ODESSA – The No. 3 Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team ran its winning streak to 10 games with a pair of shutouts over UT Permian Basin on Sunday.
 
The Lions won the first game 6-0, then earned an 8-0 run-rule game in six innings in the second game.
 
A&M-Commerce is now 14-4 overall on the season with an 8-0 Lone Star Conference record, while UT Permian Basin is 3-15 overall and 1-7 in league play.
 
This marked the Lions' first road trip of the season, and they now return home for the next five doubleheaders. Next week's schedule features Midwestern State on Friday, March 19, at 4 p.m. and Texas Woman's on Sunday, March 21, at 1 p.m.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game One)
- Emily Otto (Lamar Consolidated) earned another shutout win in the circle, working around six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. UTPB stranded 10 Falcons on base.
- Kinsie Hebler (Cy-Falls) was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs.
- Mackenzie Dugi (St. Hedwig – East Central) and Chealsea Slider (Texarkana – Texas High) each went 2-for-4.
- Alyssa LeBlanc (Katy) had two RBIs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions started the scoring in the first inning, as Madison Schaefer (Frisco – Independence) led off with a single and scored on an Uxua Modrego (Burlada, Spain) double. Avery Boley (Fort Worth – Nolan Catholic) was hit by a pitch and replaced by Da'Jia Davis (Hewitt Midway). That duo scored on LeBlanc's two-run double to make it a 3-0 game.
 
Otto stranded Falcons in scoring position in the first and four innings, and the Lions added a trio of runs in the fifth to pull away. Dugi singled and Modrego reached on an error, and that pair moved to scoring position, where they were plated by Hebler's single. A UTPB error later in the inning allowed pinch runner McKenna Cross (Beaumont – Monsignor Kelly Catholic) to score and make it a 6-0 contest.
 
The Lions were unable to bring an early end to the game, stranding runners on second in the final three innings, but Otto preserved the shutout with little drama.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game Two)
- Dugi, LeBlanc, and Slider each had two hits in the game, while Boley reached in every appearance with a hit and three walks.
- LeBlanc earned her fifth shutout of the season, moving to 10-2 on the season in the circle, allowing only two hits, with three strikeouts and no walks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions did the majority of their damage in the second inning. Slider singled, Samantha Dutton (Tulsa, Okla.) walked, and Schaefer was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Singles by Dugi and Modrego plated the first two runs, and back-to-back doubles by Boley and LeBlanc scored three more to give the Lions a 5-0 lead.
 
Dutton walked and stole second in the third and was plated by Dugi's single. Serina Aguilar (Spring – Woods) drew a pinch hit bases loaded walk in the fourth, and the game-winner in the sixth scored when the Falcons threw the ball away on a double steal, allowing Aguilar to score.
 
LeBlanc continued her dominant run, as only one runner reached second base in the whole game. Both Falcons who earned a hit were erased quickly, with one caught stealing, and one eliminated on a double play.