Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 By Kevin Farr
Murray State Sports Information
A pair of run rule romps on Saturday closed a perfect 30-0 conference slate and sends the third-ranked Murray State Lady Aggies to the Region 2 playoffs with a glossy 51-5 record and riding an 18-game winning streak.

The Lady Aggies blitzed Arkansas State University Mountain Home for 10-0 and 10-2 triumphs while wrapping up the weekend four-game sweep.

Coach Aaron Mullens' will open the postseason tournament at the Region 2 tournament, which will be hosted in Ardmore, on Thursday at 4 p.m. against the eight seed. Pairings should be released on Sunday.

Saturday's opener was all Lady Aggies from the start as they scored at least once in all four of the innings which they hit, including a five-run outburst in the second which featured a Kennedy Lord grand slam. Karsyn York opened the scoring with a lead off solo homer in the first.

Murray State added three in the third after RBI singles from Mattie Richardson, York and Bradi Harman.

York ended with two hits while Lord, Harman, Shaylin Midgley, Courtney Grey and Richardson all had one.

Grey twirled four shutout stanzas for the victory, allowing two hits and struck out four. Harman contributed one frame of scoreless relief.

Game two was a similar story as Murray State bolted to an 8-0 edge through three innings.

The Lady Aggies tallied one in the first on a Midgley run-scoring hit before erupting for four in the second frame. Richardson doubled in one, York chipped in a RBI single and Harman drove in a pair on a home run to centerfield.

They continued to tack on with three more one inning later, keyed by a Harman RBI double.

Mountain Home notched a pair of runs in the fourth before Murray State put it away with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

The Lady Aggies racked up 14 hits, paced by three apiece from York and Richardson. Harman had two hits and drove in four while Grey and Gracie Lute added two hits as well. Lord and Midgley tossed in one apiece.

Dara Hamlin got the pitching start and win as she fired four innings and allowed two runs on five hits while fanning three. Harman closed the final two stanzas and struck out four.