SAN ANGELO – The No. 6 Angelo State softball team will travel to Commerce to take on No. 14 Texas A&M-Commerce with the No. 1 spot in the LSC on the line starting with a doubleheader on Friday, April 20 at 4 p.m.

The Rambelles are 38-6 overall and 20-4 in the LSC and have won eight-straight games. ASU is hitting .344 on the year with a 2.00 ERA as a pitching staff. Angelo State is No. 6 nationally in home runs per game (1.27), No. 8 in on base percentage (.441) No. 13 in scoring (7.39) and No. 3 in shutouts (16). The Lions enter the series at 35-5 and 20-4 in the LSC.

The pitching staff has the top LSC ERA at 2.00. The staff is led by seniors Morgan Hill and Brandy Marlett. Marlett, the LSC Pitcher of the Week, is currently tied with Kari Galm with 84 career wins and is just 10 strikeouts away from 800 in her career. The Nevada native is 18-2 on the year with a 1.84 ERA. She has a team-high 128 strikeouts while limiting opponents to a .189 batting average. Hill is 18-4 with a team-low 1.57 ERA. She has 118 strikeouts and only allowed 37 runs on the season.

Meagan Hill and Makayla Corbin have provided depth in the circle. Hill is 2-0 on the year and thrown 21.1 innings. She has struck out 20 batters on the year. Corbin has two saves in 10 appearances and struck out seven on the year.

Madison Greenwell, who is No. 6 in total hits in Division II, is four hits away from becoming ASU's all-time career leader in hits. She leads the Rambelles with a .422 batting average and is tied for the team lead with 45 runs scored.

Also tied for the team lead with 45 runs on the year is the No. 2 hitter on the team, Bailey Wallace. Wallace also leads the team with 15 hit-by-pitches and has reached base at a .493 clip this year.

Catcher Taegan Kirk is the third and final ASU player with a batting average still above .400 this season, and the junior leads the team with 12 doubles. She has blasted 11 home runs this season as well for a .733 slugging percentage.

Four other Rambelles are hitting above .300 this season, including Jade Strother, Denae Bina, Karina Rocha and Taylor Fogle.

Strother is hitting .366 in her sophomore season, and with 26 hits and 18 walks is leading the team with a .505 on-base percentage.

Bina has started all 44 games as Angelo State's shortstop and is batting .349 in that time. She is tied for the team lead with three triples and has stolen a team-leading 23 bases as well.

Rocha has supplied much of the Rambelle power this season, leading the team with 14 home runs while adding in a team-second 11 doubles as well. She is hitting .318 for the year.

Junior Taylor Fogle has caught fire recently at the plate, collecting at least one hit in seven of the Rambelles' last eight games. The California native was particularly dominant in ASU's double header against Texas A&M International earlier this week when she blasted two home runs per game for a total of 10 RBI on the day.

Mykayla Stroud and Brooke Mangold have also made impacts on the Rambelle offense. Stroud is batting .267 with 15 RBI, while Mangold is hitting .239 with 24 runs scored.

Other Rambelles that have provided depth include Heather Reatherford, Jacqueline Montejano, Amanda Ramage, Mylonee Becerra, Amanda Ramage and Megan Gordon.

ASU is currently tied for first in the Lone Star Conference with Texas A&M-Commerce with identical conference records of 20-4. The Lions boast the top offense in the LSC, however, with a .365 team average and 352 runs scored on the season.