Late Rally Leads Mavericks to Split

Friday, February 14

Las Cruces, N.M.

4 p.m.

Omaha

4-2

New Mexico State

3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Omaha	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	7	12	1
NM State	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	6	6	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Omaha	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	6	1
NM State	3	4	0	1	0	2	X	10	10	1

Photo by: Jim Lytle

Late Rally Leads Mavericks to Split

Feb 14, 2020 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Omaha softball team scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to overcome a four-run deficit and earn a split on Friday night at New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M.

The Mavericks won 7-6 in game one while the Aggies took game two, 10-4.

Omaha is 4-3 on the season while NMSU is now 4-2.

Game One: Omaha 7, New Mexico State 6
How It Happened

Emily Klosterman began the third inning with a double and later came around to score on an RBI single by Emma Dargy to score the game's first run.
The Aggies responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 4-1 advantage.
New Mexico State scored an insurance run in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to stretch the lead to 5-1.
Down to their final three outs, the Mavericks hung six runs in the seventh to come back and re-take the lead at 7-5.
With one out, Klosterman smacked her first home run since 2018, this one a solo shot to left center to make it a 5-2 game.
Lynsey Tucker reached on a walk and Allison Helton singled to the pitcher before Dargy unleashed her fourth home run in as many games to tie the game at five.
Jamie White dropped a single into right field while Grace Boganowski entered the game to pinch-run for White.
Taylor Johnson moved Boganowski to second with Omaha's second infield single in the inning before Janae Cameron cleared the bases with a two-RBI double to right center.
Sydney Hampton re-entered the circle for the Mavericks in the seventh and only allowed a solo homer in the inning to clinch the series-opening 7-6 road victory.

Inside the Box Score

Dargy led the Mavericks at the plate, hitting 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBI.
Klosterman went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and a team-high two runs scored.
Helton and Johnson added two hits each while Cameron posted two RBI while hitting 1-for-3.
Hampton tossed 4.1 innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits and striking out a pair of Aggies to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Kamryn Meyer and Halley Jones combined to pitch 2.2 innings of one-run relief with a total of three strikeouts.
Omaha posted a 12-6 advantage in hits over NMSU while both teams hit two home runs apiece.

Game Two: New Mexico State 10, Omaha 4
How It Happened

The Aggies raced out to a quick 3-0 lead on a three-run homer in the first inning.
New Mexico State added four more runs in the second on a pair of two-run home runs.
Dargy reached on a walk in the third before coming home on an RBI double from White to plate Omaha's first run.
Sydney Ross launched her first collegiate home run in the fourth to cut the deficit to 5-2.
The Aggies answered with a run in the bottom half of the fourth off an RBI groundout.
Ross lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Helton and Sedlak ripped an RBI double down the left field line to score Dargy and cut the Aggie lead to 8-4.
NMSU scored the final two runs of the game in the sixth on a two-run homer to clinch the 10-4 victory over the Mavericks.

Inside the Box Score

Ross led Omaha at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Five other Mavericks recorded a hit while Dargy scored a team-high two runs.
Meyer fell to 0-2 on the season after allowing seven runs on four hits in two innings of work.
Johnson tossed three innings of relief in her first appearance in the circle while Jones pitched one inning.

What's Next
The Mavericks and Aggies wrap up the four-game series with a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. CT tomorrow in Las Cruces, N.M. A link to live stats is available on OMavs.com.