LAS CRUCES, N.M. — In search of someone to fill the pitching void left by the graduations of Meagan King and Dalilah Barrera, sophomore Karsen Pierce showed Saturday afternoon the Southern Miss transfer has the tools as she kept New Mexico State off balance during a 14-2 Bobcat victory.
Pierce, her Texas State debut, worked around back-to-back baserunners to start the bottom of the first with back-to-back strikeouts and a liner to Sara Vanderford at third to end the first. An inning later, with a 9-0 lead, the only baserunner to reach against Pierce came via a throwing error.