UTSA women’s soccer blanks Texas State on Sophie Morrin’s goal

Sophie Morrin had the only goal, Deja Sandoval and Olivia Alvarez both had an assist and Mia Krusinski had five saves as the UTSA women's soccer team beat Texas State 5-0 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at UTSA Park West.
UTSA’s Sophie Morrin scored the only goal against Texas State.
Sophie Morrin had the only goal, Deja Sandoval and Olivia Alvarez both had an assist and Mia Krusinski had five saves as the UTSA women’s soccer team beat Texas State 5-0 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at UTSA Park West.

Sophie Morrin had the only goal, Deja Sandoval and Olivia Alvarez both had an assist and Mia Krusinski had five saves as the UTSA women's soccer team beat Texas State 5-0 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA goalkeeper Mia Krusinski held Texas State scoreless.

Sophie Morrin had the only goal, Deja Sandoval and Olivia Alvarez both had an assist and Mia Krusinski had five saves as the UTSA women's soccer team beat Texas State 5-0 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Deja Sandoval had an assist on UTSA’s goal.
Sophie Morrin had the only goal, Deja Sandoval and Olivia Alvarez both had an assist and Mia Krusinski had five saves as the UTSA women's soccer team beat Texas State 5-0 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Olivia Alvarez had an assist on UTSA’s goal.

Graham Pauley’s walk-off hit gives Missions a 10-inning win over Sod Poodles

Graham Pauley (top left) celebrates with his teammates after he hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to drive in Ripken Reyes with the winning run in the San Antonio Missions' 6-5 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Graham Pauley (top left) celebrates with his teammates after he hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.
For the second time in five days the San Antonio Missions got a walk-off hit from one of their newest players.

Saturday night it was Graham Pauley, who was promoted to the Missions from Class A Fort Wayne on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old left-handed hitter went to the plate in the bottom of the 10th inning with the score tied 5-5 and Ripken Reyes on second base. Pauley hit a single to center to bring in Reyes and end the game, 6-5.

On Tuesday night it was 17-year-old Ethan Salas who had the game-winning hit in his Double-A debut. Pauley and Salas were teammates in Fort Wayne before they moved up to San Antonio on the same day.

Graham Pauley hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to drive in Ripken Reyes with the winning run in the San Antonio Missions' 6-5 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Graham Pauley hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Ripken Reyes heads home with the winning run on a walk-off single by Graham Pauley (top right) in the 10th inning of the San Antonio Missions' 6-5 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander.
Ripken Reyes heads home with the winning run on a walk-off single by Graham Pauley (top right) in the 10th inning.

Sod Poodles beat Missions in pitcher’s duel; Ryan Bergert throws 6 shutout innings in loss

Missions starter Ryan Bergert struck out nine batters while holding the Sod Poodles scoreless for six innings. The San Antonio Missions lost to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 1-0 on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Ryan Bergert struck out nine batters while holding the Sod Poodles scoreless for six innings.
The San Antonio Missions were limited to just one hit on Friday in a 1-0 loss to the Amarillo Sod Poodles at Wolff Stadium.

Amarillo’s Camden Duzenack scored the only run of the game on a two-out error in the top of the eighth inning.

Jakob Marsee had the Missions’ only hit.

Missions starting pitcher Ryan Bergert had a strong game, pitching six shutout innings and allowing three hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.

Sod Poodles hold off Missions

The Missions' Graham Pauley had two hits and scored a run. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 4-2 on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Graham Pauley had two hits and scored a run.
Amarillo pitchers stifled the San Antonio Missions over the first seven innings in the Sod Poodles’ 4-2 victory on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.

Sod Poodles starter Luke Albright (8-5) went five shutout innings to earn the win.

The Missions scored both their runs in the bottom of the eighth after the Sod Poodles built a 4-0 lead. Marcos Castanon scored from third on a ground out and Cole Cummings singled to right to drive in Graham Pauley.

Pauley and Cummings led the Missions with two hits each.

Missions starting pitcher Adam Mazur (0-2) went six innings, allowed three runs and took the loss.

