It was the third inning of a game against No. 7 Oklahoma State. The Houston softball team had only one hit and trailed by two runs, and after two quick outs to start, it wasn’t looking promising when redshirt senior outfielder Lindsey Stewart-Vaughn stepped up to the plate for the Cougars.
The OSU game was UH’s third in the Oklahoma Classic Hall of Fame weekend tournament, and the team was in danger of being swept right out of Oklahoma after losing both games in the previous day’s doubleheader.
In addition to the losses, the team was staring down the barrel of an eight-game losing streak that had been plagued with first-inning issues that always had the team playing from behind, and an inconsistent offense that was averaging one run per game during the streak.