LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Omaha softball team scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to overcome a four-run deficit and earn a split on Friday night at New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M.
The Mavericks won 7-6 in game one while the Aggies took game two, 10-4.
Omaha is 4-3 on the season while NMSU is now 4-2.
Game One: Omaha 7, New Mexico State 6
How It Happened
- Emily Klosterman began the third inning with a double and later came around to score on an RBI single by Emma Dargy to score the games first run.
- The Aggies responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 4-1 advantage.
- New Mexico State scored an insurance run in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to stretch the lead to 5-1.
- Down to their final three outs, the Mavericks hung six runs in the seventh to come back and re-take the lead at 7-5.
- With one out, Klosterman smacked her first home run since 2018, this one a solo shot to left center to make it a 5-2 game.
- Lynsey Tucker reached on a walk and Allison Helton singled to the pitcher before Dargy unleashed her fourth home run in as many games to tie the game at five.
- Jamie White dropped a single into right field while Grace Boganowski entered the game to pinch-run for White.
- Taylor Johnson moved Boganowski to second with Omahas second infield single in the inning before Janae Cameron cleared the bases with a two-RBI double to right center.
- Sydney Hampton re-entered the circle for the Mavericks in the seventh and only allowed a solo homer in the inning to clinch the series-opening 7-6 road victory.
Inside the Box Score
- Dargy led the Mavericks at the plate, hitting 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBI.
- Klosterman went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and a team-high two runs scored.
- Helton and Johnson added two hits each while Cameron posted two RBI while hitting 1-for-3.
- Hampton tossed 4.1 innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits and striking out a pair of Aggies to improve to 4-0 on the season.
- Kamryn Meyer and Halley Jones combined to pitch 2.2 innings of one-run relief with a total of three strikeouts.
- Omaha posted a 12-6 advantage in hits over NMSU while both teams hit two home runs apiece.
Game Two: New Mexico State 10, Omaha 4
How It Happened
- The Aggies raced out to a quick 3-0 lead on a three-run homer in the first inning.
- New Mexico State added four more runs in the second on a pair of two-run home runs.
- Dargy reached on a walk in the third before coming home on an RBI double from White to plate Omahas first run.
- Sydney Ross launched her first collegiate home run in the fourth to cut the deficit to 5-2.
- The Aggies answered with a run in the bottom half of the fourth off an RBI groundout.
- Ross lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Helton and Sedlak ripped an RBI double down the left field line to score Dargy and cut the Aggie lead to 8-4.
- NMSU scored the final two runs of the game in the sixth on a two-run homer to clinch the 10-4 victory over the Mavericks.
Inside the Box Score
- Ross led Omaha at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
- Five other Mavericks recorded a hit while Dargy scored a team-high two runs.
- Meyer fell to 0-2 on the season after allowing seven runs on four hits in two innings of work.
- Johnson tossed three innings of relief in her first appearance in the circle while Jones pitched one inning.
Whats Next
The Mavericks and Aggies wrap up the four-game series with a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. CT
