Softball | 4/11/2017 1:57:00 PM

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

PORTALES, NM — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will hit the road this week, for a three-game Lone Star Conference series at Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Greyhounds are 6-6 in conference play on the road, with series wins at Western New Mexico and Midwestern State.

On Thursday, the Hounds will open the series at Texas A&M-Kingsville, with a single game, which starts at 6 p.m. MST. The teams will conclude the series on Friday, with a doubleheader, which is set to start at 12 p.m. All three games will have live statistics and video at www.javelinaathletics.com

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With 18 wins, the Greyhounds have posted their highest victory total since the 2007 season. ENMU's 10 Lone Star Conference victories is also the team's high mark since that same season
Eastern's lineup boasts three players (Erikka Burke, Susannah Chandler, and Cameron Conrad) batting at least .324. The team currently is on pace for its fifth-best on-base percentage (.385) and eighth-highest slugging percentage (.441).

Erikka Burke currently is on pace for the seventh-best single-season slugging percentage in team history (.717) and has the third-most homers in a season (12). Kaylee Rogers 14 wins are fourth most in a season for ENMU, while her four shutouts tie for fourth.

Katie Welborn has won 32 games and is in her second season at ENMU. Earlier this season, she passed Ron Landschoot and Hollie Chadwick, and currently ranks fifth on the ENMU career wins list, just four wins behind Amber Daniel.

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Texas A&M-Kingsville brings a 19-21 record into this week's series with Eastern, which includes an 8-11 mark in LSC play. The Javelinas earned a 4-3 win over St. Edwards, last Wednesday, to snap a five-game skid. Texas A&M-Kingsville picked up series wins over Texas A&M-Commerce and University of Texas of the Permian Basin, last month.

Betsy Dean is in her second season with the Javelinas and has a 41-54 record.

Inside the Series with Texas A&M-Kingsville
The Greyhounds are 18-52 against Texas A&M-Kingsville, with seven road wins. The Javelinas swept the last two series against ENMU, but the teams split a four-game series during the 2014 season.

The last time ENMU defeated the Javelinas came in the 2014 season finale, by a 9-8 score. Shelby Ripple homered for the Hounds in the fifth inning, and Elizabeth Velasquez cracked a game-tying sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh. Ripple's walk-off double in the ninth inning plated Aurelia Sandoval. Cailin Garmon tossed 4.1 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win for Eastern and allowed just three hits. Sandoval batted four-for-five, while Ripple also had four hits and four RBIs.

Up Next
The Greyhounds will visit Oklahoma Panhandle on Tuesday, for a non-conference doubleheader. Eastern will host West Texas A&M for the final games of the regular season on April 28-29.