COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Texas State took a three-run lead into the bottom half of sixth, but Texas scored six in the home half of the inning and held on in the seventh to down the Bobcats 6-3. The loss eliminates Texas State from the 2017 NCAA College Station Regional.
 
The Bobcats end the season with a 42-17 record, posting the third most wins in program history and the most since winning 46 during the 2003 season. Texas State concludes the College Station Regional with a 1-2 record. The game was the final in a Texas State uniform for seniors Quincy Charleston, Kimberlin Naivar, Lexi Fryar, Corinna Liscano, Jodi Paige Williams and Alex Cruz.
 
Texas (33-25) advances to Sunday's Regional Championship game against No. 9 national seed Texas A&M at 1:30 p.m. with the 'if necessary' game to follow at 4:00 p.m.
 
Texas State's Charleston (8-3) carried a no-hitter into the sixth as she retired 14 of the first 17 she faced via groundouts and added a strikeout for good measure. She suffered the loss after surrendering four runs on three hits in her 5.1 innings of work.
 
The Bobcats finished with four hits as Naivar, Taylor Webb, Liscano and Kennedy Cline totaled base knocks. Texas totaled five.
 
Erica Wright (8-7) earned the win, working the complete game.
 
Texas State advanced a runner to second in each of the first two innings, but came away empty handed each time.
 
The first Longhorn reached base in the third via a Bobcat throwing error; however, Charleston retired the next two batters she faced on routine grounders to keep the game scoreless.
 
Texas State broke the scoreless tie in the fifth with two runs on two Longhorn miscues and a hit. Haleigh Davis led off the inning with a walk – the Bobcats' third leadoff walk of the game. Bailee Carter followed with a sac bunt that was thrown into right by a UT fielder, allowing Carter to reach safely and Davis to take third. However, the throw in from right went wide of the intended target and into the third-base dugout, allowing Davis to score and Carter to take third. Two batters later Naivar chopped a single to the pitcher to plate Carter from third.
 
Webb provided the Bobcats with a third run in the sixth with her 13th home run of the season, tying her for second on the TXST single-season list with Ryan Stukel's 2003 season. Webb's bomb cleared the wall at the light poll in left center as she turned on Erica Wright's 2-2 offering.
 
Texas answered with six runs in the bottom half of the sixth, to take the game-defining 6-3 lead. The Longhorns collected all five of their hits and totaled a pair of walks in the inning. Tuesday DerMargosian singled to third to score Celina Felix for the Longhorns' tying run. Two pitches later Kaitlyn Washington cleared the bases with a double to the left-field gap and provide the 6-3 final

 
NCAA COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Friday, May 19, 2017
G1: Texas State 2, Texas 1 (12 inn.)
G2: Texas A&M 14, Texas Southern 0 (5 inn.)
 
Saturday, May 20, 2017
G3: Texas A&M 3, Texas State 1
G4: 4:00 p.m. – Texas 8, Texas Southern 0 (Texas Southern eliminated)
G5: 7:30 p.m. – Texas 6 vs. Texas State 3 (Texas State eliminated)
 
Sunday, May 21, 2017
G6: 1:30 p.m. – Texas A&M (45-10) vs. Texas (33-25)
G7: 4 p.m. – (if necessary) Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6
 
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