Lady Buffs eliminated in LSC semifinals

The No. 24 Lady Buffs traveled to Denton, Texas this weekend to compete in the Lone Star Conference tournament as the defending LSC Champions. WTAMU entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed after dropping two of three games to No. 2 seed Texas Woman’s University on April 20-21.

Before the tournament started, the teams all gathered for LSC’s annual awards on April 26. Alyssa Lemos and Marci Womack were placed on the All-Academic Team due to their scholarly success while Allie Cranfill and Kim LeComte were both given Golden Glove Awards. Cranfill, who had an extremely successful first season at WT, was named the LSC Freshman of the Year and put on the All-LSC first team with teammate Kim LeComte. Meghan Brown and Marci Womack were both named to the All-LSC second team while Renee Erwin rounded out the list with a spot on the third team.

The Lady Buffs step onto the field for the first time for a Friday afternoon game against Abilene Christian in the quarterfinals. WT made an impact quickly, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take the 3-0 lead. The Lady Buffs waited until the third inning to add to their total, grabbing another run off a Lacey Seidl single to left field. Continue reading

Full of promise: Fall 2012 soccer

One of the teams the Lady Buffs faced during spring season was the Amarillo Lightning. Here, Kelsey Wright (#8) fights one of the players off the ball. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

One of the teams the Lady Buffs faced during spring season was the Amarillo Lightning. Here, Kelsey Wright (#8) fights one of the players off the ball. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

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As the school year comes to an end, WTAMU spring sports wraps up for the season. But as spring athletes pack up their locker rooms, the men and women’s soccer teams are preparing for the fall season.

Both teams hit The Pitch this spring for a few informal spring games to refresh their playing skills after nearly five months off the field. While the games didn’t count for more than just a freshener, it gave a decent look into what both teams will be bringing to the field next fall.

Men’s soccer took a while to get started last season, but when they hit their groove, they went eight games straight without losing during the second half of the season. The team brought in many new players before the beginning of the season, so the year could be considered a rebuilding effort. Continue reading

A Farewell to WT Sports

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As I wrap up my last weekend as a sports writer for The Prairie, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking back on my year and a half at the paper. My first semester here, I covered politics and just general human-interest stories but this year I made the jump to sports.

While some of our staff were surprised that I wanted to move over to the sports department, it wasn’t too big of a jump for me since I already cover sports for another publication. However, having the experience over there couldn’t have prepared me for the ride I was about to go on.

The first game of my new job was a men’s soccer game and I’ll admit that was new water for me to jump into. I played soccer when I was younger, I had watched it off and on and I even came from a place that worships soccer, but I wasn’t really knowledgeable about the sport when it came to covering it. Thanks to Google and my big “Soccer Book” that I picked up at Borders last summer, I made my way successfully through the first game.

As the season went on and I covered both WTAMU soccer teams, I found myself becoming a major fan of the sport and even making some friends along the way. The season didn’t end the way that was probably expected but it got me my first taste of seriously covering WT sports. Continue reading

WT’s Women soccer team prepares for next season

Yvette Bedoy stops the ball by the goal. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Yvette Bedoy stops the ball by the goal. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Web Editor’s Note: For more photos of the Lady Buffs vs. Amarillo Lightning, click here!

The women’s soccer team returned to the Pitch on April 19 for an impromptu preseason game against the Amarillo Lightning Soccer Club. The team has spent the last month traveling and preparing for next season, when they will make another run for the playoffs.

Softball team loses final home series

Marci Womack midpitch in game one. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Marci Womack midpitch in game one. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Web Editor’s Note: For more photos of Lady Buffs Softball, click here!

The last home series of the season for the Lady Buffs was a weekend full of important events for the team on April 20-21. The “Strike Out Cancer” weekend sponsored by Texas Oncology was also senior weekend and a battle for the second spot in the Lone Star Conference standings.

Texas Woman’s University started the scoring in-game one on Friday night. WTAMU wouldn’t let the Pioneers take a breath, scoring two runs in the second for a 3-1 lead. The next few innings was a battle of wills as TWU picked up four runs to take a 5-3 lead before WT tied up the game. The Lady Buffs ended the scoring in the fourth inning, taking an 8-5 lead that would hold for the rest of the seven-inning game.

TWU started the second Friday night game scoring in the first inning. The teams battled back and forth throughout the game to get the lead. It looked like WT would pick up the win in the fifth inning when they took a 5-4 lead due to an incorrect scorecard and added another run in the six inning. However, the Pioneers came back and score five runs in the seventh to win the game 9-6.  Senior Marci Womack was recorded as the pitcher for both of Friday night’s games, taking her record to 19-9. Continue reading

Softball Beats Eastern New Mexico 20-0 on Tuesday

The No. 25 Lady Buffs won their eighth straight game in impressive fashion on April 17 at Lady Buff Yard. The softball team took on the Eastern New Mexico Zias for the third time in a week and played their third game in 72 hours.

The team started off the scoring with the first player to the plate when Alyssa Lemos sent one over the wall in left center field for a solo homerun. Meghan Brown and Renee Erwin added to that total, bringing in two runners each to leave the first inning up 5-0.

The third inning really saw the Lady Buffs shine as they scored 15 runs on 18 batters. The team showed that they worked well under pressure, scoring 13 of the runs with two outs on the board. The women left the inning with a 20-0 lead. Continue reading

Women’s softball breaks two records

Kim LeComte became the all-time leader in RBIs during the weekend. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Kim LeComte became the all-time leader in RBIs during the weekend. Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog.

Web Editor’s Note: For more pics of Lady Buffs Softball, click here!

The No. 25 Lady Buffs had a weekend to remember during three days full of games at home and away.

The softball team started their weekend Friday night in Lawton, Okla., at Cameron University. The team started off with a home run to bring home two runners in the first inning before the game suffered a short rain delay going into the second. The Aggies cut the lead in half at the bottom of the second but the Lady Buffs used three more home runs with multiple runs in multiple innings to take the game with a score of 10-3.

Saturday’s doubleheader brought in the first of the Lady Buffs’ two records for the weekend. Kim LeComte brought in Meghan Slattery in the second inning to become the LSC career leader in RBIs. The game was a wild and entertaining seven-inning affair with both teams going back and forth in scoring. Continue reading

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