Saturday, February 10, 2018
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Junior second baseman
Karina Moreno stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and drove a walk-off single to right field as the Eastern New Mexico University softball team (5-4) won its fourth straight game. After giving up four runs in the third inning,
Leslie Reyes blanked California (Pa.) the rest of the way, as the Hounds picked up a 5-4 victory at The Part at St. Mary's University.
The contest marked the first time the teams have met.
On a Roll
- Dating back to last weekend's win over Cal State-Monterey Bay, the Hounds have won five of their last six games
- Reyes has won her last three games to even her record at 3-3
- Over that span, she has posted a 1.67 earned run average
The Key Plays
- Erikka Burke gave the Hounds a 1-0 lead with a first inning homer
- Carlee Wickstrom's two-run double staked the Vulcans to a 2-1 lead in the top of the third
- One batter later, California pushed their lead to 4-1 on a two-run single from Jacquelyn Fowler
- Elena Garcia drove in three runs on two doubles, the second plating Lauren Likes in the bottom of the seventh with the game-tying run
- Moreno's single allowed Garcia to score the game-ending run
- Reyes blanked the Vulcans on two hits over the final four innings
In the Numbers
- Samantha Brockman singled in the fourth inning to extend her hit streak to four games
- Burke's homer was the 25th of her career, pulling her within four of Kristen Cruickshank on the career list
- Reyes scattered four hits and fanned three batters
Up Next
- The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will continue play in the St. Mary's Classic tomorrow against 22nd-ranked St. Mary's
- The contest is scheduled for 9 a.m. MT
