The WTAMU Lady Buffs softball team played the first two games of a three game set against the Lady Pioneers March 25. The Lady Buffs won the first game, 10-2, in the fifth inning via the run-rule. The Pioneers picked up the game two win by a 6-5 final score, holding off a late WT rally.

The Lady Buffs got off to a quick start in game one. Senior Kaitlyn Witte blasted a grand slam in the first inning. Senior Kasey Henderson followed up with an inside-the-park grand slam in the third, the first homerun of her WT career. The game was halted by the run-rule in the fifth inning, giving the Lady Buffs the 10-2 victory. Junior Marci Womack picked up the win, (11-3), giving up two runs on five hits with three strikeouts in a complete game effort.

“The first game was the most complete game we played in a while,” Coach Kevin Blaskowski said. “Marci was strong inside the circle and our offense did a great job.”

Texas Woman’s started the scoring in the second game with a two run fourth. The Pioneers came right back with a three run homer in the fifth. WT started a rally in the sixth, with a two run homerun by sophomore Meghan Slattery. The Lady Buffs picked up two more runs in the seventh, but fell just short.

“We fought back to make it close in the seventh inning, but we had already dug too deep of a hole to get the win,” Coach Blaskowski said.