The Aggie softball team defeated Utah State 3-0 and will keep playing out at the WAC Softball Championship Tournament. The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters defeated Fresno State in the game before NMSU's which sends Fresno State into the loser's bracket and sets up a rematch between the Aggies and Bulldogs. This will be the fifth meeting between the two clubs in just six days. Win or go home. That's the situation for the Aggie women.
No doubt the Aggies will be hyped up to for the rematch and for the Bulldogs, the Aggies are probably the last team they wanted to see again. NMSU has played Fresno tight in the four previous games. The ladies lost 3-2 in extra innings last Friday night, then lost 4-0 and 4-1 in the doubleheader on Saturday. Then last night the Aggies once again took the Bulldogs to the brink coming up just short giving up the game winning single in the bottom of the 7th.
Kim Watson pitched 6.1 innings against Utah State and Fresno State's Morgan Melloh pitched 7.1 innings and threw 143 pitches. It will be interesting to see who takes the mound for each team. The first pitch should happen a little bit after 11:00 p.m. MDT.
UPDATE:
The Aggie baseball team overcame a five run 1st inning by Hawai'i and scored seven unanswered runs to clip the Warriors 7-5. Joe Leghorn hit a three run blast in the 4th inning to bring the Aggies to within two at 5-3. Joe Scaperotta tagged a two-run homer in the 5th to tie the game at 5-5 and Franky Busani belted a two run shot to center field in the eighth to give the Aggies the 7-5 lead. All three Aggie homers came with two outs. Tyler Sturdevant pitched eight solid innings blanking the Warriors from innings two through eight and Erik Nyquist struck out the final two batters to get the save. Sturdevant pitched his way out of a bases loaded jam with one out in the top of the 7th as he struck out the final two batters of the inning.
The Aggies are now 12-13 in conference play while Hawai'i drops to 16-13. The two teams will meet up again tomorrow for game two of the four game series. The first pitch is set for 6:05 p.m.
