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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Lobo softball team returns home to host New Mexico State in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 8 at Lobo Softball Field with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.
The games will be streamed on the Mountain West Network with live stats available as well. Tickets are also available to purchase at golobos.com/tickets or Tuesday at the ticket office located in the southwest corner of The Pit.
UNM enters the game on a 10-game win streak and 15-3 overall, the fourth-longest win streak in program history behind the 13 consecutive wins done in 2006, 15 wins in 1983 and the 16 wins done in 1999.
In their most recent tournament in Santa Barbara, the bats were firing for the Lobos with 10 doubles, a triple and six home runs between the five games. Emma Bramson was a force at the plate with eight hits, four of which went for home runs and three doubles, and recorded nine RBI and a 1.150 slugging percentage. Andrea Howard added to her career home run total with two home runs, placing her third all-time and four away from the program record and also had two doubles and seven RBI at the South Coast Invitational.
The pitching was again solid with 25 strikeouts to just seven walks and posted a 2.40 ERA. Emma Guindon went 2-0 on the week with one save, while Amber Linton earned a save and a win and Samantha Fohrman and Ashlyn Roberts each picked up a win. Guindon threw a complete game shutout, allowing three hits, striking out two and walking one hitter, to improve to 7-1 on the season.
UNM pitching leads the MW with a 1.99 ERA and a .218 opposing batting average, with a conference-low 102 hits allow, two home runs allowed and 35 earned runs allowed. Guindon leads the conference with a 0.94 season ERA, and on the season has struck out 47 while allowing eight walks and has allowed seven earned runs in 52.1 innings. Linton is ninth in the conference with a 2.33 ERA and a 6-1 record with three saves, and has struck out 52 batters (fifth most in the conference) while walking 17.
In addition to pitching, UNM is fifth in the MW in slugging percentage (.430), runs scored (91) and RBI (86), fourth in walks (58) and home runs (16).
Howard is third in RBI with 23, fourth in home runs with seven and eighth in batting average at an even .400.
In the other dugout, the Aggies are 2-11 with wins over UT Arlington (12-7) and UTEP (19-3, 5 innings). In its most recent tournament, NMSU played Washington, UNLV and Houston, losing 14-3 (5) and 14-0 (5) to Washington, 13-5 (6) and 13-5 (5) to UNLV and 11-7 to Houston.
UNM and NMSU share common opponents in Oregon State, with the Aggies losing 12-0 in five innings and UTEP, with the Aggies winning 19-3 (five innings), as well as MW school UNLV. NMSU will also play Arizona and Dixie State, two opponents the Lobos have played or will play.
Ramsay Lopez leads the Aggies with a .444 batting average, .605 on-base percentage and 1.296 slugging percentage and has 12 hits, nine walks and seven home runs on the season. Maya Martinez leads with 16 RBI with four home runs, 12 hits and two doubles and Riley Carley has four home runs and two doubles as well, hitting .407.
In the circle, the Aggies have used five pitchers, led by Felicia De La Torre’s 11 appearances and seven starts. The RHP has pitched 24.0 innings and has a 15.0 ERA and 1-5 record with 18 strikeouts to 20 walks. Jordin King has pitched the most innings at 27.0 and has a 15.0 ERA as well with 10 appearances and three starts. The freshman RHP has struck out 21 while walking 19.