3
Winner Eastern N.M. ENMU 14-19, 7-10 LSC
2
UT Permian Basin UTPB 12-23, 1-13 LSC
Winner
Eastern N.M. ENMU
14-19, 7-10 LSC
3
Final
2
UT Permian Basin UTPB
12-23, 1-13 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern N.M. ENMU 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 6 0
UT Permian Basin UTPB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 2

W: Reyes, Leslie (7-8) L: Cindy Juarez (3-5)

5
Winner Eastern N.M. ENMU 15-19, 8-10 LSC
0
UT Permian Basin UTPB 12-24, 1-14 LSC
Winner
Eastern N.M. ENMU
15-19, 8-10 LSC
5
Final
0
UT Permian Basin UTPB
12-24, 1-14 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern N.M. ENMU 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 1
UT Permian Basin UTPB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

W: Herron, Kimberly (2-4) L: Maritza Rojas (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball |

Hounds Sweep Doubleheader at UTPB as Burke Ties Homerun Record

PORTALES, NM —With her record-tying 33rd homerun, Erikka Burke lifted the Eastern New Mexico University softball team (15-19; LSC 8-10) to a 3-2 win in the opening game of Saturday's Lone Star Conference doubleheader. The senior first baseman also pounded out a career-best four hits as the Hounds defeated UT Permian Basin (12-24; LSC 1-14), 5-0 in the nightcap at UTPB Softball Field.

Homeruns in the Book
  • Eastern is just two homers away from its fourth most homers in a season (36 in 2007)
  • Burke has 11 homers this season and at least nine in each of her three seasons
  • Kristen Cruickshank set the single-season record of 14 homers in 2009
  • Rachel Mohler bashed her 33rd homer on March 16, 2002

Also In the Record Book
  • Head Coach Katie Welborn picked up her 23rd Lone Star Conference win
  • She joins Kathleen Rodriguez as the only ENMU softball coach to reach the 20-win mark in LSC play
  • Welborn is also just one victory away from joining Rodriguez and Lauren Sigwing as the only coaches to win 50 games for the program

In the Series
  • ENMU improved to 18-10 against the Falcons with a 4-5 record on the road
  • Today gave ENMU its first road wins in the series since sweeping a doubleheader in 2000

Game 1
  • Jennifer McElroy led off the Greyhound fourth with a double
  • She sprinted home for the game's first run on a two-out single from Precious Aguirre
  • McElroy extended Eastern's lead  to 2-0, hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth to plate Ashley Lopez
  • After pitcher Leslie Reyes had retired 11 consecutive batters between the first and fourth innings, the Falcons threatened in the fifth
  • With one out and two in scoring position, Reyes induced a ground ball from Aubree Avila and fanned Alyssa Lopez to escape the jam
  • The Falcons capitalized on two leadoff hit batsmen followed by a single in the sixth, and tied the game at 2-all on April Arellano's two-out infield single
  • One out into the Greyhound seventh, Burke faced a 2-0 count and drove her 11th homer of the season to left field for the winning run
  • Reyes allowed two runs on four hits to earn her seventh win of the season
  • Karina Moreno and Elysa Rodriguez each had a hit for ENMU
 

Game 2
  • Kimberly Herron scattered four hits over seven innings to garner her first shutout of the seasonS
  • Jennifer McElroy's two-out, two-run homer in the top of the first inning gave the Hounds a lead they would not relinquish
  • Samantha Glover and Aguirre also drove in runs as the Hounds seized a 4-0 lead in the first inning
  • McElroy continued her productive day with a RBI double in the fourth to give Eastern a 5-0 lead
  • Burke had hits in the first, second, fourth and sixth innings to register the first four-hit game of her career
  • McElroy batted 2-for-4
  • Sloan Springfield allowed one run over 6.1 innings of relief for the Falcons
 

Up Next
  • The Eastern New Mexico University softball team will visit Colorado Christian on Tuesday
  • The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled for 12 p.m. MT