The Cougars continued their string of successes, sweeping Marshall in a weekend series that helped the Cougars extended their winning streak to six.
Pitching and a well-executed offense powered the Cougars (24-12, 8-4 Conference USA), as they allowed the Thundering Herd (13-20, 1-8 C-USA) to score only three times for the series.
The series opened Friday with a double-header. The Cougars eked out a 3-2 comeback victory.
Down 2-1, the Cougars tied the game up in the seventh inning on an Angela Splitter pinch-hit home run and picked up the victory with a walkoff shot by Jennifer Klinkert.
The Cougars won the second game of the double-header with greater ease, pulling out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning and finishing off the Herd 4-0 on the strength of a shutout by Donna Bourgeois.
Bourgeois only allowed three baserunners and struck out six.
The Cougars again jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the final game of the series Sunday. Amanda Crabtree went the distance for the Cougars, allowing one earned run and fanning a dozen to improve to 13-6 as UH won 4-1.
As a team, the Cougars are the league leaders in ERA for C-USA play at 0.82. Crabtree leads C-USA with 73 strikeouts in 38 innings. Bourgeois is second in C-USA play with an ERA of 0.32.
The Cougars opened conference play getting swept by UAB, but have since won eight of their last nine. They look to extend their success at 4 p.m. Tuesday against Houston Baptist.
