CLARKSVILLE, AR - Some inclement weather and an extra day before their season opener didn't deter the Lobos with 17-4 and 12-1 wins against University of the Ozarks on Saturday.

Game One: Lobos 17 - Eagles 4

The game remained scoreless through the first three innings until the Lobos brought the bats alive in the top of the fourth for eight runs.

Miranda Martinez started with a bases loaded walk to bring home Annika Canaba for a 1-0 lead.

Marley Moralez then stepped in and sent an RBI single to left center that scored Payslee Sims to make it 2-0.

Mary Villarreal followed Moralez with an RBI single to right field to scored Nadia Valverde to go up 3-0.

Starter pitcher Jodie Vaughn provided the third straight single, this time to right field to score Martinez for a 4-0 lead.

This led to a pitching change for the Eagles, but the offense for the Lobos did not cease.

Camryn Hardin stepped in and singled through the right side to score Moralez to make it 5-0.

Halie Guillen was then hit by a pitch. Villarreal came around to make it 6-0

Two batters later, Sims sent a sacrifice fly to right that scored Samantha Chavez for a 7-0 score.

The final run came next batter when Valverde singled to left field to score Hardin for an eight-run inning and 8-0 lead.

Ozarks plated one in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single through the right side for an 8-1 score going to the fifth.

Canaba led off the sixth inning with a solo shot to right field to make it 9-1.

Moralez later stepped in and doubled to left center. Madison Biddle came around on the hit for a 10-1 score.

The Eagles matched Sully's top of the sixth with a pair of their own in the bottom of the inning for a 10-3 score going to the seventh.

A seven run cushion didn't stop the offense from generating runs throughout their first game of the season. The Lobos went on to add seven in the top of the seventh.

After Hardin walked and Guillen was hit by her second pitch of the game, Canaba hit a three-run shot to center field for a 13-3 score.

Martinez later cleared the right field wall with Sims on first for a two-run home run to make it 15-3. 

Hardin sent an RBI single through the right side that scored Kendra Serrano for a 16-3 lead.

Sully's final run of the game came on an RBI walk from Canaba that scored Anais Gomez for a 17-3 lead that was also the final.

Vaughn went the complete seven innings, striking out 11 and walking three. She gave up seven hits and four earned runs.

Canaba finished 2-for-5 with two home runs, five runs batted in, and three runs scored.

Martinez brought in three on a pair of hits and scored twice.

Moralez came away with three hits, two RBI, and a run scored in her first game as a Lobo.

Hardin, Guillen, and Villarreal all added two hits. Hardin and Sims both scored twice.


Game Two: Lobos 12 - Eagles 1 (5 innings)

The Lobos wasted no time with five runs in the top of the first inning,

Sims first brought in Hardin with an RBI single for a 1-0 lead.

Valverde was the next batter and singled home Guillen for a 2-0 advantage.

Two batters later, Villarreal doubled across Valverde and Canaba for a 4-0 lead.

Heather Rios stepped in as the next batter and plated Villarreal with an RBI single for a 5-0 lead going bottom one.

Miranda Martinez was on the bump for the Lobos and pitched a shutout first inning to lead way for two more runs in the top of the second.

Canaba continued her big day at the plate with an RBI single to score Hardin for a 6-0 lead.

Sims then advanced Guillen to third on a flyout to center field. That setup Valverde's RBI groundout to short that scored Guillen for a 7-0 lead.

Martinez went back to the mound and threw shutout innings in the second and third. Her offense came back after a scoreless top of the third with three more in the fourth.

Valverde first doubled home Sims for an 8-0 lead before Vaughn plated Valverde with a single for a 9-0 advantage.

The final run of the inning came on a Villarreal double to score Vaughn for a 10-0 lead.

Ozarks brought across their first run in the bottom of the fourth for a 10-1 game.

Sims had an answer in the top of the fifth with an RBI double that scored Guillen and Hardin for a 12-1 game.

Martinez went back to the mound and threw a shutout bottom of the fifth for a 12-1 win in five innings.

Villarreal went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a run score.

Valverde finished 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored.

Sims also had three RBI with two hits and a run scored.

Hardin and Guillen both finished with three runs scored. Guillen also walked three times.

The Lobos start the season 2-0 and 2-0 in ASC play. Ozarks begins 0-2 and 0-2.

Sully next prepares for a home doubleheader on Friday, March 5 against UT Dallas.