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College Softball: Woodard's gamble pays big as Randi Rupp tosses complete game shutout

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After sophomore pitcher Randi Rupp knifed through South Alabama's lineup during Saturday's first game, Woodard sent her ace to the circle in the nightcap.

Despite a full days work in game one (read: 127 pitches), Rupp still looked fresh as she carried a no hitter into the seventh inning of Texas State's 3-0 victory over the Jaguars inside Bobcat Softball Stadium.

"When Randi Rupp is throwing like that, you have a chance to beat anybody in the country," Woodard said. "The game-time decision to go ahead and keep going with her was obviously an iffy call, but I just felt like she had her best stuff and so we just kept riding it out.