Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NATCHITOCHES – Home runs from four different Northwestern State softball players gave the Lady Demons a pair of wins over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Sunday afternoon, defeating the Islanders 7-1 and 10-2 (five innings) at the Lady Demon Diamond.

"We're happy with today's performance after dropping Saturday's game," said sixth-year head coach Donald Pickett. "We still have some work to do to get where we want to be by the end of the season, but we're getting better every day."

NSU (12-11 overall, 4-2 Southland Conference) claimed the series 2-1 over AMCC (7-18, 2-4) after dropping game one 10-9 Saturday afternoon.

Saturday's doubleheader was cut short after a storm blew in, forcing game two to be suspended in the bottom of the fifth with NSU leading 5-1.

Brianna Rodriguez picked up her third homer of the season in the first inning of game two off a shot to right field. NSU notched three more runs in the second off a pair of walks and a hit from Brittney Jones.

In the third, Cheyenne DelaGarza singled to left center with Brittany Virgoe on third, allowing Virgoe to score and take a 5-0 lead.??

Cali Burke gave NSU a pair of insurance runs in the sixth with her first career homer off a two-run shot to left center.

The Islanders picked up a single run off two Lady Demon errors in the fifth to secure their only run of the game.

In the final game, tied at two heading into the third, Cassandra Barefield rocked a two-run homer to right field to give NSU a 4-2 lead. DelaGarza put the Lady Demons up by three later in the inning as she doubled down the right field line with two runners on, allowing one to score.

A fourth inning surge that included four runs off four hits extended NSU's lead to seven. Rodriguez picked up the first two RBI off a two-run double down the right field line, picking up her 41^st career double and taking hold of fourth place in the NSU career ledger.

Rodriguez advanced to third off a single from Virgoe, and both runners were later driven in off a single up the middle from Jones.

Kayla Boening secured the run-rule win in the fifth as she led off the inning with a walk-off homer. The shot to left center was her second of the weekend, and third of the season.

Burke led from the plate in both games with a 4-for-6 outing and four RBI, followed by DelaGarza at 3-for-6 and five RBI.

Senior Kaylee Guidry (4-3) picked up both wins from the circle, striking out nine and giving up 10 hits in 12 complete innings.

Northwestern State takes a break in its non-conference schedule for a 6:00 contest at Texas A&M on Tuesday, and heads to Southland rival Stephen F. Austin for a three-game series beginning on Saturday at one o'clock at the SFA Softball Complex.