Abilene Christian Game
Midwestern State Game
 
DENTON – For the third time this season, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin softball team dropped a one-run decision, this time it was a 2-1, nine-inning loss to Abilene Christian in the 2012 Best Western Premier Spring Fling.  The Falcons would go on to drop a 9-4 decision to Midwestern State in their second game of the tournament. 
 
In the Abilene Christian game, the teams were scoreless through the first seven innings until the Falcons put up a lone run in the top of the eighth.  Tomie Ellard, who pinch ran for Cene Padilla, was placed on second base because of the international tie break rule.  Whitney Khurt followed with a double to left, moving Ellard to third.  She would later come around to score when Courtney Cernoch hit a sacrifice fly to center. 
 
Abilene Christian would counter in the bottom of the eighth when Sarah Martinez doubled in Brianna Fowlkes, who was placed on second to start the inning. 
 
After holding the Falcons scoreless in the top of the ninth, the Wildcats took advantage of a wild pitch which moved Keanna Winkfield, who was put on second, to third and would later score on a groundout to second base for the game winner. 
 
In the second game, Midwestern State put up three runs in the top of the first before adding another in the second.  UTPB answered with three runs of its own in the bottom of the third after Anna Hollingsworth hit an RBI single to plate Padilla, who led off the inning with a single through the left side.  Katelyn Stanley would do one better as she doubled to left center driving in Hollingsworth and Cernoch. 
 
Midwestern State added to its lead with a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth before UTPB scored in the bottom of the fifth. 
 
The Falcons did pick up eight hits in the game, three of which came from Hollingsworth, who finished with two RBI and a run scored.  Cernoch also had a multi-hit performance with two hits and a run scored as the Falcons moved to 2-14 on the season. 
 
UTPB will remain in action tomorrow when it takes on Tarleton State and Angelo State.