LAWTON – Cameron rides a three-game win streak out west for a pair of road doubleheaders against Western New Mexico and UT Permian Basin this weekend.

The Aggie softball team has won three straight, including one over No. 10 West Texas A&M last weekend, and is 11-3 since March 14. They are now 20-12 on the season and 11-9 against Lone Star Conference opponents. This weekend CU faces a pair of teams that have a combined five wins this year.

Cameron hit .409 and scored 39 runs over their homestand against the Lady Buffs and Eastern New Mexico. The weekend culminated with a Senior Day to remember for Callie Christensen, Brenna Busby, Bethany Hines, and Kaylyn Smith. The quartet combined for 15 hits, 13 runs, eight stolen bases, three doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 10 RBI in the doubleheader against the Greyhound. Hines also threw a near-perfect game, giving up just one hit in the fifth inning.

Busby's strong weekend pushed her batting average to .417, which leads the team, to go along with 40 runs scored and 23 stolen bases. The other half of the middle-infield, Khmari Edwards is batting .392 with a team-high 29 RBI and 22 swipes. Christensen's .778 average over the weekend increased her season clip to .372 while also ranking second in the LSC with her nine homers.  

Hines and Breley Webb are two of the top arms in the conference. Webb leads CU with a 2.79 ERA and has struck out 72 batters in 77.2 innings of work. Hines has eight wins on the season, upping her program record to 72 career victories. She has struck out 74 batters in 97.1 innings in the circle.

The Mustangs opened their season with a 4-2 win over Texas Woman's, but have lost 19 straight games since then, including losing a doubleheader to St. Mary's last time out, getting outscored 20-0. They are hitting .245 with 47 runs scored and 19 extra-base hits. WNMU owns a 14.28 team ERA with 42 strikeouts combined and a .398 opponents' batting average.

Eliza Ortiz and Brittany Santellanes are the only Western players hitting over .300, while Kaila Burnett leads the team with 17 hits and six RBI to go along with a .298 batting average. Santanellas has also thrown 21 innings in the circle, while Bryana Munoz leads the team with 22 K's in 48 innings and Vanessa Hunt has thrown 40 innings for WNMU.  

UT Permian Basin has also had a rough start to the season with a 4-26 record but were able to split their last doubleheader against St. Edward's with a 3-1 win in game two. They are batting .223 with 83 runs and 43 runs scored this season. UTPB's pitching staff has put together a 6.42 ERA with 100 strikeouts and a .347 average for opposing batters.

Alicia Marion leads the team with a .283 average with 11 runs scored, while Aracely Araiza and April Arellano each have a team-best 15 RBI. Becky Berth is the leading innings-eater for the Falcons, throwing 76 innings while striking out 43 strikeouts and posting a 5.07 ERA.

The doubleheader in Silver City, N.M. is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. (CT) on Friday and then the two games in Odessa, Texas will begin at 12 p.m. on Sunday. All four games will be streamed on the LSC Digital Network.