Cole Cummings had the Missions' only RBI of the night. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 4-2 on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Cole Cummings had the Missions’ only RBI of the night.
Missions starter Adam Mazur pitched six innings and allowed three runs. The Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the San Antonio Missions 4-2 on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Adam Mazur pitched six innings and allowed three runs.

Cole Cummings homer powers Missions’ win; Robby Snelling makes Double-A debut

Cole Cummings hit his sixth home run of the season. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Cole Cummings hit his sixth home run of the season.
The San Antonio Missions scored half their runs on a home run by Cole Cummings as they beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

Cummings’ sixth homer of the season produced the Missions’ first two runs of the game and put them in front 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth.

Amarillo tied it 2-2 in the top of the sixth. San Antonio’s Marcos Castanon scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning to make it 3-2 and put the Missions in front for good.

Nathan Martorella doubled in the eighth inning to drive in Castanon and extend the Missions’ lead to 4-2. For Martorella, who made his Missions debut on Tuesday, it was his fourth hit in two days in Double-A.

Robby Snelling, who also joined the Missions a day earlier, started Wednesday’s game on the mound and went 3 2/3 innings in his Double-A debut. He allowed one run, two hits and five walks with two strikeouts.

Bobby Milacki (4-3) pitched the next 3 1/3 innings in relief and earned the win. He allowed one run, one hit, no walks and had four strikeouts.

Daniel Camarena went 1 1/3 innings with no runs, two hits, no walks and one strikeout.

Efrain Contreras, who has started 17 games this season, pitched the final two outs and struck out both batters he faced for his third save.

Marcos Castanon scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning to put the Missions in front for good. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Marcos Castanon scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning to put the Missions in front for good.
Nathan Martorella's RBI double was in fourth hit in two games since joining the Missions. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Nathan Martorella’s RBI double was in fourth hit in two games since joining the Missions.
Missions starting pitcher Robbie Snelling made his Double-A debut. The San Antonio Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 4-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starting pitcher Robbie Snelling made his Double-A debut.

Padres prospects a hit in Missions debuts after Ethan Salas’ walk-off double

San Diego Padres prospect and new San Antonio Missions catcher Ethan Salas ended Tuesday's game with a walk-off double in the 10th inning. The Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-7 on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
San Diego Padres prospect and new San Antonio Missions catcher Ethan Salas ended Tuesday’s game with a walk-off double in the 10th inning.

The No. 1 prospect in the San Diego Padres organization had a memorable conclusion to his first game in Double-A ball.

Ethan Salas had a walk-off double to deep right-center field in the 10th inning.

The 17-year-old catcher drove in Connor Hollis with the winning run in the San Antonio Missions’ 8-7 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium.

Salas was one of four players in the Missions’ lineup for the first time after being promoted from the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps.

Jakob Marsee, Graham Pauley, Nathan Martorella and Salas all saw their first action at Wolff Stadium on Tuesday and all recorded their first Double-A hits.

– Martorella played first base and had three hits and three RBIs. After producing an RBI single in the 10th inning that tied the game 7-7, he was replaced by Hollis as the pinch-runner who scored the game-ending run.

– Marsee played center field and batted in the leadoff spot and had a hit, a walk and scored twice.

– Pauley played left field and had a hit, an RBI and scored a run.

Marcos Castanon, a relative veteran with the Missions after being promoted from Fort Wayne on July 14, had three hits including a double and an RBI and scored a run.

Missions reliever Lake Bachar (4-0) pitched the final two innings to earn the win.

Jakob Marsee's first hit with the Missions. The Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-7 on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jakob Marsee’s first hit with the Missions.
Graham Pauley's first hit with the Missions. The Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-7 on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Graham Pauley’s first hit with the Missions.
Nathan Martorella's first hit with the Missions. The Missions beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 8-7 on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Nathan Martorella’s first hit with the Missions.

Missions’ Ryan Bergert starts combined shutout of RockHounds

Missions reliever Justin Lopez was the winning pitcher. The San Antonio Missions beat the Midland RockHounds 1-0 on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions reliever Justin Lopez was the winning pitcher.
Ryan Bergert and two San Antonio Missions relievers combined to blank the Midland RockHounds 1-0 on Friday at Wolff Stadium.

