KINGSVILLE – The Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas had chances to give the Abilene Christian Wildcats their first Lone Star Conference South Division loss, but instead were swept by the Wildcats, 3-2 and 7-3.
    The Javelinas are now 12-15 on the season and 5-3 in the LSC South.
    The Wildcats improved to 16-11 overall and remained undefeated in division play at 5-0.
    Cassie Anderson went four-for-seven on the day with three RBI for A&M-Kingsville while Jasmine Ross went four-for-six.
    Courtney Rigamonti took the loss for A&M-Kingsville in game one despite pitching a complete game. She gave up three runs, walked two and had a strikeout to fall to 8-9 on the year.
    Kim McDonald picked up the win for the Wildcats also pitching a complete game. She gave up two runs, walked three and struck out five. She evened her record at 7-7 on the year.
    Leadoff hitter Leisha Johnson gave the Wildcats an early one-run lead by singling through the left side, stealing second, advancing to third on a Nancy Sawyers sacrifice bunt and finally coming home on a wild pitch.
    In the bottom of the inning, Javelina leadoff hitter Meisha Patterson returned the favor to even the game at 1-1. She reached on an error and reached second on an Anderson single through the left side. After reaching third base on a passed ball, she came home on a wild pitch.
    The Wildcats took the lead back in the top of the fourth when Katie Cornelison lead off the inning with a double to center field and came home on a Kim Partin right field single to put Abilene Christian up 2-1.
    The Wildcats added an insurance run that would prove to pay off in the seventh inning.
    Johnson reached on a fielder’s choice and later scored on a Jessica Shiery single through the right side to make it 3-1.
    The Javelinas managed to put up a run in the bottom of the seventh on an Anderson triple and scored Ross to make it 3-2.
    The Javelinas left two runners on base in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.
    "We finally started hitting the ball a bit but we didn’t want to hit with runners in scoring position," head coach Blake Miller said. "We started to get defensive instead of aggressive. As long as we stay offensive we’re a great team. If you get passive, you’re going to get beat."
    In game two, Jessika Cantu pitched four innings, giving up six runs, walking one and striking out two for the Javelinas. The loss evened her record at 4-4.
    Kim White got the win for Abilene Christian going five innings, giving up three runs with a strikeout. She went to 7-3 on the year.
    The Wildcats took an early lead again, this time on a Melissa Rodriguez single to right center that scored Johnson for the first inning 1-0 lead.
    Abilene Christian then put up five runs in the fourth inning to go up 6-0. Shiery led the inning off with a home run to right field. The next four runs all came with two outs. A bases loaded walk to pinch hitter Jessica Johnson put the Wildcats up 3-0 and a Johnson double to left field cleared the bases to bring in three more runs.
    "We let them have chances with two outs," Miller said. "If we make a play we’re out of the inning. We gave them chances and they took advantage of it. That’s the way it goes."
    The Javelinas got on the board in the bottom of the inning with a Rigamonti sacrifice fly to left field that brought in Shaun Bryan.
    The Javelinas cut the lead in half, 6-3, in the bottom of the fifth with two more runs. Both runs came on a two-outs Anderson single that scored Patterson and Ross.
    The Wildcats added their seventh run in the sixth inning when Shelby McElvain scored on a Javelina error.
    The Javelinas will close out their series with the Wildcats Sunday at noon at Hubert Field.