SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Angelo State Rambelle softball team battled hard in game two against the Texas Woman's Pioneers to go undefeated at home over the weekend as ASU defeated the Pioneers, 5-4. The Rambelles move to 21-10 overall with a 13-7 conference record.
 
Game One Results:
Texas Woman's started the game off after scoring a run off a double into center field with one out in the top of the first, but Makayla Corbin and the Rambelle defense quickly stopped TWU from scoring anymore runs after two grounders were hit to the pitcher and third baseman.
 
Angelo State scored two runs in the bottom of the first off of walks as both Ashlynn Box and Courtney Barnhill scored with Ashton Dirner and Hatty Shope both being hit by pitches with two outs, 2-1.
 
In the bottom of the third, Keilei Garcia hit her third home run of the weekend as she smashed a ball over the center field fence to bring ASU to a 3-1 lead over the Pioneers.
 
TWU responded by scoring another run in the top of the fourth off a single to left field with one out, but the Rambelles rallied behind Corbin and snuffed the Pioneers chances of scoring anymore runs once again with two quick outs, with one batter flying out to the center fielder and the other grounding out to the third baseman.
 
Jade Strother scored ASUs fourth run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning after Mikayla Stroud hit a sacrifice bunt to the third baseman to advance Strother to third, while Ashlyn Lerma smashed a double into left center field to bring Strother home for an RBI, 4-2.
 
Barnhill scored another run for the Rambelles in the bottom of the fifth after Dirner hit a sacrifice fly out to the center fielder to bring ASU to a 5-2 lead over the Pioneers.
 
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Stroud kicked things off for ASU as she reached first on an error by the Pioneers shortstop as Lerma hit her second triple of the year to score Stroud and put herself into scoring position to bring ASU to a 6-2 lead over TWU. Box smashed a double out to the center field fence to bring Lerma home for another run, 7-2.
 
Barnhill reached first on an error from the first baseman and advanced to second on the throw, while Box advanced all the way to home to score another run for the Rambelles to bring ASU to a six run lead, 8-2. Madison Fernandez would walk to first after being hit by a pitch.
 
Garcia stepped up to the plate once again for ASU, and once again smashed the ball over the left field fence for her second home run of the day to bring in three RBI as Barnhill and Fernandez scored to bring ASU to a 11-2 lead over the Pioneers, run ruling Texas Woman's in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Key Players:

• Lerma had four at-bats, registering three hits, two RBI, one double, one triple, and scoring one run for Angelo State.
• Box had four at-bats, registering two hits, one RBI, one double, and scoring two runs against the Pioneers.
• Barnhill had four at-bats, registering two hits, one RBI, and scoring three runs for the Rambelles.
• Garcia had three at-bats, registering two hits, four RBI, two home runs, and scoring two runs against Texas Woman's.
• Corbin pitched a complete game against TWU, pitching for six innings and throwing one strikeout and facing 25 batters.

 
Game Two Results:
Game two started off better for the Pioneers than game one did, as the Pioneers hit a three run home run over the left field fence with two outs to take a 3-0 lead over ASU early in the top of the first inning. TWU scored one more run off of a single up the middle of the field to take a 4-0 lead, and tried to score one more, but a throw from center field to the catcher caught the runner before she crossed home plate to end the top of the first.
 
Paxton Scheurer, pitching in relief of Genesis Armendariz, went three up and three out in the top of the second inning as two batters grounded out to the pitcher and second baseman, while the final out of the inning came from a line drive hit straight to the third baseman to give ASU another chance at bat.
 
Angelo State didn't score a run until the bottom of the fourth inning, as Garcia scored off a single from Hatty Shope out to center field to cut TWUs lead to three, 4-1. With Shope on third and Stroud on second, Lerma reached first on an error by the third baseman and registered two RBI as Shope and Stroud both scored runs to bring the Rambelles within one run of tying the game, 4-3.
 
In the bottom of the seventh inning, with one out, Barnhill reached first on a fielders choice as TWU attempted to throw Lerma out at second. Fernandez was walked to first, advancing Barnhill to second and Lerma to third with Garcia up to bat for the Rambelles.
 
Garcia was the MVP for the Rambelles on Sunday as she smashed a single right up the middle of the Pioneers defense for two RBI as Lerma and Barnhill both scored a run to give Angelo State the lead over the Pioneers in the bottom of the seventh, giving Angelo State the win over Texas Woman's in the second game of the day, 5-4.
 
"I'm proud of the way our team battled this weekend after having the week off last week," said Head Coach Travis Scott. "We had a dominant game one and a great comeback in game two. Mak and Paxton were huge in the circle for us, while Keilei continues to light it up from the batters box. Looking forward to next weekend with two top teams in the Lone Star Conference."
 
Key Players:

• Lerma had three at-bats, registering one hit, two RBI, and scoring one run for the Rambelles.
• Garcia had four at-bats, registering two hits, two RBI, one double, and scoring one run against the Pioneers.
• Shope had three at-bats, registering one hit and one RBI, while scoring one run for Angelo State.
• Scheurer pitched for 6.1 innings, throwing two strikeouts and facing 25 batters.

 
Up Next:
The Rambelles return to Mayer Field as they host the Texas A&M International Dustdevils in a three game series, one of which is a non-conference game, on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, and the No. 12 Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas in a doubleheader on Sunday, April 18. Game times for Friday are 4 & 6:30 p.m., noon on Saturday, and 1 & 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.