SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State softball team wraps up their longest home stand this week when they host UT Permian Basin on Tuesday and Wednesday at Mayer Field.
The series begins with a single game on Tuesday at 4 p.m. before concluding with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday.
LAST TIME OUT
The Rambelles swept Midwestern State to open conference play this past Thursday and Friday. The Rambelles and WT are the only teams to open LSC play with a 3-0 record.
The Rambelles opened the series with a 3-0 win that saw them record only a single hit; however, their patience at the plate paid off as they drew seven walks and were hit by four pitches, both season highs, to have base runners in every single frame after the first inning.
Game two featured a comeback as the Mustangs scored their first - and only - run of the series in the third inning to take the lead; however, the Rambelles scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to claim the 3-1 win.
The Rambelles' bats woke up for the series finale as they won 10-0 on five hits in a five-inning run rule.
Ashton Dirner struck for two hits and drove in a career-high five runs.
The Rambelles hit .326 as a team, averaging six runs per game. They are slugging .473 and have a .398 on-base percentage. The Rambelles lead the LSC in stolen bases, having swiped 28 bags as a team this season.
Tatiana Trotter is fifth in the LSC with a .485 average and third with 16 RBIs.
Ashton Dirner leads the LSC with eight stolen bases this season.
The Rambelles have a 2.09 team ERA and have struck out 86 batters in 87 innings; opponents are hitting .225 against Rambelles pitching this season.
Cheyenne Floyd leads Division II with eight wins this season, matching her total from a season ago, and is ninth in the country with 46 strikeouts.
Matie Wolkow, who has combined with Floyd for all three of the Rambelles' shutouts this season, has three saves tied for the most in the country. She is one more save from having the seventh-most saves in a season in program history.
Angelo State vs. UT Permian Basin
Game 1: Tuesday, February 20th at 4 p.m.
Game 2: Wednesday, February 21st at 1 p.m.
Game 3: Wednesday, February 21st at 3 p.m.
Mayer Field
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UT Permian Basin is 3-6 on the season; they had a bye week in LSC play last weekend, so this series will mark their first three conference contests. This past week, the Falcons went 1-3 on the road in Hawaii, dropping both games in a doubleheader to Chaminade and splitting their doubleheader with Hawaii Pacific.
Against the Sharks, they lost 6-5 in nine innings before ending their trip with a 4-1 win over HPU.
The Falcons opened their season by going 2-3 at the South Central Regional Challenge, losing to Fort Lewis, UC Colorado Springs, and New Mexico Highlands and defeating CSU Pueblo and Adams State.
The Falcons are hitting .340 as a team and have a .422 on-base percentage, both of which rank third in the league. Kylie Parker leads the team with a .563 average and has one home run and five RBIs. The freshman middle infielder also leads the team with a .813 slugging percentage.
UTPB's pitching staff owns an 8.50 ERA, the worst mark in the league. Opponents are hitting .315 against the Falcons. They have struck out 25 batters in 42 innings of work. Destini Trahan leads the team with a 4.97 ERA and has held opponents to a .196 batting average in 12.2 innings of work.
LAST TIME VS. UTPB
Under head coach
Travis Scott, the Rambelles are 42-4 against the Falcons. His .913 winning percentage against the Falcons is his best against a single team (minimum 30 games). Last season, the Rambelles took two out of three games from the Falcons in Odessa, with a 4-3 loss sandwiched by a pair of wins, 10-3 and 14-0. The Falcons have never defeated the Rambelles in San Angelo.
UP NEXT
The Rambelles are on the road this weekend as they travel east to take on UT Tyler on Saturday and Sunday.
