Erika Burke Homer
Trey Reed- Midwestern State
21
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 18-9
3
Eastern N.M. ENMU 13-17
Winner
Lubbock Christian LCU
18-9
21
Final
3
Eastern N.M. ENMU
13-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Lubbock Christian LCU 11 0 0 2 8 21 22 1
Eastern N.M. ENMU 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0

W: Monique Francois (12-3) L: Gary, Hanna (5-5)

9
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 19-9
8
Eastern N.M. ENMU 13-18
Winner
Lubbock Christian LCU
19-9
9
Final
8
Eastern N.M. ENMU
13-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lubbock Christian LCU 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 9 11 4
Eastern N.M. ENMU 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 8 1

W: Monique Francois (13-3) L: Herron, Kimberly (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Burke Pulls Closer to Record As Greyhounds Nearly Stun Lady Chaps

PORTALES, NM — Senior Erikka Burke homered for the 32nd time in her career and the Eastern New Mexico University softball team nearly rallied from a six-run deficit in the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader at Greyhound Softball Field. Lubbock Christian picked up a 21-3 win in the opening game, but had to overcome a ferocious seventh-inning rally from ENMU to claim a 9-8 win in the nightcap.

The Long Ball
  • Burke's homer was her tenth of the season, bringing her within one of Rachael Mohler's team record
  • ENMU has 32 homers on the season, fifth-most in team history

Game 2
  • After LCU seized a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning in the nightcap, ENMU closed to within one run on Burke's two-run blast in the bottom of the inning
  • Ashley Lopez added a game-tying RBI single later in the inning
  • The Lady Chaps scored the next six runs and took a 9-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh
  • LCU relief pitcher retired Eastern's first two batters of the inning, but two errors and a hit batsman loaded the bases for the Hounds
  • A third error in the inning for LCU allowed Precious Aguirre and Burke to score
  • Kamalani Peneku looped a two-run single in front of first baseman Megan Doufour, which landed and came to a stop just inside the foul line to make the score 9-7
  • After a Lopez single, Courtney Vigil's RBI single scored Peneku from second base
  • Lopez batted 2-for-4 for the Hounds
  • KK Lopez-Lui drove in five runs for the Lady Chaps
  • Monique Francois tossed five innings to earn the win in relief for LCU
 
Game 1
  • The Lady Chaps sent 15 batters to the plate in the top of the first and seized an 11-0 lead
  • Peneku's two-out single in the third inning gave ENMU its first baserunner of the game
  • After a two-run blast from Lindy Clemmer in the fourth inning, ENMU responded with a double from Vigil
  • Vigil scored ENMU's first run on an error later in the inning
  • The Lady Chaps added eight runs in the top of the fifth
  • In the bottom of the inning, Kiana Zerr cracked a two-run blast for the second straight game
  • Eastern had six hits in the game
  • Francois tossed three innings to earn the win

Up Next
  • The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will head to UT Permian Basin to open a Lone Star Conference series
  • Friday's single game will start at 5 p.m. MT