PORTALES, N.M. Odessa High graduate Sierra Camacho picked up her first collegiate win for UTPB as the Falcons earned a split against Eastern New Mexico in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader Sunday at the Greyhound Softball Complex.
The Falcons bounced back with a 13-3 victory in the second game after falling 4-3 in eight innings after Kianna Galindo drove in a run off a sacrifice fly to win the game.
Camacho pitched six innings in the second game, recording four strikeouts. UTPB held a 5-0 lead throughout the game’s first five innings, before adding eight runs in the top of the sixth.
Aracely Araiza led the Falcons (6-32 overall, 4-24 conference) with four runs driven in while Abby Hernandez added three runs batted in. Tianna Boone paced the Greyhounds (4-21, 4-20) with three runs driven in.
Eastern New Mexico 4-3, UTPB 3-13
Sunday, Greyhound Softball Complex, Portales, N.M.
GAME 1
UTPB………….. 101 001 00 — 3 10 0
ENMU………… 002 001 01 — 4 11 2
Becky Berth, Marissa Salinas (3) and Choco Munoz. Maite Bustillos, Brook Leger (4) and Mikenzey Patterson. W — Leger. L — Salinas. 2B — UTPB; April Arellano 2, Leslie Martinez, Alice Marion, Aracely Araiza. Eastern New Mexico: Alanna Larkins, Bustillos.
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GAME 2
UTPB………….. 100 408 — 13 17 1
ENMU………… 000 003 — 3 8 1
Sierra Camacho and Nayeli Diaz. Brook Leger, Azalea Martinez (4), Tava Boone (5) and Mikenzey Patterson. W — Camacho. L — Leger. 2B — UTPB: Abby Hernandez, Aracely Araiza, Lani Graft. Eastern New Mexico: Kianna Galindo. HR — Eastern New Mexico: Tianna Boone.
Records — UTPB 6-32 Overall, 4-24 Lone Star Conference); Eastern New Mexico 4-21, 4-20.
