SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Angelo State continued its mastery over Midwestern State Saturday taking both ends of the doubleheader 14-8 and 13-2 in five innings to complete a sweep of the season series for the third straight year.
 
The Mustangs fell to 12-12 on the season and 5-10 in Lone Star Conference play, while the Rambelles moved to 22-9 and 9-6.
 
GAME 1: ANGELO STATE 14, MIDWESTERN STATE 8
 
Freshman Ashley Turner rapped a pair of doubles and drove in a season-high five runs to pace Midwestern State in Saturday's opener before Angelo State used a six-run sixth inning to put the game away, 14-8.
 
Turner delivered a bases loaded, bases clearing double to the left-field gap to cap off a five-run fourth inning for the Mustangs to knot the game at 8-8. Turner's stroke followed the second of two doubles for junior Lauren Lindgren, who chased in the other two MSU Texas runs in the frame.
 
But Angelo State answered with a big sixth inning ignited by a leadoff home run by junior Courtney Barnhill and three-run blast from junior Jade Strother to extend the lead to 14-8 heading into the final inning.
 
Turner pushed across the Mustangs' first two runs of the game on a double down the right-field line in the third just an inning after scoring the team's first run of the game courtesy of Misty Muniz' single to right field.
 
Turner's first double temporarily staked the Mustangs to a 3-2 lead, but Angelo State sent 12 girls to the plate in a six-run third inning to take an 8-3 lead.
 
MSU Texas senior Abbie Lancaster took the loss to fall to 6-4 allowing 11 runs -- nine earned -- on nine hits in four innings. She struggled with the strike zone finishing with eight walks while surrendering three doubles and a homer.
 
GAME 2: ANGELO STATE 13, MIDWESTERN STATE (5 INNINGS)
 
Angelo State's Jade Strother smashed a grand slam in the first inning as the Rambelles ran away with the series finale -- 13-2 -- Saturday afternoon at Mayer Field.
 
The Rambelles took advantage of seven walks and three hit batsman to score three runs in the second and six more in the third inning.
 
MSU Texas senior Misty Muniz suffered her roughest start of the season allowing 13 runs -- all earned -- on eight hits including three doubles and a homer to fall to 5-6 on the season. The outing snaps a string of nine starts with at least seven strikeouts for the Seabrook, Texas native who didn't record a single punch out against the Rambelles.
 
Junior Lauren Lindgren put the Mustangs on the board with a solo homer in the fourth inning -- her fifth of the year, while senior Carli Woolsey launched her sixth homer over the left-field fence in the fifth.
 
GAME NOTES
- Junior outfielder Kelsey Eropkin extended her season-best hitting streak to seven games with an infield single in Game 1. She went 0-for-2 in the second game.
- Senior Carli Woolsey hit a team-best .556 (5-for-9) during the series with two doubles and her sixth homer of the campaign. She has reached base in each of her last eight games.
- Junior outfielder Lauren Lindgren accounted for three extra-base hits in Saturday's doubleheader. She laced her first two doubles of the season in Game 1, then belted her fifth homer of the season in the second game.
- Freshman Ashley Turner became just the second player to drive in at least five runs in a single game for the Mustangs this season. She was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles to drive in five runs in Game 1 on Saturday. Senior Misty Muniz used grand slams to turn the task twice this season driving in seven runs against Southern Nazarene on Feb. 1 and five against Cameron on Feb. 23.
- Muniz snapped a string of nine consecutive starts with at least seven strikeouts and didn't record a K in Saturday's second game. The streak ran back bot Feb. 15 as she recorded seven strikeouts six times before going for 10 and 12 against Western New Mexico last week and eight in the opener Friday at Angelo State.
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State takes on Northwestern Oklahoma State in a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday at Mustangs Park. First pitches are set for 2 and 4 p.m. MSU Texas plays host to Texas Woman's next weekend with a single game Friday at 6 p.m. and a doubleheader Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m.