DENTON, Texas -- A strong pitching performance by Texas Woman's Brandie Lander compounded an opportunistic Pioneer attack spelled doom for Midwestern State Saturday in the winner's track finals as the Mustangs fell 7-1 here Saturday afternoon.

The Mustangs take on the winner of Saturday afternoon's elimination contest between St. Mary's (Texas) and Incarnate Word tonight at 7 p.m. for the right to move on to the South Central Region 1 final to face Texas Woman's again at 2 p.m.

"I'm definitely disappointed with the loss," MSU coach Brady Tigert said. "That was not the I was expecting from either side."

The winning team had scored at least 10 runs in three of the four previous between the teams this season. TWU claimed 10-7 victory over the Mustangs in last week's LSC Postseason Tournament semifinal in Canyon.

"We have been having high scoring games against them," Tigert said. "We though we could handle their pitching, but (Lander) made ball spin more today than in the past and that gave us problems."

Lander allowed just three hits, but did struggle with her command at times issuing seven walks while coming up with seven big strikeouts to strand 10 MSU runners.

MSU starter Kat Batey retired six of the first seven hitters she faced before running into trouble in the bottom of the third. The Plano native put the Nos. 8 and 9 TWU hitters on base via hit by pitches before walking Pioneer leadoff hitter Bailey Vrazel to load the bases with no outs.

TWU plated the first run of the game when Amanda Ruiz reached on a fielders choice before Batey re-loaded the bases in front of LSC Player of the Year Katie Hines, who launched a 3-2 offering over the right-field fence for her 25th homer of the season to give the Pioneers a 5-0 lead.

"We just can't give them free passes in front of the hitter of the year," Tigert said. "Then the next inning, it was errors. You just can't do that and expect to win."

The Pioneers tacked on an unearned run in the fourth and Kendra Sancet stroked her 11th homer of the season in the sixth to push the TWU lead to 7-0.

Midwestern broke up Lander's shutout bid in the seventh as Chelsey Wall scored on what was ruled a high passed ball.

Courtney Bingham, Shelby Carter and Wall accounted for Midwestern's three hits with a safety each.

Batey allowed seven runs - six earned - on seven hits with one strikeout and three walks in 4 2/3 innings to fall to 16-8 on the season.

Laci Belovsky fanned two in 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief to finish the game.

Midwestern State slipped to 43-16 on the season while the Pioneers improved to 48-12.