No. 18 Texas Downs Iowa State

AUSTIN, Texas ? 18^th-ranked Texas scored five runs in the fourth inning to defeat Iowa State, 9-1, and earn a sweep of the Big 12 series Sunday afternoon at McCombs Field.

The Longhorns (33-16, 8-9 Big 12) scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings before tacking on five runs on six hits in the fourth to take the five inning win.

The Cyclones (22-39, 1-15) put a run on the board in the third as Ariel Coburn singled to lead off the inning and came around to score on freshman Alex Johnson's 24^th RBI of the season.

Kacie Gaskin and MicKayla Padilla drove in two runs each to pace Texas. Five other Longhorns had run scoring hits in the game.

Fallon Johnson joined Coburn and Alex Johnson with hits for ISU in the loss.

Erin Tresselt (11-2) picked up the win in relief for Texas, throwing three innings and allowing one run on two hits. Meagan Denny was the starter and allowed just one hit in two innings before being relieved.

Charissa Carlin (9-11) took the loss for Iowa State. Carlin allowed four runs in 1.1 innings of work.

Iowa State takes the week off before returning to action Saturday as it plays host to Kansas in the final home series of the weekend. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. with live stats available at Cyclones.com.

Texas 9, Iowa State 1 (Apr 29, 2007 at Austin, Texas)
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Iowa State.......... 001 00 - 1 3 1 (22-39, 1-15 Big 12)
Texas............... 220 5X - 9 11 0 (33-16, 8-9 Big 12)
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Pitchers: Iowa State - Carlin, Charissa; Ransom, Alyssa(2); Ford, Amie(4). Texas - Denny;
Tresselt(3).
Win-Tresselt(11-2) Loss-Carlin, Charissa(9-11) T-1:35 A-1127

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