CANYON, Texas (April 16, 2025) – Playing against a team ranked No. 1 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25 Poll for the second time this season, The University of Texas Permian Basin softball team this time could not avoid the run-rule and fell 16-1 and 14-0 in five innings in both games at West Texas A&M University.
 
Game 1 (UTPB 1, WT 16):

• UTPB scored first with solo home run to left center field by Taylor Ramirez with two outs in the top of the first inning.
• It would be the lone baserunner of the game for the Falcons, who would give up back-to-back seven-run innings in the second and third innings, both of which featured a grand slam to left center field.
• The first two runs of the game for the Lady Buffs came in the first inning after a leadoff walk, a wild pitch to advance the leadoff hitter two bases, and another wild pitch to score the first run, all before a sacrifice fly to right field to score the second run. WT scored twice before getting its first hit of the game and scored at least two runs in each of the first three innings. In all, the first inning featured two walks and three wild pitches by Laila Vasquez.
• WT scored its 16 runs on 14 hits, eight walks, one hit by pitch and four wild pitches by the UTPB pitching staff.
• Meghan Gattis pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Falcons and surrendered just three hits and one walk while not allowing a run to score with her in the circle.
• Each of the first six outs recorded by the WT pitching staff went down as a swinging strikeout.

 
Game 2 (UTPB 0, WT 14):

• UTPB was held to three hits while WT again had two more runs (14) than it did hits (12).
• After the two big seven-run innings in game one for the Buffs, it was a seven-run first inning in game two for WT, which this time scored at least two runs in each of the first four innings of the game.
• The first inning for WT featured a pair of two-run home runs, the second of which was an inside-the-park home run by Emily Liskai, who later led off the bottom of the third inning with a solo home run.
• The Buffs added two more solo home runs in the fourth inning to finish with five home runs in the game and seven for the day.
• Avery Cannon hit a home run in both games for the Buffs.
• The high-powered WT offense leads NCAA Division II in batting average, hits, RBIs, runs, scoring, and slugging percentage, and ranks inside the top 10 for doubles, home runs, on-base percentage, and triples.
• Kaylee Moses (1 hit, 1 walk) reached base twice for the Falcons.
• UTPB threatened in the top of the third as Mia Serrato and Moses led off with back-to-back walks, but a pair of failed sacrifice bunt attempts did not do the Falcons any favors.
• Moses and Keri Sanford both singled with two outs in the fifth inning, marking UTPB's first hits since a one-out single by Emery Aguilar back in the first inning.

 
Team Records:

• UTPB falls to 8-40 overall and 3-35 in the Lone Star Conference, and is now 0-20 on the road with 11 shutouts in conference play.
• WT improves to 46-2 and 36-2, and has not lost a game since March 2. The Lady Buffs are riding a 26-game win streak and own the most victories across all three divisions of the NCAA.
• In the first two games between UTPB and WT earlier this season in Odessa, Texas, the Falcons scored in both games to stop of streak of six-straight shutouts against the Lady Buffs.

 
Next Up: The final road series of the 2025 season for UTPB at Midwestern State University on Friday, April 18, has been moved up two hours to start at 12 p.m. / 2 p.m. from Mustangs Park.