THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State secured its third Lone Star Conference series win of the season with a doubleheader sweep of Western New Mexico Friday evening at Mustangs Park.

GAME 1 RECAP
Erin Knox recorded a career-high eight strikeouts and went 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored to carry Midwestern State to an 8-3 win over Western New Mexico in the series opener
 
Knox lifted Midwestern (15-20, 6-13 LSC) to a 1-0 advantage in the first inning with a solo home run over the left field fence for her third bomb of the season.
 
Western New Mexico (1-32, 0-16 LSC) evened up the contest in the third on two hits and two errors with WNMU plating its first run of the game on an infield error for a 1-1 score.
 
In the bottom half of the third, Taylor Bermudes propelled MSU back in front with an RBI single to center field to bring in Misty Muniz for a 2-1 lead.
 
Midwestern plated six runs on three hits and two errors in the fourth inning with Taylor Mordecai launching the second homer of the game with a solo shot to left field for a 3-1 advantage. After three-straight walks, Lauren Lindgren drove in the second run of the inning with a single to left before a Bermudes single stretched the lead to 6-1 with two runs coming across. A sacrifice fly for Knox and an infield error by WNMU capped off the frame for MSU with two additional runs coming home for an 8-1 advantage.
 
WNMU added runs in the fifth and six innings with Ariana Maldonado recording an RBI single in the fifth and an RBI groundout by Mariangela Garcia following back-to-back singles for WNMU in the sixth for an 8-3 final.

GAME 1 NOTES
- Midwestern State overcame a season-high six errors with Erin Knox going 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored while Taylor Bermudes went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run
- Knox earned the win in the circle with eight strikeouts while allowing five hits and one earned run

STAT OF THE GAME
8 – Erin Knox fanned a career-high eight batters in the series opener against Western New Mexico

GAME 2 RECAP
A three-run home run by Misty Muniz in the fifth inning broke open a tied game to lift Midwestern State to a series win with a 6-2 victory in game two of Friday's doubleheader.
 
Midwestern State (16-20, 7-13 LSC) struck early with a pair of runs in the first with Kelsey Knox driving in two with a single up the middle after walks for Bermudes and Erin Knox.
 
In the second inning, Western New Mexico (1-33, 0-17 LSC) knotted it up at 2-2 following two MSU errors and an RBI single by Brooklyn Misenhimer.
 
A leadoff walk for Erin Knox and single for Kelsey Knox led to a two-out homer to left field for Muniz in the fifth with her fourth long ball of the season propelling MSU to a 5-2 advantage.
 
A single up the middle for Mordecai plated Bermudes in the sixth after her one-out double for a 6-2 Midwestern lead. WNMU was limited to just one walk in the final two innings with MSU earning the Friday sweep.

GAME 2 NOTES
- Kelsey Knox tied a career-high three hits with two RBI and a run scored while Misty Muniz went 2-for-4 with three RBI to lead MSU
- Peyton Helton tossed a two-hitter while allowing no earned runs with four strikeouts to earn the win in the circle
 
STAT OF THE GAME
2 – Peyton Helton held Western New Mexico to just two singles in game two of Friday's doubleheader
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State and Western New Mexico square off in the series finale tomorrow at Mustangs Park with an 11 a.m. first pitch.