KINGSVILLE, Texas – Texas A&M-Kingsville earned its first-ever series sweep against Midwestern State Saturday afternoon with the Javelinas clinching the series with a 5-1 win in game one of the doubleheader before prevailing 6-5 in eight innings in game two.
 
GAME 1 RECAP
Texas A&M-Kingsville scored five runs in the fourth and fifth innings en route to a 5-1 victory over Midwestern State to begin Saturday's doubleheader.
 
Arabella Acosta-Cantu broke a scoreless contest in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-out RBI single to center field for a 1-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville (7-5, 2-3 LSC) lead. A second MSU error in the inning plated two more unearned runs for the Javelinas to stretch their lead to 3-0.
 
A leadoff solo home run for Victoria Schoonard-Saborio added to the Javelinas lead in the fifth before a pair of singles and a wild pitch put two runners in scoring position for TAMUK. A grounder to second base for Delila Gillespie drove in another run for the Javelinas for a 5-0 score after five.
 
Lauren Lindgren led off the sixth for Midwestern State (9-10, 2-3 LSC) with a single to left field before back-to-back TAMUK errors placed the freshman on third base with no outs. A one-out RBI single to center for Carli Woolsey brought in the first run for the Mustangs for a 5-1 game.
 
Taylor Bermudes began the seventh inning with a single down the right field line but a strikeout and double play ended the threat for MSU with the Javelinas earning the game one victory.

GAME 1 NOTES
- Erin Knox went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead the Midwestern State offense
- Peyton Helton suffered the loss in the circle, allowing eight hits, three earned runs and two walks
- Arabella Acosta-Cantu and Victoria Schoonard-Saborio each totaled two hits apiece to lead the Javelinas
- Breanna Smith earned the win for TAMUK with a pair of strikeouts in 5.1 innings

STAT OF THE GAME
3 – Erin Knox recorded her third multiple-hit game of the season
 
GAME 2 RECAP
Randa Hatter delivered a walk-off single down the right field line in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel Texas A&M-Kingsville to a 6-5 victory and a series sweep in game two. 
 
A leadoff homer to left field for Misty Muniz in the seventh inning sent the game to extras with a 5-5 score.
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville (8-5, 3-3 LSC) went in front 4-0 after a three-run third inning. After Haley Boyett scored the first run of the game on a Rachael Longoria single in the second, she followed with a two-RBI triple to right center in the third to extend the TAMUK lead to 3-0. Lauren Oatman followed in the next at bat with an RBI single to third for a 4-0 contest.
 
Midwestern State (9-11, 2-4 LSC) answered in the top of the fourth with Kelsey Knox driving in MSU's first runs with a two-RBI double to left center to cut the TAMUK lead in half. Lindgren then belted out her second triple of the season to plate two additional runs and knot the game at 4-4.
 
Longoria delivered a second RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to give the Javelinas a 5-4 advantage before Muniz's home run in the seventh.

GAME 2 NOTES
- Six Mustangs each recorded one hit with Lauren Lindgren and Kelsey Knox leading MSU with two RBI
- The Javelinas totaled 12 hits with Rachael Longoria going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored
- Kelsey Knox was handed the loss for MSU while Sarah Gilbert earned the win for TAMUK
 
STAT OF THE GAME
2 – Misty Muniz hit her second home run of the season to tie the game up at 5-5 in the seventh inning
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State returns to Mustangs Park to continue Lone Star Conference play next weekend with a three-game series against Eastern New Mexico. The teams begin the series with a single game Friday at 7 p.m. while playing a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.