Midwestern State (16-13, 7-11 LSC) at Tarleton State (23-8, 8-7 LSC)
Lone Star Conference Game
Fri. March 29 | 5:30 p.m. (DH)
Sat. March 30 | 1 p.m.
Stephenville, Texas | TexAnn Softball Complex
Live Stats (G1): TarletonSports.com | Watch (G1): TarletonSports.com
Live Stats (G2): TarletonSports.com | Watch (G2): TarletonSports.com
Live Stats (G3): TarletonSports.com | Watch (G3): TarletonSports.com
Series Notes: MSU Texas leads 25-15 | Mustangs are 5-5 against TSU on the road | MSU Texas is 5-9 in the last 14 meetings
First Meeting: TSU won 3-1 in San Antonio on May 7, 2004
Last Meeting: TSU won 8-4 in Wichita Falls on April 22, 2018
Last MSU Texas Win: MSU Texas won 4-1 in Stephenville on April 22, 2017
Last TSU Win: TSU won 8-4 in Wichita Falls on April 22, 2018
 
Scouting the TexAnns: Tarleton State enters the series receiving votes in the most recent NFCA poll with a 23-8 record and an 8-7 mark in LSC play…the TexAnns are tied with Cameron for fifth in the LSC standings…TSU has won six-straight, taking two games apiece from McPherson College, Southwestern Oklahoma State and Texas A&M International…the TexAnns hit .306 as a team with a .486 slugging percentage, plating 199 runs in 31 games…sophomore outfielder Georgia Cappell tops the squad with a .408 average, 45 RBI and 12 of the team's 35 home runs…junior Jordan Withrow has seen the majority of the work in the circle, going 9-3 with a 2.78 ERA over 90.2 innings…freshman Tristan Bridges owns a 6-3 record with a 4.31 ERA in 11 starts…
 
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State looks to end its road woes as it travels to Stephenville for a three-game set with Tarleton State. First pitch in Friday's doubleheader is slated for 5:30 p.m. before Saturday's finale commences at 1 p.m.
 
Storylines
Mark Ryal Era Continues
Mark Ryal continues his third season as the head coach of the Maroon and Gold. The former Major Leaguer has led the Mustangs to a 50-63 (.442) record and a pair of ninth place finishes in the LSC. Ryal picked up his 50th in the Maroon and Gold in Thursday's win over Texas Woman's.
 
Last Time Out
The Mustangs were unable to get the offense rolling in a 6-2 loss in the series finale to Texas Woman's. Senior Carli Woolsey belted her fifth home run in the last six games and her 10th of the season in the setback.
 
Road Woes
The Maroon and Gold aim to snap a nine-game losing streak on the road on Friday. MSU previously lost 10-straight on the road from March 10-April 21, 2017, for the longest road losing streak in program history.
 
The Mustangs average 2.1 runs per game on the road, hitting just .206 with only two home runs and 15 extra base hits.
 
K-Counter
Senior Misty Muniz became the first MSU Texas pitcher to record 100 strikeouts in a season since Laci Belovsky fanned 148 in 2013. The Seabrook, Texas, native has punched out at least seven batters in 10 of her last 13 starts. Muniz's 114 strikeouts are the second most in the LSC this season trailing Texas A&M-Kingsville's Saidi Castillo's 132.
 
Senior Abbie Lancaster recorded her 100th career strikeout in the win over the Pioneers on Thursday.
 
Hotter Than The Sun
Senior Carli Woolsey leads the team and ranks sixth in the LSC with 10 dingers on the season. The Enid, Okla., has gone deep in five of the last six games.
 
Woolsey is hitting .529 with five dingers, eight RBI, two doubles and seven runs scored.

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