Softball Clubs Five Home Runs to Salvage Split

Friday, February 21

El Paso, Texas

2 p.m.

Omaha

5-5

New Mexico State

7-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
NM State	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	8	8	1
Omaha	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	7	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Omaha	0	0	0	2	5	1	5	13	13	0
UTEP	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	7	1

Softball Clubs Five Home Runs to Salvage Split

Feb 22, 2020 | Softball

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EL PASO, Texas – The Omaha softball team clubbed five home runs in a 13-6 victory over UTEP on Friday night. Earlier in the day, the Mavericks suffered an 8-5 loss to New Mexico State.

With the split, the Mavericks are now 6-5 on the season.

Game One: New Mexico State 8, Omaha 5
How It Happened

New Mexico State plated a pair of runs in the first on two bases-loaded walks.
The Mavericks tied the game in the bottom half when Taylor Johnson ripped a two-RBI double to left center, scoring Allison Helton and Emma Dargy.
Omaha added another run when Janae Cameron reached on an Aggie fielding error, allowing Jamie White to come home.
Hailey Bartz followed with an RBI single to left field, scoring Johnson and Omaha led 4-2 after the first.
The Mavericks added to the lead in the fifth when Cameron scored on Emily Klosterman's RBI single up the middle.
The Aggies cut the Maverick lead to 5-3 on a solo home run in the fourth.
NMSU scored five runs in the sixth on back-to-back-to-back home runs to clinch the 8-5 victory over Omaha.

Inside the Box Score

Bartz and Klosterman led the Mavericks with two hits each while Johnson garnered a team-high two RBI.
Cameron, Johnson and Helton recorded one hit apiece.
Ryanne Millington fell to 0-2 on the season after tossing 4.2 innings in relief.

Game Two: Omaha 13, UTEP 6
How It Happened

UTEP opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first.
The Mavericks cut into the deficit in the fourth when Emma Dargy launched a two-run homer to left, scoring White.
Omaha grabbed the lead when Diana Murtha blasted a three-run homer to left, scoring Klosterman and Bartz in the fifth.
The Mavericks continued the damage in the fifth when White lifted a two-run homer to left center, stretching the lead to 7-3.
In the sixth, Klosterman reached on a Miner error and Alex Sedlak raced home from second to plate Omaha's eighth run.
The Miners trimmed the Maverick lead to 8-5 on a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.
Allison Helton opened the scoring in the seventh with an RBI single to score Lynsey Tucker.
White blew the game open with a three-run shot over the wall in center for her second home run of the game.
In the next at-bat, Dargy smacked a solo shot to center to hit her second home run of the game as well.
UTEP got a run back in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double.

Inside the Box Score

White led the Mavericks at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two homers, five RBI and three runs scored.
Dargy went three-for-four with a pair of home runs, three RBI and two runs scored.
Murtha went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI.
Klosterman, Bartz, Sedlak, Johnson and Helton recorded one hit.
Sydney Hampton improved to 6-0 on the season.
Hampton tossed the complete-game, allowing six runs on seven hits and striking out a pair of batters.
White and Dargy hit back-to-back home runs together for the third time this season.