The WTAMU Lady Buffs softball team traveled to Oklahoma City to play a doubleheader against Emporia State on March 23. The Hornets took game one by a final score of 3-1. WT bounced back and won the second game 2-1.

“We played well enough to get a split,” Coach Blaskowski said.

The Lady Buffs scored first in game one when senior Kaitlyn Witte blasted a solo homerun off the scoreboard. The Hornets would take advantage of a two run sixth to earn the 3-1 victory. Junior Marci Womack fell to 10-3, giving up three runs on five hits in 6.1 innings.

WT picked up the win in game two behind a strong outing by junior Shelbey Cockrell. The Lady Buffs got the winning run on a sacrifice fly by freshman Alyssa Lemos, giving WT the 2-1 win. Cockrell (13-4), gave up one run on one hit over 6.0 innings, earning the complete game win.

“Marci and Shelbey had solid outings in the circle and both pitched well enough to win their respective games,” said Coach Blaskowski. “The difference was, we did a better job creating enough runs to win the second.”