After allowing Mesa State to throw a no-hitter in the first game of the series yesterday (8-0) and then dropping the second game of the day, 7-4, the Mustangs finally strung together nine runs in the first of two games on Sunday to earn their only win of the weekend, 9-4. WNMU lost the last game in the bottom of the sixth, 5-4.

The Mustangs are now 24-21 overall and 20-13 in conference play while the Mesa State Mavericks are just above .500 overall with a 18-16 record and are a perfect .500 in the RMAC (16-16).

In the early showing on Saturday, WNMU committed four errors in the field and went 1-2-3 on every at-bat except for two, which were walks. Mesa State, on the other hand, knocked three balls out of the park and connected with six other hits for eight runs. The game was called after 4½ innings.

The Mustangs showed a bit more spice in game two Saturday as they went up 2-0 after three innings. With Kristina Barr (San Diego, CA, La Costa Canyon High School, Central Community College) on first base after her fielder's choice, Kaitlynn Barnes (Phoenix, AZ, Deer Valley High School) sent the ball flying over the left field fence for two RBIs.

The Mavs tied the game in the fourth, 2-2, but it could have been much worse because three were left on base. WNMU then scored another two runs thanks to a costly Mesa State error in the top of the fifth. The 4-2 lead was cut in half with Sara Jordan's second homerun of the day on Mesa State's turn at bat in the fifth.

The hits and runs kept coming for the Mavs in the bottom of the sixth. Four hits and one error later, the scoreboard read 9-4. The Mustangs needed a big rally in the seventh, but Micaela Miller (Peoria, AZ, Sunrise Mountain High School, Glendale Community College) hit into a double play to end the game.

On Sunday, the Mustangs took a 5-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth when the Mavs scored two runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to pull to within one. WNMU held off the raging Mavs and put the game away in the seventh, scoring four runs on four hits and one Mesa State error.

Arriel Smith (Oakhurst, CA, Yosemite High School) earned the win in the pitching circle after throwing five innings. She improves to 7-0 on the season. Emily Huhta (Albuquerque, NM, Manzano High School, Lamar Community College) finished up the game to post her sixth save.

Barr had two hits and four RBIs. Three of those runs batted in were in the seventh inning. Miller finished the third game of the series a perfect 3 for 3 in the box. Courtney Reyes (Alamogordo, NM, Alamogordo High School) finally got her bat smoking as she had two hits and one RBI.

In the series finale, the Mavericks took a 3-0 lead in the third and held a 4-2 lead after five innings.

The Mustangs tied the game in the top of the sixth, 4-4. WNMU led off the inning with back-to-back doubles by Kortney Smith (Maricopa, AZ, Marana High School, Central Arizona Community College) and Barr. Barr, the tying run, scored on a wild pitch with one out. The Mavericks ended the inning with a popup by Jessica Jayo (Peoria, AZ, Centennial High School) and a line out from Miller.

The tied score did not hold for long. Mesa State posted the winning run in the bottom of the sixth. Lisa Pille hit an RBI single, scoring pinch runner Windi Serrano. Serrano ran for Whitney Bailey who singled to start the inning.

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