COMMERCE – The No. 2 Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team engaged in a classic Lone Star Conference doubleheader battle with No. 24 Angelo State University on Sunday, with each side picking up a win.

The Lions won the opener in walk-off fashion, 3-2, before dropping the second game by a 3-0 score.
 
A&M-Commerce is now 21-6 overall and 14-2 in the Lone Star Conference, and Angelo State is 17-10 and 9-7 in league play.
 
The Lions' next six games are on the road, starting with a non-conference doubleheader at No. 9 Rogers State in Claremore, Okla., at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Lions will have Easter weekend off and their next home games are on April 16.
 
HEAD COACH RICHIE BRUISTER AFTER THE GAMES
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game One)
- Alyssa LeBlanc (Katy) moved her record to 13-2 on the year, striking out 12 and allowing two runs on five hits and six walks. She was also 2-for-3 at the plate.
- Samantha Dutton (Tulsa, Okla.) went 2-for-3 and hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh.
- Madison Schaefer (Frisco – Independence) had a solo homer, her ninth of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game One)
The Lions fell behind in the top of the first when Ashlyn Lerma walked, stole second, and scored on Courtney Barnhill's double. The home side immediately tied the game up when Schaefer led off the bottom of the first with a homer to right-center.
 
The Lions extended their lead to 2-1 in the second when LeBlanc led off with a double and pinch runner Da'Jia Davis forced the Rambelles into a poor decision. She stole third with the third baseman playing in off the bag, and the ASU catcher threw the ball into left field, allowing Davis to score.
 
A&M-Commerce was limited to three baserunners in the next four innings on singles from LeBlanc, Dutton, and Mackenzie Dugi (St. Hedwig – East Central), with only one runner reaching scoring position.
 
LeBlanc worked out of numerous jams, stranding three runners in scoring position from the second through sixth innings. ASU tied the game in the top of the seventh after a walk, a single, and a Barnhill RBI single. LeBlanc escaped with no further damage, leaving the bases full.
 
Kinsie Hebler (Cy-Fair) led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk and pinch runner Jasmine Mott (Emory – Rains) moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and stole third. With two outs, Dutton stepped up and laced a single to left to score the winning run.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Game Two)
- The two teams combined for only six hits in the game. For the Lions, Ta'Lyn Moody (Mansfield – Legacy) had a single followed by a Dutton double.
- Emily Otto (Lamar Consolidated) was the hard-luck loser, allowing three runs on only four hits.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game Two)
ASU's Hatty Shope plated the first two runs of the game in the second, with an early two-run homer. It was her first round-tripper of the season.
 
The Lions left the bases full with one out in the third after the Moody and Dutton hits and a Schaefer walk. Two strikeouts in succession ended the threat.
 
Otto stranded Rambelles on base in the third and fifth and allowed a run on an RBI groundout in the sixth, but was effective throughout.
 
The Lions had the leadoff batter reach on walks in the sixth and seventh, but both were erased on fielder's choices, and ASU pitcher Genesis Armendariz held the Lions off the board.