Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score


     FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas Wesleyan softball team lost both games of a doubleheader against Northwestern Oklahoma State Friday afternoon at Sycamore Park. The Lady Rams lost game one, 6-3, and dropped the second game, 16-8.

     In game one, Lady Ram starting pitcher Tara Sharp (2-3) threw seven innings allowing six runs on 11 hits while striking out three batters.

     Texas Wesleyan (8-11) started with an early lead when catcher Amanda Milam connected off Lady Ranger starting pitcher Katie Bieniek for a home run to left field to lead off the second inning. After walking rightfielder Maria Morones and designated player Michelle Perez, senior Kamie Lancaster ripped a two-out single down the left field line that scored Morones and Perez to put the Lady Rams up, 3-0.

     Northwestern (15-3) cut the lead by two off of two Lady Ram errors in the third inning. The Lady Rangers tied the game up on a throwing error by second baseman Danah Merck. The game was put out of reach in the seventh inning off a couple of RBI singles and a throwing error by third baseman Becky Lamont.

     The Lady Rams only managed five hits in the game and only two after the second inning off Northwestern relief pitcher Ashley Taylor.

     In game two, Lady Ram starting pitcher Rachel Lamont (2-2) struggled on the mound. The Springtown, Texas native, pitched six innings allowing 16 runs on 16 hits while walking four batters.

     Northwestern Oklahoma State took an early lead knocking in five runs on six hits and was helped out by a fielding error by Lady Ram shortstop Vanessa Urteaga. The Lady Rangers increased their lead on a three-run homerun by designated player Bieniek to put Northwestern up, 8-0 after two innings.

     Texas Wesleyan started a comeback in the bottom of the third inning with two out and one runner on. Rightfielder Danah Merck's RBI single drove in designated player Tara Sharp to cut the lead by one. After catcher Amanda Milam walked to load the bases, first baseman Jennifer Perez lined a RBI single up the middle to drive in Urteaga. After a hard fought battle at the plate, leftfielder Rachel Hampton crushed the next pitch off Lady Ranger starting pitcher Ashley Taylor over the wall in left-center for a grand slam that cut the lead to 8-6.

     Unfortunately that would be the closest the Lady Rams would get. Three Texas Wesleyan errors in the top of the fourth inning would ultimately lead to a five runs that put the game out of reach.

     The Lady Rams refused to quit, but after Merck's single in the bottom of the fourth that drove in two runners to bring the score to 13-8, Texas Wesleyan could not manufacture another hit. The game would end by run-rule, 16-8.

     The Lady Rams will be back in action Thursday, March 25th, when they host Howard Payne University. The doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.