Mustangs Beat East Central

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - - The Midwestern State softball team won their tenth straight home game and picked up two Lone Star Conference North Division wins as they swept a doubleheader against the East Central (Okla.) Tigers.

MSU (20-8, 4-2) won the first game 6-2, on two two-run homeruns in the bottom of the fifth, the first from Jessica Rodriguez and the second from Lindsey Voigt. Rodriguez finished the game 2-3 with four runs batted, while Voigt finished 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Pitcher Katie Petersen had another great game as she struck out 15 batters and improved her record to 10-7.

The Mustangs took the second game 9-1 in six innings. Kristen Stonecipher went 2-3 from the plate and had four RBI's. Pitcher Ashley Kuchenski moved her record to 10-1, as she struck out four batters and allowed one earned run. Kuchenski also helped her cause at the plate, as she was 3-3 with a double and one RBI.

Midwestern will be on the road in LSC North play when they travel to ECU on Saturday. The two teams will play a doubleheader with game one set to start at 2:00 p.m. in Ada.

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