LUBBOCK, Texas – The Cameron softball team drew a split in the doubleheader on Wednesday at Maner Park, falling 8-0 in the first game before taking the finale 7-3.
The Aggies move to 26-18 overall and 22-14 in the Lone Star Conference. CU holds fifth place in the conference standings with two series remaining on the schedule.
Robyn Bales started pitching 3.2 innings, surrendering eight runs on six hits and four walks, and striking out three. Josie Swafford threw 0.1 innings with a strikeout.
Game one was all the Lady Chaps and Machine Valdes in the circle. Valdes threw a no-hitter, and her offense scored two runs in the second and six in the fourth to cut the game after the fifth inning via the run rule.
The series finale was a different story, CU scattered 11 hits, led by Josie Swafford, who was 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI, a double, and a walk, and Khmari Edwards had a 2-for-4 outing with a run and an RBI. Kaiden Boren was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI, Karis Clark went 1-for-3 with a run, an RBI, and a walk, Kylie French was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI, Kelsye Loughman had a 1-for-2 outing with a run, Mikayla Richmond went 1-of-3 with a run, and Taylor Rowley was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Reigning LSC Pitcher of the Week Jocelyn Bright moves to 6-1 on the year after allowing three runs over seven innings on nine hits while striking out eight in the win.
Boren drove in French with a single back up the middle, Edwards scored off a Clark grounder, and Swafford knocked in Boren with another single up the middle to make it 3-0 after the top of the first.
In the fourth, French singled to center to score Loughman, and Edwards flared a single down the line in right to plate Richmond to make it 5-0.
LCU scored two runs in the sixth to cut it to 5-2.
Rowley wiped the Lady Chaps runs off the board with a two-run single up the middle, driving in Clark and Swafford, extending the Aggies lead to 7-2.
Lubbock Christian attempted a rally in the bottom of the seventh but could only score one run to make it a 7-3 final.
Cameron has the next week off before hosting Angelo State on April 21-22, with a doubleheader slated for Friday, starting at 3:00 pm.
