WTAMU’s Lady Buff softball team improves to 19-3 on the season and 1-1 in Lone Star Conference play following a double header against the Incarnate Word Lady Cardinals on March 11.

            The Lady Cardinals won the first game of the night with a no-hitter from pitcher Briana Sanchez.  The game ended in five innings with a score of 11-0.  WT pitcher Marci Womack gave up nine runs on 12 hits.  Fellow pitcher Chantel Pearson gave up two runs on three hits.  Pearson managed two strikeouts during the last 1.2 innings of game one.

            WT rallied in the second game and game out with a 3-2 victory.  The team scored twice during the fifth inning monopolizing on a baserunning mistake by Incarnate Word.  WT appealed a two run homerun by Incarnate Word’s Monica Acuna and won the challenge, effectively putting an end to Incarnate Word’s attempt to rally in the second game.

            Kaitlyn Witte was essential in this WT victory.  Her batting drove in all three Lady Buff players.  She hit 3-for-4 with an RBI single and a two run double.

            WT pitcher Shelby Cockrell managed 11 strikeouts in game two.  Her record improves to 11-1 in the circle.

            WT faces the Lady Cardinals again March 12 at noon.