WEATHERFORD, Okla. - No. 2 Midwestern State slugged out 46 hits over its Lone Star Conference North Division weekend series at Southwestern Oklahoma polished off a sweep by taking both ends of Saturday's doubleheader by scores of 7-0 and 10-2.

The Mustangs improved to 38-4 on the season and to 8-1 to lead the North Division by three games.

Sophomore outfielder Megan Chartier led Midwestern's hit parade by going 9-for-12 (.750) during the series while scoring three runs and stealing two bases from the No. 2 spot.

Leadoff hitter Elena Bennett went 8-for-12 (.667) with four runs and three stolen bases, while senior Brittney Tanner went 6-for-10 (.600) with a double, her fourth homer and two RBIs.

Senior first baseman Alyson Reynolds connected for a pair of home runs - her fourth and fifth of the campaign - while senior Amanda Potysman belted her sixth homer of the season.

Tanner claimed two victories in the circle to set a new career high with a 23-3 record. Senior Kristina Gutierrez improved to 15-1 joining Tanner with her NCAA Division II leading 10th shutout of the season.

Game 1: Midwestern State 7, Southwestern Oklahoma 0

Kristina Gutierrez weaved a three-hit shutout to lead No. 2 Midwestern State to a 7-0 win Southwestern Oklahoma in Game 1 Saturday afternoon at SWOSU Field.

It was the senior from Pearland's 10th blanking of the season to match teammate Brittney Tanner for the national lead while improving to 15-1 on the season.

Gutierrez logged 12 strikeouts and limited the Bulldogs to three singles including one in the second and two in the seventh.

Tanner broke a scoreless deadlock with a solo homer to left field in the fifth inning before the Mustangs broke open the game with two runs in the top of the sixth.

Freshman catcher Kim Jerrick led off with a double down the left field line then Mallory Mooney and Nicki Duff followed with consecutive RBI singles to push the Mustangs' lead to 3-0.

The Mustangs tacked on four more runs on six hits in the seventh.

Elena Bennett and Megan Chartier joined Jerrick, Mooney and Tanner with two hits each to paced MSU's 15-hit attack.

Chambless, who allowed seven rusn on 15 hits, was saddled with the loss for SWOSU to fall to 6-7.

Game 2: Midwestern State 10, Southwestern Oklahoma 2

Southwestern Oklahoma jumped out to an early lead before No. 2 Midwestern State rallied to rout the Bulldogs 10-2 in five innings in Game 2 Saturday afternoon at SWOSU Park.

Kori Oord ripped a two-run single up the middle to give the Bulldogs their only lead of the series in the bottom of the first inning, but the lead didn't last long.

Brittney Tanner laced one-out double to the right-field gap - the first of her three hits in the game - to start five-run deluge against Southwestern Oklahoma starter Katie Raines.

Seniors Alyson Reynolds and Amanda Potysman followed with back-to-back homers to give the Mustangs a 3-2 lead, but MSU wasn't finished in the frame.

McKenzie Sickler lined a single up the middle then hustled around the basepaths when sophomore outfielder Elena Bennett roped a triple over the drawn-in defense to right field.

Bennett came plateward on Kim Jerrick's run-scoring single to right field push the MSU lead to 5-2.

Tanner settled in for four hitless frames after the rough start. The Burkburnett product notched eight strikeouts while improving to 23-3 on the season.

Sickler's two-run single highlighted the third inning and Mooney and Tanner added run-scoring singles in the fourth before the Mustangs tacked on an unearned run in the fifth inning to secure the run-rule victory.

Chartier, Bennett, Reynolds and Sickler each added two hits for Midwestern's 14-hit attack.

Raines took the loss for SWOSU to fall to 9-7. She allowed nine runs - all eanred - on 13 hits in four innings.

The Bulldogs fell to 15-14 and 4-8.

Weekend Notables

- Sophomore outfielder Megan Chartier set a school record and matched the Lone Star Conference standard by going 5-for-5 in Friday's 7-2 win over Southwestern Oklahoma.
- Senior pitcher Kristina Gutierrez pitched a three-hit shutout in MSU's 7-0 win over Southwestern Oklahoma in the first game Saturday afternoon. She and teammate Brittney Tanner are tied for the NCAA Division II lead with 10 shutouts each.
- Midwestern State's 20 shutouts are three shy of the Lone Star Conference record for team shutouts in the season currently held by Southeastern Oklahoma which had 23 in 2000.
- Midwestern State logged a team batting average of .460 (46-for-100) in the three-game set at Southwestern Oklahoma to up its Lone Star Conference leading average to .356.