Zias Split Double-Header with ACU, Losing 15-10 and Winning 7-3
Picazo Belts Two Homers, One in each Game, for ENMU

Box Score - Game 3 - ACU 15, ENMU 10
Box Score - Game 4 - ENMU 7, ACU 3

PORTALES, N.M. — The Zias split a double-header against Abilene Christian University on Saturday, Apr. 2 at Zia Sofball Field, losing the first game, 15-10, and winning the nightcap, 7-3. ENMU improved its record to 15-22 overall and to 2-10 in the Lone Star Conference South Division. The Wildcats moved to 24-15 overall, 8-4 in the LSC South.

Tracy Jordan (Jr., 2B, Rosamond, CA/Desert HS) belted her second home run of the season in Game #1 with two outs in the bottom of the fifth and Eastern trailing 8-4. A single by Adriana Reyes (Jr., 3B, El Paso, TX/El Paso CC) drove in two more runs, further cutting into Abilene’s lead to 8-7.

After taking a one-run lead into the seventh, the Wildcats sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs on six hits for a 15-7 lead. The Zias didn’t go quietly, scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by Tori Picazo’s (So., DH, McKinney, TX/Western Texas College) sixth homer of the season, a two-run shot.

Both teams’ bats quieted down in the second game. The Wildcats broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the top of the fifth, then Picazo hit her second homer of the day in the bottom of the inning to re-tie the game at 3-3.

With two outs in the sixth, Jessica Nocas (Jr., SS, Riverside, CA/Midland College) singled in Picazo from second, giving the Zias their first lead of the game, 4-3. An RBI double by Adina Taul (Jr., CF, Placentia, CA/Midland College) kept the inning alive, followed by two-RBI single from Jordan for a 7-3 lead.

Natasha Lindsey (Jr., RHP, Auburn, WA/Tusculum College) held the Wildcats scoreless in the final two innings for the win. She improved her pitching record to 4-4.

Eastern will host a double-header in Clovis, N.M., against Midwestern State University on Tuesday, Apr. 5 at 3 p.m. MDT. ENMU will return to Zia Softball Field on Wednesday, Apr. 6 for a double-header against Oklahoma Panhandle State University at 12 p.m. MDT.