LAWTON, Okla. – Still looking for their first Lone Star Conference series win, the Cameron softball team heads west to face Eastern New Mexico for a three game series in Portales, N.M.
Series Schedule:
G1 - Single Game at 5 p.m. (CT) |
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G2/3 - Doubleheader at 2 p.m. (CT) |
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About the Aggies:
The Aggies come into the weekend 14-10 overall, and 3-6 within the conference after dropping two of three to now No. 12 Texas A&M Kingsville. They opened up that series with a 6-3 walk-off win thanks to a three-run homer from
Breley Webb before losing the second game 9-8 in eight innings and the third 8-0 in five.
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Freshman
Khmari Edwards is leading a CU team that is hitting .288 as a whole with 124 runs scored and 47 extra-base hits. Edwards is batting .413 in her rookie campaign with 21 runs scored and 19 RBI. She is second on the team with four homers behind All-LSC shortstop
Brenna Busby, who has 20. Busby is batting .351 and leads CU with 25 runs scored. She and Edwards have combined to go 26-28 in stolen base attempts. Webb is also having a strong start to the season at the plate, hitting .319 with 15 RBI and 10 runs scored.
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Webb is also part of a four-player pitching staff that has posted a 3.19 team ERA with 119 K's in 156 innings. The Yukon, Okla. native owns a 3.03 ERA with 31 punchouts in just 30 innings in the circle.
Rylee Willmon leads CU with a 2.46 ERA, striking out 24 in 42.2 innings of work, while
Bethany Hines owns a 3.00 ERA and has a team-best 46 K's in 60.2 innings in the circle.
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About the Greyhounds:
Eastern New Mexico has played a perfectly even season thus far, sitting with a 10-10 record overall, and a 6-6 conference record. The Greyhounds are looking to snap a three game losing streak. After being swept by Texas A&M Commerce last weekend who ranks number #18 in the nation.
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At the plate, Iliana Mendoza leads the way for ENMU with a .511 batting average. The true freshman from Tucson, AZ has played in sixteen games this season, starting 14 of them, with 45 at bats on her resume. Mendoza has scored a team high 12 runs, earned a team high 23 hits, and is second in total bases for the Greyhounds with 31. Mendoza gets on base at a .558 clip, the next closes to her team high watermark is .450.
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The Greyhounds have only deployed two pitchers to this point in the season, Hanna Gary, and Kimberly Herron. Gary, the senior from Peoria, AZ has pitched 58 innings to the tune of a bloated eight ERA, with five complete games, eight starts, and 12 appearances total. Opponents are hitting for a .327 average against her. Kimberly Herron, another senior in the ENMU circle from Shawnee, OK, turns in a 6.23 ERA across 15 appearances (12 starts) and eight complete games. Teams are hitting .333 off Herron so far this year.
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On Deck:
The Aggies play host to Northwestern Oklahoma State on Monday, March 18, for a doubleheader that starts at 4 p.m. That weekend, they return to Lone Star Conference play by hosting No. 8 West Texas A&M for a three game series starting on Friday, March 22, at 6 p.m.
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