LAWTON - The Cameron University softball team looks to continue their hot streak as they compete in the second weekend of the Edmond Festival on Sunday and Monday. 

After a weekend off due to weather, the Aggies will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 21st, and Monday, Feb. 22 for a pair of games each day, before turning around and playing a Wednesday doubleheader with Roger State. Navigating this schedule that seeing the Aggies playing six games in four days will be an obstacle for Kayla Adams' squad. 

On Sunday, the Aggies will take on Nebraska-Kearney at 10 a.m. before taking on Colorado Christian Sunday afternoon. When the Aggies take on Nebraska Kearney, they will be facing a 2-4 Loper team that is 1-3 vs Lone Star Conference teams coming into the weekend. The Aggies can continue the conferences winning ways in this tilt. Nebraska Kearney, who was 13-13 at the time of the stoppage last year, is led by Abbie Vodicka who turns in a .381 average and has already plated four Loper runs, scoring four herself. Vodicka is responsible for 8 of NKU's 30 runs this season. 

In the circle, the Lopers are led by Morgan Blake, who will likely get the ball in Sunday's matchup vs CU. Blake has tossed fiving innings this season without allowing a run out of the Loper pen. Nebraska-Kearney's best starter comes the way of Melissa Gellerman, who owns a team-low 5.89 ERA (min. 10 innings pitched), and has already punched out nine batters. 

In the short season, the Lopers have already allowed 43-runs. The explosive Aggie offense, which has turned in 34 runs already, can take advantage at the dish in this matchup. CU has only surrendered 15-runs in the circle. 

Colorado Christian has yet to make their season debut in 2021. A year ago, CC turned in a 20-7 record and will present a tough test for the Aggies. 

On Monday, the Black and Gold will take on Chadron State, and Oklahoma Baptist University to wrap up the OC/UCO invitational. Chadron State has not played a game this season, but a year ago sputtered to a 10-13 start before the season ended. Oklahoma Baptist saw all four of their games entering this weekend wiped out due to weather, but a year ago finished four-games over .500. 

Cameron will look to build on their strong start to the year. They finished their first weekend of action 3-1, with their lone loss coming via a shoot-out with UCO that took ten innings to decide a winner. CU outscored their opponents 34-15 on the weekend and showed a balance of hitting and pitching. 

Brenna Busby, and Maci McMurtrey each posted a .500 batting average through the first weekend, tying the pair for the team-high. Busby added three doubles, came around to score seven times and swiped four bags in four tries. McMurtrey turned in a stolen base and three runs of her own. Haley Castle had an outstanding debut weekend with the Black and Gold going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, and three runs scored across three games. 

As a team, the Aggies are disruptive on the base paths, with Kayla Adams at the helm, the Aggies have turned into fearless base stealers. So far this year, CU is 14-for-15 when attempts to steal a base. Adams' squad is also a disciplined one, only striking out 10 times as a team in their 133 at-bats. 

In the circle, Bethany Hines is picking up right where she left off, turning in a sub-2 ERA in her 16.1-innings of work to go along with her 17 strikeouts for CU. Breley Webb is another hurler the Aggies will rely on, and in her two clean innings of work against NSU show why. Webb can do more than spin it, as she provides a threat at the plate as well. On the year, Webb is sporting a .385-average with a double and three RBIs.