ADA, Okla. – Maranda Bishop delivered a two-run single to center field to pull Midwestern State past East Central 4-2 in Game 1 Saturday afternoon at Lady Tigers Field.

The Mustangs, who improved to 19-11 on the season and 6-3 in the Lone Star Conference North Division, needed to rally twice to make a winner of Katie Petersen (14-3), who now won 14 of her last 15 decisions.

Junior first baseman Jessica Rodriguez struck had an RBI-single in the sixth, then scored on Kristen Stonecipher double to the left-field gap to erase an early 1-0 East Central lead.

The Lady Tigers knotted the game in the bottom of the inning after Kelly Littleton drove in Hillary Hughes with a single to center field.

Bishop, who has now reached base in 29 of MSU's 30 games, led an eight-hit MSU attack by going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, while Rodriguez also had two hits.

Stonecipher extended her season-best hitting streak to seven games with a single in the sixth inning.

Petersen allowed two runs – one earned – on six hits while striking out eight and walking none.

Randee Crockett (4-4) took the loss for the Lady Tigers while allowing three earned runs on seven hits in six innings.

ECU's Kelly Littleton went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead a six-hit Lady Tigers' attack.