Hobbs, NM - The Lady Mustangs hosted Bethany College (Kansas) over the weekend after severe weather canceled their conference opener. They played a 3-game series where the Lady Mustangs dropped the first two games by a score of 7-5 and 7-1 before bouncing back on Saturday to earn their first win of the season with a 4-0 win.

GAME 1

The Lady Mustangs dropped another close game in game 1 by a score 7-5. Bethany College took an early 2-run lead in the top half of the 2nd on an inside the park homerun. The Lady Mustangs would get one back in the bottom half. Chelsea Carroll lead off with a double to the right center gap followed by an RBI single by Gabby Heckmann. Going into the bottom half of the 6th inning the Lady Mustangs would find themselves in a 7-2 hole. After leading off the inning with back-back triples by Sarena Maynez and Madylin Matthys, the Lady Mustangs couldn't get another rally going. They would get one more run in the bottom of the 7th before falling 7-5. 

Matthys went 2-4 with 2 RBI's  and a triple at the plate. Heckmann picked up 2 RBI's as well going 1-3. 

GAME 2

The second game of the series had a different vibe to it. Despite putting up 7 hits in the game, the Lady Mustangs could not generate any runs. Larissa Madrid pitched a solid game holding the score to a 3-1 game until the 6th inning. With 2 outs in the top half of the 6th Bethany College strung together 4 hits to put them up 7-1 going into the bottom of the 6th. The Lady Mustangs could not find an answer and would lose 7-1.

Chelsea Carroll and Adriana Horton both went 2-3 at the plate. Carroll and Heckmann each picked up a double in the contest as well. 

GAME 3 

After a rough couple of losses on Friday, the Lady Mustangs looked to bounce back. Gabby Heckmann got the start on the mound and pitched a 1-hit, complete-game shutout. She had a no-hitter until it was broken up in the 7th inning. 

The offense would need only one explosive inning to back up Heckmann's pitching. In the bottom half of the 4th the Lady Mustangs would explode for 4 runs on 4 hits and take advantage of 2 Bethany College errors. Heckmann helped herself out and lead off the inning with a single. Cecilia Bustamante would the bunt her over, but would be safe at 1st on wild throw. Madison Rosenthal put the Lady Mustangs in the lead with an RBI single. The next two hitters would get out before the top of the lineup generate a two-out rally. Kenzie Savell would single to left to load the bases. Next, Sarena Maynez would beat out a slow roller to the 3rd baseman scoring Bustamante. Matthys would then come up and bloop a 2-RBI double to right center field to put the Lady Mustangs up 4-0. 

The bats went silent after that, but 4 runs was all Heckmann needed to secure the win. Madison Rosenthal had a nice day at the plate as she went 2-3 with an RBI.

NEXT UP

The Lady Mustangs host Division II University of Texas Permian Basin in a double-header on Tuesday, February 25th at Baker Field. The double-header was rescheduled from earlier this season. First game will be at 1 PM MST followed by the second game.