ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State closed out the season series with the Newman Jets on Tuesday afternoon, sweeping the doubleheader at home. The Rangers used comebacks in both games. Northwestern used a five and a six run inning to comeback and win game one, before a walk-off home run in game two.

The Rangers improve to 12-30 on the season following the two wins, as Newman drops to 7-37 for the year. 

GAME ONE: 

Kaitlyn Corn led the team with a four-hit and four RBI performance in the game. Rachel Sherwood added three hits. Rosemary Rivera had a tie for the team high with a 4-RBI game. Avery Clark drove in three. 

Madelyn Cason pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, and striking out three, earning the win for the Rangers.

The game started in favor of the Jets after the visitors jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, scoring five first inning runs after two RBI singles before an RBI double pushed the Jets ahead. 

Northwestern answered back with two runs in the first inning after a single and a walk set up the 2-RBI double by Corn to get the Rangers on the board. 

Newman answered the Rangers though in the second inning adding three runs as a Borja RBI triple followed by an RBI single had Newman out in front extending the Jets lead.

The Rangers quickly got back in the game, though with a five-run third inning cutting the deficit down to one. After back-to-back singles to start the inning, setting up a 2-RBI double by Clark to bring the Rangers down 8-4. Rivera pushed across a run before a Muns sacrifice fly had the Rangers down 8-7 through three innings. 

A scoreless fourth and fifth inning for Newman set up the next big inning. The Rangers took the team's first lead of the game after Clark drove in the tying run, leading to a Corn 2-RBI single to left field for the 10-8 lead. Rosemary Rivera then delivered the big blast with a three-run home run to left center to push the Ranger lead to 13-8. 

The Rangers added one more run in the sixth inning after two walks led to a Macry Spearman RBI double to left center field, giving the Rangers a 14-8 lead.

Cason then closed out the victory for the Rangers, retiring the side in order after a leadoff strike out led to the final out and a 14-8 game one victory. 

GAME TWO:

The Rangers were led in hits by three players, each with two in the game: Rachel Sherwood, Kaitlyn Corn, and Rosemary Rivera. Jadyn Muns led the team with a 3-RBI game after delivering the walk-off home run. 

Cason pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing no earned runs, striking out one, and earning the win. 

Northwestern struck first in the second game after a walk and a stolen base led to an RBI single by Corn for the early 1-0 lead. She was followed by an RBI double to left field by Rivera, scoring Corn and the 2-0 first inning lead. 

Chloe Brown, the Ranger starting pitcher, retired the Jets in order to keep the game at 2-0 before the Rangers extended the lead in the bottom of the inning. A walk to start the inning led to a Rachel Sherwood RBI double for the 3-0 lead before Sherwood scored on a Spearman hit. 

Newman, trailing by four, was able to cut into the Rangers' lead, cutting the visitors' deficit in half with two runs. Fairbairn singled to right field, driving in the Jets' first run before a Ranger error allowed a second run to cross the plate. 

The game remained 4-2 into the fifth inning when Newman struck for a four-run inning to steal the lead from the Rangers. A 2-RBI single tied the game at 4-4 before a second RBI single pushed across the go-ahead run at 5-4. Newman scored one more run, extending the lead to 6-4.

The Rangers got one run back as the rally started with a Chloe Prentiss single to left field before an RBI double to left center by Macy Spearman cut the Ranger deficit to 6-5. 

Newman got one run back in the seventh inning, putting their lead back to two runs at 7-5. The Rangers had the answer, though, on back-to-back walks to start the bottom of the seventh inning by Rosemary Rivera and Kirby Van Haren. This brought up Jadyn Muns, who delivered the big blast with a three-run walk-off home run to left field, giving the Rangers the 8-7 victory. 

The Rangers return to action on Thursday afternoon with a doubleheader against Ouachita Baptist starting at 1:00 PM before closing out the three-game series on Friday at 11:00 AM for senior day. 

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