The WNMU softball team had to face bitter cold on Wednesday afternoon, but it didn't cool their bats. The Mustangs combined for 32 hits in the doubleheader and nabbed two wins (11-2, 10-2), each in six innings, from the Chadron State Eagles.

The Mustangs start their conference schedule with a 3-1 record while going 7-9 overall. The Eagles drop to 1-3 in conference play and 4-9 overall.

WNMU had one big inning in each game. In the early game, the Mustangs were up 3-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth. Kaitlynn Barnes (Phoenix, AZ, Deer Valley High School) started the hitting frenzy with a single. It was followed up with five other hits as the Eagles' pitchers faced every WNMU batter in the lineup at least once. Six runs scored.

The game was called in the bottom of the sixth with one out after WNMU's Aimee Vasquez (Ruidoso, NM, Ruidoso High School) hammered her first homerun of the season, bringing in Brittney Batten (Benson, AZ, Benson High School) who reached on a double to centerfield.

Brittany Shannon (Silver City, NM, Silver High School, New Mexico State University) earned the win in the pitching circle. She allowed only five hits and two runs. Shannon also struck out six batters, her best so far this season.

Game two featured a big inning in the bottom of the sixth. Ahead 4-2, WNMU's Kristina Barr (San Diego, CA, La Costa Canyon High School, Central Community College) launched a three-run homer to initiate the scoring. This was Barr's second knock-out this season. Barnes followed Barr's smack with a homerun of her own. Two Eagles' errors brought in the remaining two runs of the game.

Emily Huhta (Albuquerque, NM, Manzano High School, Lamar Community College) captured the second win. She improves to 3-0 on the season. She gave up eight hits and two runs while fanning four batters.

On the day, Micaela Miller (Peoria, AZ, Sunrise Mountain High School, Glendale Community College), Barnes, and Batten all connected on five of their eight at-bats. Barr had seven RBIs in the two games while Rebecca Reynolds (Benson, AZ, Benson High School) had 16 putouts.

Click here for complete game one statistics.

Click here for complete game two statistics.