DENTON, Texas - Kelsie Briggs fired a two-hit shutout in the opener, aided by multi-hit efforts by both Jalee McDonald and Alexys Ginegaw, and McDonald aided her own cause in the nightcap with a two-hit, two-RBI performance as the Texas Woman's University softball team (6-21, 5-17 Lone Star Conference) picked up a doubleheader sweep over Eastern New Mexico (0-19, 0-18), winning the opener 8-0 and taking a 4-3 victory in the finale. 

"Our team came out on a mission today ready to take two games, and it was evident in the energy," said head coach Amber Barker. "There wasn't just one person who came up  big, it took each one of them to secure both wins. It was great to be back home in front of our fans, and we look forward to a strong outing tomorrow as well.

The Pioneers opened scoring early in game one, plating three runs on one hit - and not hitting a ball out of the infield. TWU tacked on three more in the second, as Cecily Rodriguez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Ginegaw followed with a two-run single. 

Ginegaw's run-scoring single in the fourth pushed TWU's lead to 7-0, and Briggs aided her own cause in the same frame with an RBI single down the line to give the Pioneers an 8-0 advantage. 

Meanwhile, Briggs was stellar in the circle, not allowing a baserunner past first base. The freshman fanned three and walked none in 5.0 innings of work. 

In the nightcap, McDonald put the Pioneers ahead early with an RBI single in the first inning, and the TWU lead grew to 3-0 in the third on another RBI single by McDonald. ENMU avoided the shutout in the fifth inning with an RBI single, but Leah Deaver's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth stretched TWU's lead to 4-1.

That insurance run would be important as ENMU scored a pair of runs in the seventh and put the tying run on base, but the Pioneers held on for the victory. 

McDonald improved to 3-4 on the season after scattering five hits in 4.1 innings of work, surrendering one run and walking one, fanning four. Briggs earned her second save of the season after tossing 2.2 innings in relief and surrendering three hits and two unearned runs. 

The Pioneers close the weekend homestand on Sunday with a noon doubleheader against West Texas A&M.