LAWTON, Okla. – On the second to last day of the regular season the Cameron University softball team earned a postseason spot to the Lone Star Conference Tournament in Canyon, Texas by beating Eastern New Mexico 11-3, and 4-3 on Friday afternoon.

Cameron (16-30, 9-17 LSC) got a strong pitching effort from Samantha Betts who tossed over 200 pitches in back-to-back complete games and Sonora Zukerman had two homers and six RBI to help the Aggies in the win.

With one game remaining on the schedule, Cameron will face Eastern New Mexico one more time on Saturday at noon for senior day. The Aggies will either face West Texas A&M or Texas Woman's in the opening round of the LSC Tournament on May 3 at 7 p.m.
Cameron 11, Eastern New Mexico 3 (6 inn)

The Aggies busted the flood gates open early getting five runs in the first inning on the Zias. Both of the Martini sisters hit run scoring doubles before Zukerman hit a three run shot over the left field wall.

Betts held the Zias quiet until the third where she would give up a leadoff homer to Jaqueline Candelaria. Eastern New Mexico wasn't done scoring through; Kyra Sirag would hit a single that would lead to a two run shot by Erica Armedarez to pull the Zias within two.

In the bottom frame, Cameron played small ball after leadoff of walk by Spencer Ferrell. Carly Allerheiligen would drop down a sacrifice bunt to move Ferrell into scoring position. The move paid off for Cameron as Tara Martini hit a single to score Ferrell in from second. Cameron would lead after three innings, 6-3.

The Aggies weren't done scoring; they would get a run in the fourth, and a three spot in the fifth. Zukerman hit her 13th homer of the season and second of the game with two run bomb to continue to help the CU cause.

Cameron would get their 11th run of the game off of a play at the plate with Tara Martini charging at home to score and beat the Zias 11-3 in six innings.

Zukerman had a perfect game at the plate with three hits and five RBI; Tara Martini had three hits and two RBI. Ferrell and Allerheiligen both added a pair of hits and a run scored.

Betts (11-14) went the distance and gave up only four hits and three runs.

In the second game, Cameron drew blood first again with Leslie Martini hitting her 42nd career homer over the right field fence. The Aggies would add run off a sac fly from Micah Foutch, and a third off a single by Claren Hurlbut, Cameron would lead 3-0 after two innings.

The Zias struck back in the fifth with a pair of runs off of three hits to tail CU by a run. However, Cameron responded with an insurance run in the bottom half of the inning after the Zias walked four Aggie batters to lead 4-2 after five innings.

Eastern New Mexico would get one more run in the sixth from an Aggie fielding error to make it a one run ballgame. They would threaten once again in the seventh by getting the tying run on third with two outs but Betts who started the second game finished her second complete game of the day with a strike out and a 4-3 Aggie win.

Leslie Martini was the lone Aggie to collect two hits, Zukerman and Hurlbut both had a hit and a RBI. Betts got her 12th win of the season, striking out five Zia batters, while giving up three runs (two earned).