MIDWESTERN STATE (5-16)
vs Embry-Riddle (8-6)

Tuesday, March 15 -- 1 and 3 p.m.
Mustangs Park (Wichita Falls, Texas)
All-Time Series | First meeting

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State and Embry-Riddle square off for the first time in a non-conference twin bill Tuesday afternoon at Mustangs Park. First pitches are set for 1 and 3 p.m.

The games are set for broadcast on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network at MSUMustangs.com/streaming.

All video streams on the LSC Digital Network are also available on Over-The-Top (OTT) apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku by searching "LSC Digital Network."

GOING TO THE GAME? All fans at Mustangs Park must purchase tickets online, then present the QR code to can at the gate for admittance. No walk-up sales are available. Purchase your tickets at www.msumustangs.com/tickets.

ABOUT THE MUSTANGS

Midwestern State swept Lone Star Conference foe St. Edward's 8-5 and 2-1 in eight innings Monday afternoon to improve to 5-16 overall and 4-4 in Lone Star Conference play... The Mustangs rank 14th in the LSC in hitting (.270 team batting average), 15th in pitching (6.35 team ERA) and 12th in fielding (.946 fielding percentage)... Sophomore Hanna Hetherington is in the midst of a torrid stretch clubbing seven home runs during a five-game stretch from March 6-12 including two-homer games against Western New Mexico (3/6), St. Mary's (3/12) and St. Edward's (3/14)... Hetherington is second in the LSC with eight homers and tied 20th with 20 RBIs and is 15th with a .759 slugging percentage... Hetherington blasted her first collegiate grand slam Monday against St. Edward's... Junior Bailey Brenek logged her 10th and 11th multiple-hit games Monday against St. Edward's... Brenek leads the team and ranks 21st in the LSC hitting .417 with eight doubles, a triple, a homer and 14 RBIs... Senior Ashley Turner ranks 25th in the LSC with a .408 batting average... Turner also ranks 19th in the LSC in slugging percentage at .732... Turner had a season-best eight-game hitting streak snapped in Game 1 against St. Mary's... During the streak, Turner hit .467 (14-of-30) with three doubles, three homers and eight RBIs... Turner was held without a hit in four at bats ending a run of 23 consecutive games that reached base... Turner connected for her fifth homer of the season and 10th of her career in Game 2 against the Rattlers... Freshman Mikey Dominguez blasted her first collegiate home run in Game 1 on March 6 at Western New Mexico, then belted her second in the nightcap... Dominguez posted four consecutive two-hit games from March 4 against UT Permian Basin to March 12 against St. Mary's... Senior Daylan Inkman constructed a four-game hitting streak going 7-for-18 (.389) with a double, a homer and five RBIs from March 4-12... Freshman Sabrina Graf delivered a season-best six-game hitting streak from March 4-14 including a three-hit game with two doubles and three RBIs in Game 1 at Western New Mexico on Sunday... Graf hit .556 (10-for-18) during the streak with two doubles and five RBIs... Senior Payton Griffin went 3-for-6 and drew two walks including double and an RBI in Monday's sweep against St. Edward's... Sophomore Kerris Cameron is hitting .353 with six hits in 17 at bats this season accounting for three doubles and a triple over eight games and five starts... 

HEAD COACH BRITTANIE TALLEY is in her first season at the helm of the Midwestern State program. Talley amassed a 129-75 record (.632) over the past five seasons at Vernon College including a 42-12 run while leading Chaps to the 2021 NJCAA regional tournament. That came on the heels of a 21-1 start in 2020 before the season was cut short by the pandemic. Prior to Vernon College, Talley played a role in a successful three-year run at Alabama State helping the Lady Hornets to a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title and a trip to the NCAA Division I regionals in 2016. She competed professionally for the Skovde Saints winning the Swedish championship as the league's pitcher of the year in 2011. She enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Jackson State where she earned second-team All-SWAC honors earning 27 career wins while posting seven shutouts. She also hit .320 in 172 career at bats.

ABOUT THE EAGLES

Embry-Riddle sports an 8-6 record including two losses to current No. 3-ranked Valdosta State and another to No. 17 Auburn-Montgomery... The Eagles rank seventh in the Sunshine State Conference in pitching (2.71 team ERA), 10th in batting (.224 team average) and 11th in fielding (0.925 fielding percentage)... Senior Kelsi Collins is 5-3 in the circle with a 2.29 ERA allowing 18 earned runs and 44 hits in 55 innings... Collins ranks second in the SSC with 50 strikeouts while holding the opposition to a .204 batting average... Collins has posted 32 strikeouts over her last 27 innings covering four starts... Freshman Mallory Kinahan is 3-3 with a 2.50 ERA allowing 13 earned runs on 29 hits in 36 1/3 innings... Kinahan has limited the opposition to a .201 batting average and posted consecutive shutouts against Rollins (2/19) and Nova Southeastern (2/26)... Sophomore Mahaliyah Sandridge leads ERAU with a .375 average with three doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBIs... Sandridge had consecutive two-hit performance in the Eagles' doubleheader against Palm Beach Atlantic (3/5) including the club's only home run of the season... Senior Lia Johnson is hitting .326 with a team-high 10 stolen bases... 

ABOUT THE SERIES

Midwestern State and Embry-Riddle meet for the first and second time on the diamond Tuesday afternoon at Mustangs Park. MSU has faced six other opponents from the Sunshine State Conference in its history and is a combined 4-5 including games against Barry (1-0), Eckerd (0-1), Nova Southeastern (1-0), Palm Beach Atlantic (1-1), Saint Leo (0-1) and Tampa (1-2). The Mustangs played Eckerd, Nova Southeastern, Palm Beach Atlantic, Saint Leo and Tampa as part of the Eckerd Triton Classic in Clearwater during the 2008 season.

UP NEXT

Midwestern State takes on Texas A&M-Commerce in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader Friday at Mustangs Park. First pitches are set for 4 and 6 p.m.