Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WICHITA – Newman softball's chance of making the Heartland Conference Tournament ended on Saturday (April 27) as the Lady Jets were swept by Texas-Permian Basin 8-2 and 8-0. NU fell to 3-11 in the Heartland Conference and 6-37 overall. The season ends for NU tomorrow with Senior Day at 11 a.m. at the Newman Softball Field.
 
UTPB 8, NU 2
 
After allowing five runs in the first two innings, the Lady Jets plated both of their runs in the third inning. A lead-off homer from Makenzie Flaska, her second of the season, put the Lady Jets on the scoreboard and made it 5-1. Kaitlyn Buck singled up the middle and then advanced all the way to third on a sac bunt by Lacey Cowan. A Falcon's error allowed Buck to score on the play for a 5-2 score.
 
The Falcons pulled away with three runs in the fifth inning for the final 8-2 score.
 
UTPB 8, NU 0
 
Two big innings in game two pushed the Falcons to an 8-0 victory. UTPB did all their scoring in the second and fifth innings to take the win.
 
With the bases loaded, a sac fly scored the first Falcon run, and a two-RBI double brought home two more runs for a 3-0 UTPB lead in the second inning.
 
UTPB added five more runs in the fifth, all unearned, to go up 8-0. A double scored the first two runs of the inning, and a single up the middle brought home two more runs later in the inning. The final run of the inning scored on a Lady Jet error.
 
In game two, Lacey Cowan went 2-for-2 to lead the Lady Jet offense.
 
The three-game series ends tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. at the Newman Softball Field.