SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State softball team is on the road this weekend, traveling to San Antonio for an important series against St. Mary's. 

The series begins with a single game on Saturday at 4 p.m. and ends with a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. 

LAST TIME OUT
The Rambelles took two out of three games against Texas A&M-Kingsville this week, claiming games one and two in shutout victories before the Javelinas stormed back to avoid the sweep. 

In game one, Carter Smith kicked off the scoring with an RBI single in the third inning; the Rambelles doubled their lead in the fifth through a bases-loaded walk drawn by Laylonna Applin. Cheyenne Floyd threw her second complete-game shutout for the Blue and Gold, only allowing two walks and five hits in seven innings. 

An Averie Gunther single in the fourth inning of game two scored Tatiana Trotter for the game's only run. Matie Wolkow picked up her first win for ASU, allowing four hits and striking out four Javelinas in the complete-game shutout. 

The Rambelles had a 4-1 lead after the opening inning in game three, thanks to RBI singles from Trotter and Zoey De Baca and capitalizing on a pair of Javelina defensive miscues. However, the Javelinas chipped away at the lead before building a three-run cushion for the win. 

The Rambelles hit .293 as a team, averaging 4.9 runs per game. The Rambelles are second in Division II with 16 triples hit this season, which exceeds their total from a season ago. The Rambelles also rank third in the country, having been hit by 32 pitches this season. 

Tatiana Trotter is seventh in the LSC with 28 RBI; she leads the LSC with five triples and ranks fifth nationally. 

The Rambelles have a 2.18 team ERA, third-best in the LSC, and lead the league with six saves. They have struck out 173 batters in 202 innings, and opponents only hit .241 against the Rambelles, the fourth-best mark in the LSC. 

Cheyenne Floyd leads Division II with 13 wins this season, exceeding her win total from a season ago, and is 11th in the country with 99 strikeouts. Matie Wolkow is second in the country with four saves this season.

No. 24 Angelo State at St. Mary's
Game 1: Saturday, March 16th at 4 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday, March 17th at 1 p.m.
Game 3: Sunday, March 17th at 3 p.m.
The Park at StMU

St. Mary's is 18-12 on the season and 13-5 in LSC play; they are coming off a series in which they took two out of three games against Cameron in Lawton. St. Mary's is 7-2 on their home field this season, with their only losses coming against Texas A&M-Kingsville in extra innings and a 4-2 loss to Lubbock Christian in their last home series. 

The Rattlers opened their season in Conroe and have common opponents with the Rambelles in Regis and Central Washington, who they defeated 10-9 and 3-2, respectively. The Rattlers dropped non-conference games to Pittsburg State, Rogers State, Division III Texas Lutheran (twice), MSU Denver (twice), and Colorado Christian. 

They have one win over ranked opposition this season in defeating Colorado Christian 12-10 back on February 9th in Colorado. 

In conference play, they have won series against the Javelinas, the Lady Chaps, and the Aggies while claiming sweeps of St. Edward's and Texas A&M International. They have only dropped one LSC series, their opening one, to Western New Mexico in Silver City, dropping two out of three games. 

The Rattlers are hitting .290 as a team and averaging 5.3 runs per game. They are second in the LSC with 124 walks drawn this season; however, they are also fifth, having struck out 121 times this season. They are second in stolen bases and second in sacrifice hits. Reba Reyes leads the team with a .360 batting average and has hit nine home runs while driving in 31 runs. 

StMU's pitching staff has a 3.79 team ERA this season, eighth in the LSC. Opponents hit .275 against Rattler pitchers this season, and they have struck out 83 batters in 207 innings inside the circle. Their 83 team strikeouts are the second-fewest in the LSC. The Rattlers spread their pitching workload evenly between four pitchers, led by Savannah Youngblood's 2.68 ERA. Breanna Ford holds opponents to a .250 batting average and leads the team with 33 strikeouts. Youngblood and Ford have each tallied six wins this season. Jadyn Abrego and Madeline Bloom lead the team in innings pitched with 55.2 and 55.0, respectively. 

Defensively, their .953 fielding percentage is ninth in the LSC. They have allowed 38 stolen bases, second-most in the league, and have thrown out eight baserunners. 

LAST TIME VS. StMU
As head coach, Travis Scott is 47-26 all-time versus the Rattlers; between Scott and Rattlers head coach Donna Fields, the two coaches have won a combined 2,014 games across 48 seasons. Last season, the Rattlers won two out of three games in San Angelo, with the losing team in each game of the series being shut out. The Rattlers' wins broke the Rambelles' 12-game winning streak in the series, dating back to 2019.