THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Eastern New Mexico claimed its first-ever series win over Midwestern State Saturday afternoon with the Mustangs earning a 6-3 win in game two and the Greyhounds clinching the series with an 11-0 run rule in the finale at Mustangs Park.

GAME 1 RECAP
Lauren Lindgren and Taylor Bermudes each belted out home runs while Kelsey Knox recorded her first win of the season in the circle to lead Midwestern State to a 6-3 victory over Eastern New Mexico in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.
 
Lindgren led off with a double to left center field in the bottom of the first before Erin Knox singled up the middle and advanced to second to put two runners on with no outs for Midwestern State (10-12, 3-5 LSC). With one out, Kelcee Thompson delivered an RBI single through the left side for the first run of the game. Taylor Mordecai added a run for the Mustangs in the next at bat with a double to right center while a single up the middle for Kelsey Knox stretched the MSU lead to 3-0.
 
In the second, Lindgren blasted her fifth home run of the season with a solo shot to left field for a 4-0 Mustangs lead.
 
Eastern New Mexico (12-14, 5-3 LSC) pulled within a run in the third inning with three runs on four hits. A walk and back-to-back singles plated ENMU's first run of the game on a RBI single to left by Kamalani Peneku before a single down the left field line by Courtney Vigil drove in a pair for a 4-3 score.
 
The Mustangs distanced themselves in the sixth with a two-run home run by Taylor Bermudes, her first of the season, for a final 6-3.

GAME 1 NOTES
- Lauren Lindgren and Taylor Mordecai each finished with two hits to lead Midwestern State
- Taylor Bermudes led the Mustangs with two RBI
- Kelsey Knox totaled three strikeouts in 6.0 innings for her first career win
- Peyton Helton earned MSU's first save of the season with a scoreless frame in the seventh to move into a tie for third on the career saves list with her fourth

STAT OF THE GAME
8 - Lauren Lindgren posted her team-leading eighth multiple-hit game of the season 

GAME 2 RECAP
Kaylee Rogers tossed a one-hitter while Eastern New Mexico scored in all five innings for an 11-0 run rule of Midwestern State to take the season series.
 
The Greyhounds struck early with Kylee Keller recording an RBI double to left center to score Cameron Conrad who led off the first with a walk for a 1-0 ENMU lead.
 
Eastern New Mexico (13-14, 6-3 LSC) extended its lead to 2-0 in the second on an RBI single up the middle by Ashley Lopez. The Greyhounds added a pair of runs in the third with Samantha Brockman driving in a run on a double to right center while Peneku capped off the inning with an RBI single to center for a 4-0 advantage.
 
Erikka Burke lifted the Greyhounds to a 6-0 lead in the fourth with a two-run shot to center field to plate Conrad after she recorded a one-out single.
 
The Greyhounds put the run rule into effect in the fifth, scoring five runs on seven hits with a Burke double scoring two of ENMU's runs in the frame.

GAME 2 NOTES
- Lauren Lindgren recorded MSU's lone hit of the game with a single up the middle in the third inning
- Midwestern State was limited to just one hit for the first time since No. 1 West Texas A&M's Kilee Halbert tossed a one-hitter on the Mustangs in five innings on Mar. 4, 2016 at Mustangs Park
- MSU allowed 17 hits for the first time since giving up 20 against Eastern New Mexico in a 13-11 win over the Greyhounds on Feb. 27, 2016 in Portales
 
STAT OF THE GAME
1 – Midwestern State was held to just one hit for the first time in 56 games  
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State begins a five-game road swing Tuesday with a doubleheader against Oklahoma Panhandle State at Aggie Softball Field in Goodwell, Okla. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.