MIDWESTERN STATE (5-24, 4-10 LSC)
at Cameron (18-14, 6-8 LSC)
Sunday, March 27 -- 1 and 3 p.m.
McMahon Field (Lawton, Okla.)
All-Time Series | MSU leads 37-26
LAWTON, Okla. -- Midwestern State and Cameron resume the Red River Rivalry in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader Sunday afternoon at McMahon Field. 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."
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
Midwestern State is tied for 11th in the Lone Star Conference standings with a 4-10 league record... The Mustangs completed a stretch of three doubleheaders against nationally ranked opponents Friday at No. 23 Oklahoma Christian... The six-game stretch also featured twin bills against No. 20 Texas A&M-Commerce and No. 1 UT Tyler... MSU is 0-12 when facing teams ranked in the NFCA Division IIÂ Top 25 this season and has lost 18 straight against ranked opponents dating back to a 7-5 win over No. 2-ranked UT Tyler on March 8, 2020 in its last game before the remainder of the 2020 campaign was called due to the coronavirus pandemic... The Mustangs rank 15th in the LSC in hitting (.245 team batting average), 15th in pitching (6.58 team ERA) and 13th in fielding (.946 fielding percentage)... During Lone Star Conference play, MSU ranks 10th in the league in hitting (.272), 13th in pitching (6.13) and 11th in fielding (.951)... MSU ranks eighth in the LSC and 47th in NCAA Division II averaging 0.86 home runs per game... The Mustangs blasted 23 home runs over their last 19 games after hitting just two homers in their first 10 games of the season... Midwestern State has hit at least one homer in 11 of its last 16 games including a run of seven straight games from March 4-14... Sophomore
Hanna Hetherington is third in the LSC lead and ranks eighth in NCAA Division II with 10 home runs... Hetherington hit nine of her 10 home runs during an 11-game stretch from March 6-20 including two-homer games against Western New Mexico (3/6), St. Mary's (3/12) and St. Edward's (3/14)... Senior
Ashley Turner leads the Mustangs with a .365 batting average with nine doubles, six homers and 19 RBIs...Turner is sixth in the LSC and 56th in NCAA Division II with nine doubles... Turner also ranks 25th in the LSC and 98th in NCAA Division II with 35 hits... Turner has reached base in each of her last seven games... Junior
Bailey Brenek is second on the team hitting .358 with eight doubles, a triple and a homer while driving in 14 runs... Brenek leads the Mustangs with 12 multiple-hit games... Brenek had a 17-game streak of reaching base snapped in the second game of Friday's doubleheader at Oklahoma Christian... Freshman
Peyton Lee is hitting .393 (11-for-28) with three doubles and has multiple hits three times over the last 10 games... Lee notched a save on March 14 against St. Edward's in her first pitching appearance of the season allowing one hit and one walk in 1 1/3 innings, then pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief against No. 1 UT Tyler on March 20... Lee made her first collegiate start Friday at Oklahoma Christian allowing five earned runs on eight hits in six innings... Freshman
Mikey Dominguez hit .387 (12-for-31) with a double, a triple, four homers and 10 RBIs during a 10-game stretch from March 4-18... Dominguez posted five two-hit games during the stretch connecting for four home runs... Dominguez smashed her fifth home run of the season during Game 1 Friday at Oklahoma Christian...
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 AGGIES
Cameron is ninth in the Lone Star Conference standings with a 6-8 league record... The Aggies have split their last four Lone Star Conference doubleheaders against Texas A&M International, St. Mary's, St. Edward's and Texas Woman's... Cameron ranks 10th in the LSC in hitting (.295 team batting average), 10th in pitching (3.74 team ERA) and 11th in fielding (.956 fielding percentage)... During Lone Star Conference play, the Aggies rank ninth in the league in hitting (.284), sixth in pitching (3.71) and sixth in fielding (.957)... Cameron ranks sixth in the LSC and 29th in NCAA Division II with 1.00 homer per game and is ninth in the LSC and 52nd in NCAA Division II with 45 total stolen bases... Junior Breley Webb leads Cameron and ranks 12th in the LSC hitting .418 with seven doubles, a triple, three homers and 17 RBIs... Webb is also 7-4 in circle with seven complete games and three shutouts with a 3.58 ERA and 1.48 WHIP... Junior Josie Swafford hits .347 with five doubles, a homer and 17 RBIs, while posting a 5-3 record in the circle with a 2.81 ERA and 1.35 WHIP... Junior Khmari Edwards leads the Aggies with seven homers and 22 RBIs while ranking sixth in the LSC and 34th in NCAA Division II with 17 stolen bases...
ABOUT THE SERIES
Midwestern State and Cameron meet for the 64th and 65th times on the diamond Sunday afternoon at McMahon Field. The Mustangs own a 37-26 lead in the series which dates back to the 2004 season. The teams split a twin bill last season at Mustangs Park and have not played in Lawton since MSU won two of three on March 16-17, 2018. MSU and Cameron have split the previous 26 games of the series played in Lawton.
UP NEXT
Midwestern State welcomes No. 13 Angelo State to Mustangs Park for a Lone Star Conference doubleheader Friday night. First pitches are slated for 4 and 6 p.m.
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