runs off of seven hits. Smet also picked up four strikeouts.  Freshman Sloan Anderson came into the game in relief and recorded four strikeouts in 3.1 innings, while only giving up one run off of one hit.

UT-Arlington came out early and got on the scoreboard first.  Stephanie Gonzalez led off the first inning with a single to left field.  She proceeded to steal second base and Charne Office walked before Rebecca Collom doubled down the left field line to bring home Gonzalez.  The Mavericks scored their second run of the inning when Office came home off of a Taylor Zink bunt. UTA held onto a 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning.

The Shockers evened the score, 2-2, in the bottom of the second inning with two hits and one error.  Holly Eckert led off the inning with a walk and Brittney Osborn followed that up with a fielder's choice to second base. Eckert reached second safely by an error on the second baseman.  Hayley Temple moved the runners over to second and third with a single to right center, and Meghan Boston scored both Eckert and Osborn with a double to the fence in left center. 

The Mavericks loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning off of two hits and one walk.  Office hit a grand slam over the left field fence to make the score 6-2.  Alexis Cantu followed that up and made it a 7-2 game with a home run of her own.

UTA added one more run to the scoreboard in the fifth inning off of one hit to make the score 8-2 in favor of the Mavericks.

The Shockers loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning with three straight walks to Boston, Erin Carney, and Kiersten Dixon. Jamie Hull singled to left field to bring home Boston and make the score 8-3.

The Shockers return to action this evening when they take on #25 Texas A&M at approximately 5:00 p.m.

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