CANYON, Texas — No. 1 West Texas A&M polished off a four-game sweep of Midwestern State with a pair of 9-1 run-rule victories both in five innings Saturday afternoon at Schaeffer Park.

The Mustangs fell to 13-8 on the season and 0-4 in Lone Star Conference play, while WT improved to 17-2 and 4-0.

Senior shortstop Katy Vandewater connected for her eighth home run of the season in the second inning of Game 1, while junior Katelyn Vinson launched her sixth long ball of the year in the third inning of Game 2 to account for all of MSU's offense for the twin bill.

West Texas A&M erupted for two runs in the first, six in the third and one more in fourth to clinch the run-rule win in the opener led by two-hit efforts by Lacey Taylor and Ashley Hardin.

Erin Knox took the loss for the Mustangs to fall to 4-2 in the circle allowing eight earned runs on eight hits in four innings.

The Lady Buffs jumped on MSU starter Katlyn Holmes for eight runs over the first three frames of Game 2 playing three in the first, one in the second and four in the fourth.

WT's Kaisha Dacosin connected for a home run while going 2-for-3 with four RBIs, while shortstop Stacey Ramirez went 3-for-3 and drove in two more runs.

Holmes fell to 7-4 on the season allowing seven earned runs on six hits while walking seven in three innings.

Midwestern State plays host to Texas Woman's for a four-game series next weekend at Mustangs Park. The teams play a doubleheader at 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday before closing the weekend with a pair on Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m.