Bergert went 5 2/3 innings and allowed two hits and two walks with four strikeouts. He didn’t get a decision in a game that didn’t have a run scored until the bottom of the seventh inning.

Justin Lopez took over on the mound for Bergert and went 2 1/3 innings to earn the win. He didn’t allow a hit or walk and struck out two.

Efrain Contreras pitched the top of the ninth inning to get the save.

Marcos Castanon scored the only run of the game. He led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, advanced to third on a hit by Connor Hollis and came home on a sacrifice fly by Juan Zabala.

Friday marked the first game back in the Missions lineup for Hollis, who was activated earlier in the day after being placed on the injured list on July 3.

UTSA women’s soccer dominates in season opener

Deja Sandoval scored UTSA's first goal of the season. UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 in the Roadrunners' women's soccer season opener on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Deja Sandoval scored UTSA’s first goal of the season.

UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 on Thursday in the Roadrunners’ women’s soccer season opener at UTSA Park West.

The Roadrunners got first-half goals from Deja Sandoval, Sasjah Dade and Zoe Lam and second-half goals from Alissa Stewart and Jordan Walker.

Jordyn Hyland had two assists and Sabrina Hillyer, Alex Granville, Sarina Russ and Brittany Holden had one each. Mia Krusinski played all 90 minutes in goal for UTSA.

Central Arkansas’ goal came on a penalty kick by Kelly Van Gundy in the second half.

UTSA returns to action at home on Sunday at 1 p.m. against McNeese State.


Sasjah Dade scored UTSA's second goal of the game. UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 in the Roadrunners' women's soccer season opener on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Sasjah Dade scored UTSA’s second goal of the game.


Zoe Lam scored UTSA's third goal of the game. UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 in the Roadrunners' women's soccer season opener on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Zoe Lam scored UTSA’s third goal of the game.

Alissa Stewart scored UTSA's fourth goal of the game. UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 in the Roadrunners' women's soccer season opener on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Alissa Stewart scored UTSA’s fourth goal of the game.


Jordan Walker scored UTSA's fifth goal of the game. UTSA beat Central Arkansas 5-1 in the Roadrunners' women's soccer season opener on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at UTSA Park West. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jordan Walker scored UTSA’s fifth goal of the game.

Missions lose early lead for 2nd straight night; Daniel Camarena, Michel Baez pitch 6 strong innings

Ripken Reyes homers to give the Missions a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 7-5 on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ripken Reyes homers to give the Missions a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
The San Antonio Missions scored the first four runs of the game before falling to the Midland RockHounds 7-5 on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.

For the second straight night, the Missions shut out the RockHounds over the first five innings.

The Missions got strong pitching early. Starter Daniel Camarena threw three shutout innings. Michel Baez followed by allowing one run over three innings as the Missions built a 4-1 lead after six innings.

Ripken Reyes gave the Missions a fast start by leading off the bottom of the first inning with his fifth home run of the season. Reyes, Jackson Merrill, Korry Howell and Justin Farmer had two hits each and the Missions finished with 12 hits.

The RockHounds turned the game around with four runs in the seventh inning. That included a crucial error by the Missions with two outs followed shortly thereafter by a three-run homer by Max Muncy.

Midland put the game out of reach with a two-run homer by Jack Winkler in the top of the eighth.

The sun sets behind Wolff Stadium on Wednesday night. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 7-5 on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The sun sets behind Wolff Stadium on Wednesday night.

RockHounds homer past Missions after Gabe Mosser’s strong start

Missions starter Gabe Mosser held the RockHounds scoreless for five innings. The Midland RockHounds beat the San Antonio Missions 6-2 on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Gabe Mosser held the RockHounds scoreless for five innings.
Midland’s Lazaro Armenteros and Max Muncy hit home runs to carry the RockHounds to a 6-2 victory over the San Antonio Missions on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium.

Armenteros hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the RockHounds a 3-2 lead. Muncy added a three-run shot in the ninth to extend the advantage.

San Antonio starting pitcher Gabe Mosser threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

The Missions took the lead by scoring two runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Juan Zabala’s ground ball turned into a Midland error that allowed Michael De La Cruz to score. Ripken Reyes singled to drive in Korry Howell and make it 2-0.