CANYON, Texas – The #6 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M saw their 24-game home win streak broken in a 10-inning thriller on Tuesday afternoon before responding in the nightcap to end #1 Oklahoma City's 52-game win streak to split a doubleheader at Schaeffer Park in Canyon. The Lady Buffs improve to 35-8 on the season while the Stars fall to 47-1 overall.

WT's 24-game home win streak lasted for 347 days beginning on May 6, 2016 while OCU's 52-game win streak dates back 323 days to May 30, 2016. The Stars held the record for most consecutive victories in NAIA history and were just three wins shy of Northern Kentucky's collegiate softball record of 55 straight wins before the loss to the Lady Buffs in the nightcap.
 
The Lady Buffs wrap up their regular season home schedule this weekend as they host the Javelinas of Texas A&M-Kingsville in a Lone Star Conference series beginning on Friday night at 7 p.m. with a Senior Day Saturday doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. at Schaeffer Park.
 
GAME 1 - #1 Oklahoma City 9, #6 West Texas A&M 7 (10 Innings)
The Stars started off the scoring in the top of the first inning with a Jaci Smith RBI double to left field followed by a two-run single down the left field line by Madison Ellis to run the score to 3-0 with no outs, a full-count walk put runners on first and second followed by a sac bunt and a Bailey Whitmore sac fly to center field for the 4-0 lead.
 
The Lady Buffs got on the board in the home half of the second inning as Kylee Moore singled to left center followed two batters later by a Shayne Starkey doubled down the left field line with one out, Brittany Cruz lifted a ball to the wall in left field for a sacrifice fly followed by an OCU error with two outs to cut the lead to 4-2. The Lady Buffs took the lead in the home half of the third inning as the newly named LSC Hitter of the Week Kylee Moore stayed hot at the plate with a three-run shot to left center for the 5-4 lead.
 
The WT defense kept the momentum on the home side in the top of the fifth inning as Shanna McBroom gunned down a would-be base stealer for the second out of the inning followed by a great play up the middle by Alyx Cordell as WT continued to lead 5-4. The Stars tied the game up in the top of the sixth inning on Kali Pugh single up the middle followed by a two-run base hit by Laci Joyner to extend the lead to 7-5.
 
The Lady Buffs got one back in the bottom of the sixth inning as Cordell got in a rundown between first and second to allow Starkey to score from third at 7-6. OCU looked to add to their lead in the top of the seventh inning with a pair of walks to knock Alexis Alfonso from the game, Kami Merrill entered and gave up a single to center field but Ashley Hardin came up firing to get the lead runner at third for the second out followed by a grounder to second.
 
Ibrahim tied the game on the second pitch of the home half of the seventh with a solo bomb the opposite way down the left field line, Kourtney Coveney doubled to left center followed by a Hardin full-count walk to put runners on first and second with no outs. Allie Smith singled to left field to load the bases before OCU's Georgia Wall registered three straight outs to end the threat and send the teams into extra innings.
 
The teams traded zeroes as the international tiebreaker took effect in the top of the tenth. The Stars used a ground ball to the circle to move the runner to third followed by a Pugh RBI single thru the right side to score Stephanie Koishor, Smith singled home another run with two outs to run the OCU lead to 9-7.
 
GAME 2 – #6 West Texas A&M 7, #1 Oklahoma City 3
The Stars started off the scoring in the top of the second inning as Pugh tripled down the right field line with two outs to drive in Abby Meador for the early 1-0 lead.
 
The Lady Buffs looked to respond in the home half of the frame as they loaded the bases with one out before a wild pitch allowed the runners to move up 60 feet and Maddie Green to tie the game, Ibrahim gave the Lady Buffs the lead with a three-run shot off of the scoreboard in center followed by an OCU error and a Moore bomb to left center for the 6-1 lead.
 
WT added to their lead in the home half of the fifth inning as Coveney singled to right field to drive in Cordell with two outs to extend the lead to 7-1. The Stars wouldn't go down without a fight as they cut into the lead with a Smith two-run triple off of the left center field wall to score a pair before Starkey finished off the win with her fifth strikeout of the game for the 7-3 win. The sophomore left-hander moved to 6-1 on the season, giving up three runs on nine hits with no walks in the complete game victory.