Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 By Kevin Farr
Murray State Sports Information
DENISON, Texas – Third-rated Murray State made it a clean sweep through the Annual THF Winter Blast softball festival on Saturday with a doubleheader triumph.

Coach Aaron Mullens' squad ran away for a 15-0 decision over Pratt College in the opener and then rode stellar pitching to a 5-1 verdict in the nightcap over Rose State College.

The Lady Aggies ran their season record to 12-0 on the season and will be off until next weekend when they host Hutchinson and Seward County College from Kansas on Friday and Saturday.

Murray State scored early and often in the opener sparked by Brylee Fanning's three hits, including a pair of home runs and four runs batted in, out of the leadoff spot.

Bradi Harman put the Lady Aggies in front by scoring Fanning with a first inning single. Fanning smashed her first homer to drive in a pair one frame later as Haili Igou contributed a triple and Kennedy Lord chipped in a double.

They tacked on four more runs in the fourth stanza, highlighted by a Cady Ammons three-run blast which made it a 9-0 advantage. Another six runs in the fifth put it away on the run rule as Lord tripled home one and Fanning's second roundtripper scored a pair.

Alanna Routt was the pitching stalwart, twirling four shutout of frames in which she scattered three hits and struck out five. Carolyn Overton tossed the final inning of scoreless relief.

Fanning and Igou paced the 14-hit charge as each tallied three hits with Lord and Nye pitching in two apiece. Harman, Adison Lee, Ammons and Emily Rogers all posted one.

In the second game, Murray State broke a 1-1 deadlock with a four-run uprising in the fifth that proved to be the difference. Lord started the rally with a one-out single, Nye walked and Fanning followed with a three-run homer. Igou then smoked a solo blast over the centerfield fence to cap the scoring.

That proved to be plenty of insurance for Overton to slam the door on the Lady Raiders with four strong frames of relief for the pitching victory. She was charged with one unearned run on five hits, struck out five and walked one in four innings. Bella Hardeman got the start and fired three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and fanned five.

Fanning and Harman notched two hits each with Igou, Kaylee Carter and Lord all adding one.