Midwestern State and Angelo State each won their respective NCAA
Division II Softball South Central Regional and will play this week
in a best-of-three Super Regional series.
The Mustangs and Rambelles went undefeated at the
four-team events to advance to the Super Regional to be played in
Wichita Falls, Texas, May 21-22, with game one set for Friday at 5
p.m. The series concludes on Saturday with game two at 1 p.m.
and the if-necessary game at 3:30 p.m. if needed.
MSU was a 6-0 winner over West Texas A&M in the
finals as Brittney Tanner delivered her sixth shutout of the season
and her second one-hit gem of the season to improve to 21-2 on the
season. She notched 12 strikeouts, walked one and limited the Lady
Buffs to a Kim LeComte double to lead off the fourth inning.
The Mustangs matched the Lone Star Conference single season win
mark by improving to 53-8. West Texas A&M closes the
season with a 45-18 record.
ASU (46-12) completed its perfect run with a 5-3
win over host Emporia State (50-14). The Rambelles scored the
game-winner in the top of the seventh as Sarah DeMoss led off with
her team-leading third triple of the season. Two batters
later, Alix Dean collected her seventh RBI of the regional as she
plated DeMoss with a single up the middle, giving ASU a 4-3 lead.
Kaycee Taylor followed up with a double to left field, scoring Dean
from first base, to give the Rambelles an insurance run.
MSU and ASU have played five times this season
including three extra-inning affairs with the Mustangs holding a
3-2 advantage.
The winner of the Super Regional advances to the
NCAA Division II Championships to be played May 27-31 at Heritage
Park in St. Joseph, Mo. hosted by Missouri Western State.