WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State split a pair of games at the Holiday Inn at the Falls Saturday at Mustangs Park claiming a 4-3 win over East Central (Okla.) before falling to Arkansas Tech 14-4 in five innings.
MSU, who moved to 10-4 on the season, closes tournament play against East Central Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
Freshman pitcher
Laci Belovsky allowed three runs on 10 hits to improve to 6-2 to snap ECU's seven-game winning streak.
The Mustangs put up two runs in the fourth inning as
Kim Jerrick lined an RBI-single to center field, stole second and came around to score on a wild pitch as MSU claimed a 4-2 lead.
ECU's Jordynn Van Pelt drilled a solo homer to left died in the sixth inning to pull the Tigers to within a run but Belovsky closed out the game by retiring the side in the seventh.
Senior center fielder
Elena Bennett and freshman
Haley Howerton joined Jerrick with two hits each to pace Midwestern's nine-hit attack.
Arkansas Tech's Siarra Gomez belted two homers as the Golden Suns binged for seven first inning runs in a five-inning run-rule of the Mustangs in the second game.
ATU's Ashton Long, Shanna Davidson and Ashley Keen also drilled homers as the Golden Suns evened their season record at 4-4.
MSU's Kat Batey was saddled with the loss allowing 14 runs -- 13 earned -- on 14 hits with six walks and two strikeouts in five innings.
In other other action Saturday at Mustangs Park, Arkansas Tech beat Eastern New Mexico 9-4, ECU defeated ENMU 9-0 in five innings, Texas A&M International routed ENMU 16-6 in five innings and ATU upended TAMIU 7-5.
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