Mavericks Split at Home with Western New Mexico
(Game One: 11-10, Game Two: 8-16, Game Three: 5-6, Game Four: 6-5)

Mesa State softball split their final regular season home series against Western New Mexico. MSC forced the split winning game four of the series in extra innings Sunday afternoon at Bergman Field. MSC improved to 24-16 overall and 22-14 in league play.

The series began Saturday with a scheduled doubleheader with the Mustangs who entered the weekend 22-25 overall and 16-16 in RMAC action.

Mesa State trailed 10-8 in game one of Saturday' doubleheader before rallying in the bottom of the seventh, scoring three runs for an 11-10 victory over the Mustangs. MSC scored three runs on two hits and were helped by a throwing error which resulted in two runs.

WNMU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, including a grand slam by Amanda DeMerritt. MSC tied the game at 5-5 after the second inning and held an 8-6 lead heading in to the sixth inning. The Mustangs scored four runs in the top of the sixth for a 10-8 lead, but could not hold on as the Mavericks rallied for three in their last at bat. MSC's Jamie Prather went 3 for 4 and Leslie Reed was 2 for 4 with three RBI and three runs scored.

In game two of the doubleheader the Mustangs never trailed after erasing a 2-0 deficit after one inning by scoring eight runs in the top of the second. WNMU scored at least one run in all but two innings and registered 19 hits in a 16-8 victory. MSC tallied 14 hits including a 3 for 3 day from the plate for Samantha Wyatt. MSC's Alicia Neuschwanger who picked up the victory in game one was credited with the loss in game two.

Game one Sunday the Mustangs scored the winning run in the top of the seventh in a 6-5 victory. MSC tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the fifth scoring four runs on five hits, including a two run homerun by Anita Diaz. Western New Mexico started the seventh inning with back-to-back singles. A double to center field with one out scored the eventual winning run. MSC's Jamie Prather, Leslie Reed and Anita Diaz combined for seven of the Mavs 12 hits.

MSC forced the series split in an extra inning victory, 6-5 (8 innings), on a Jamie Prather single to right field scoring Samantha Wyatt. MSC tied the game at 5-5 in seventh to force the extra inning. Starter Kelsey McCoy allowed no hits in the eighth, in a three up, three down inning. MSC's eighth inning victory came with three runners on and two outs. Prather's RBI single ended the game. Prather and Wyatt combined for four hits, four RBI and three runs in the game.

MSC will close out the regular season on the road at Adams State College next Saturday and Sunday.

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