Softball Mustangs take doubleheader from West Texas A&M

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - The Midwestern State University Mustangs picked up their sixth and seventh straight wins on the season as they swept a softball doubleheader from the West Texas A&M University Lady Buffs Tuesday afternoon 15-1 and 2-1 at the Sunrise Optimist Complex.

MSU (12-3) got a pair of home runs from third baseman Kristen Stonecipher. á Her second homer of the day was the winner in game two, as she belted a two-run shot off the top of the fence in left center in the bottom of the fifth to give MSU the lead.

Stonecipher went 2-for-6 on the day with the two homers and five runs batted in. á First baseman Jessica Rodriguez went 4-for-6 with 3 RBI, as did shortstop Kelli Shaw.

Senior pitcher Brittany Willson hurled all but two of the 12 innings played. á She collected 13 strikeouts in 10 innings, allowing only one run and two walks while scattering eight hits. á Ashley Kuchenski closed game one allowing two hits with a strikeout and walk.

Midwestern chalked up a pair of six run innings in game one, as West Texas A&M (5-10) collected three errors in the first inning with a pair of hits for six tallies.

The 15 runs scored by MSU tied the school record for runs in a game and set a recordfor largest margin of victory (14).á MSU previously scored 15 runs in a 15-6 win at East Central on March 17, 2004.

The second game saw WT jump out to a 1-0 advantage when WT's Brooke Guidry singled to left to score Michelle Teller.

Kourtney Hodgins made it stick until the fifth when she walked Allison Tidwell with two out. á Stonecipher took a ball from Hodgins before sending the next pitch out of the yard.

MSU will be in action again on Friday with a pair of games in the Lone Star Conference First Pitch Tournament at the Texas Star Complex in Irving. á MSU meets Angelo State at noon, then takes on Texas Woman's at 4 p.m.

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