Broncos Rally Past 10th-Ranked Cardinal

Saturday, February 21

Stanford, Calif.

1 p.m.

Boise State

7-7

#2 Texas

12-1

Texas

Boise State

Skylar Stroh coming to the home plate with teammates waiting to congratulate her for hitting a home run.

2/21/2026 8:00:00 PM | Softball

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STANFORD, Calif. – Boise State scored five times in the sixth inning to post a 5-4 come-from-behind victory at No. 10 Stanford in the DeMarini Invitational, Saturday.

The Broncos (8-7) did not have a hit for 5 1/3 innings and trailed 3-0. Mya Flindt broke up the no-hit bid with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Grace Peffley. Quinn Southerland singled to get the tying run to the plate and Marissa Gonzalez put Boise State on the board with a run-scoring single.

Skylar Stroh then delivered her second three-run home run in two days to give the Broncos a 4-3 lead. Four consecutive walks, the last to Jorja Crider, extended the advantage to 5-3.

In the seventh, Stanford (8-4) loaded the bases with one out against Loula-Rae McNamara (3-0). Charley Duran induced a potential game-ending double play grounder, but Chloe Hughes misplayed the ball at shortstop. Hughes recovered to throw out the potential tying run at the plate.

Hollie Farmer then knocked down a line drive at third base and stayed with the play to fire across the diamond for the final out.

Earlier in the day, the Broncos were defeated 10-0 in five innings by No. 2 Texas.

NOTES

Boise State posted its second win over a Top 15 team this year (No. 14 Mississippi) and No. 10 Stanford is the highest-ranked opponent defeated in school history…win over the Cardinal was the second in school history against an ACC opponent (Boston College, 2019).
Boise State has won twice against a ranked opponent for the first time since 2019 when it won a three-game series against Colorado State.
The Broncos have won 13 games against Power Conference schools under Justin Shults.
Skylar Stroh entered her junior season with four extra-base hits and eight RBI in 55-career at-bats…had six extra-bases hits and 17 RBI in 43 at-bats this year.
Against Texas, Loula-Rae McNamara collected her first-career hit.

WHAT'S NEXT

Boise State plays at Stanford, Sunday with first pitch scheduled for noon PT/1 p.m. MT.

Marissa Gonzalez runs to first and Grace Peffley runs home at Stanford, Feb. 22, 2026

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Marissa Gonzalez walks from the dugout to home plate.

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Loula-Rae McNamara winds up to throw a pitch at LMU, Feb. 5, 2026.

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Next Event

#10 Stanford

L, 2-3

Feb 22 (Sun)

1 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Citlaly Gutierrez (3-0)

L: Bauer, Olivia (0-1)

Texas

Batting:

2B: Kayden Henry 1 ; Viviana Martinez 1

3B: Ashton Maloney 1

HR: Reese Atwood 1 ; Katie Stewart 1 ; Hannah Wells 1

RBI: Ashton Maloney 2 ; Kayden Henry 3 ; Reese Atwood 1 ; Katie Stewart 1 ; Hannah Wells 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Ashton Maloney 1 ; Reese Atwood 1 ; Katie Stewart 1 ; Adayah Wallace 1 ; Kaiah Altmeyer 1 ; Hannah Wells 1 ; Kaydee Bennett 1 ; Jaycie Nichols 3