WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State welcomes Eastern New Mexico for a Lone Star Conference series Thursday and Friday at Mustangs Park.

The Mustangs and Greyhounds play a doubleheader Thursday at 2 and 4 p.m. before closing with a single game on Friday at 1.

The games are set to 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, and Roku by searching "LSC Digital Network."

LAST TIME OUT | Jessika Roberts drove in six runs to lead Midwestern State to a 6-4 win over Oklahoma Christian in the series finale Saturday at Tom Heath field. The junior center field hit a two-run triple to center field in the third inning, then clobbered a go-ahead, two-run homer to cap a four-run top of the seventh for the Mustangs. Oklahoma Christian took the first two games of the season by scores of 10-2 in six innings on Friday before beating MSU 6-0 in first game on Saturday.

MUSTANGS TRACKS | Sophomore Sydney Shimkus leads the Mustangs with a .274 batting average accounting for two doubles, a homer, eight RBIs, and two stolen bases... Shimkus is hitting .417 over her last 14 games... Shimkus hit .500 (6-for-12) during a team-best, five-game hitting streak from March 21-31... Shimkus had a season-high three hits and scored two runs in a 6-4 win Saturday over Oklahoma Christian... Shimkus has reached base in each of her last seven games... Sophomore Madisen Mann matched Shimkus by hitting .462 (6-for-13) during a five-game hitting streak from March 21 to April 1... Sophomore Zoe Isom has gone the distance and won her last two starts at Mustangs Park posting a 1.50 ERA allowing three runs on 15 hits in 14 innings in victories over UT Permian Basin and Texas Woman's... Junior Christine Billmeier earned her first win of the season by allowing four runs on 10 hits in seven innings in MSU's 6-4 victory at Oklahoma Christian on Saturday...

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT

EASTERN NEW MEXICO (20-22, 12-18 LSC) | Eastern New Mexico stands 12th in the Lone Star Conference standings... The Greyhounds rank sixth in the LSC with a .282 team batting average while ranking second in the league and third in NCAA Division II with 73 doubles... ENMU is 12th in the LSC with a 3.84 team ERA... Senior Mikenzey Patterson leads the 'Hounds with a .369 average with two doubles, three triples, and 18 stolen bases... Senior outfielder Azalea Martinez is second in the LSC and eighth in NCAA Division II with 15 doubles, while also accounting for two triples, six homers, a team-high 35 RBIs... Freshman Ashley Nickerson hits .328 while ranking fourth in the LSC and 14th in NCAA Division II with 14 doubles... Senior Brook Leger sports a 10-6 record in the circle with a 2.77 ERA... Leger boasts four shutouts, while ranking sixth in the LSC and 46th in NCAA Division II with 104 strikeouts...

ABOUT THE SERIES

- Midwestern State and Eastern New Mexico meet for the 24th, 25th, and 26th times on the diamond Thursday and Friday at Mustangs Park.
- The Mustangs own a 23-10 edge in the series which dates back to the 2005 season.
- Midwestern State has won five of the last seven meetings between the program dating back to the 2019 campaign.
- The Mustangs and Greyhounds split the last two LSC doubleheaders during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
- Midwestern State is 9-4 all-time against the Greyhounds in Wichita Falls.

UP NEXT

Midwestern State hits the road to face Texas A&M-Kingsville for a three-game Lone Star Conference series on April 11 and 12. The Mustangs and Javelinas play a twin bill at 4 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday 15 before closing the set with a single game at noon on Wednesday.