COMMERCE – The No. 16 Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team rolled through the first game, then used a late rally to win the nightcap in a sweep of Texas Woman's University in the first Lone Star Conference doubleheader of the 2020 season.
 
The Lions earned a 9-0 win in five innings in the first contest, followed by a 5-4 win in the second game. A&M-Commerce is now 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the LSC while TWU is 5-11 overall and 0-2 in the league.
 
The Lions hit the road for their next contests, taking on LSC newcomer and No. 3-ranked UT Tyler at 4 p.m. Friday in Tyler.

COACH BRUISTER AFTER THE GAMES
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game 1)
- Alyssa LeBlanc (Katy) moved to 5-1 on the season with a complete game shutout. She allowed only two hits with six strikeouts and two walks. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI.
- Madison Schaefer (Frisco – Independence) went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and two runs scored. Vanessa Avina (Haltom) also went 3-for-3.
- Kinsie Hebler (Cy-Fair) drove in two runs with a 2-for-3 game at the dish.
- The Lions banged out 13 hits with one extra base hit.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1)
The Lion offense jumped all over TWU pitcher Bailey Turner in the first inning, scoring three runs in the opening frame. With Hill and Modrego in scoring position after early walks and steals, Schaefer brought the duo home with a single to left field. Schaefer was plated on LeBlanc's single up the middle and the Lions led 3-0 after the first.
 
In the second, infield singles by Moody and Modrego set Schaefer up again, and her hard-hit double snuck inside the third base bag and drove home two runs. Hebler's single up the middle and Slider's sacrifice fly made it a 7-0 run after two.
 
The duo of Schaefer and Hebler were the offensive catalysts again in the third inning, as their consecutive RBI singles pushed the lead to 9-0.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game 2)
- Schaefer went 2-for-4 with a double and Hebler drove in two runs.
- Ta'Lyn Moody (Mansfield – Legacy) was 2-for-2 and drove in the game-winning run.
- LeBlanc picked up her sixth win with 2.2 innings of scoreless and hitless relief. She struck out four and walked one.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2)
The Pioneers scored their first runs of the day in the opening inning on Paige Tamayo's two-run homer, but the Lions responded in the bottom of the inning to tie the game up on Hebler's two-run single through the left side.
 
A&M-Commerce took the lead in the second inning with Hill at the plate, as Da'Jia Davis (Waco – Midway) scored from third on a double steal and Hill plated another run on a sacrifice fly to play the Lions ahead 4-2.
 
TWU scored single runs in the fourth and fifth on a pair of RBI double to tie the game at 4-all. The Lions reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the sixth on Moody's RBI infield single to score Chealsea Slider (Texas High).
 
The freshman LeBlanc conceded a walk with one out in the top of the seventh, then fought back from a 3-0 count for a strikeout on the second out and induced a popout to complete the win.