Angelo State topped Winona State, 7-3, in an elimination game at the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championship Finals in Salem, Va.

Macy Baker and Laura Lopez each hit home runs to send the Rambelles (50-9) to the national semifinals for the second time in school history.  ASU needs two wins over Alabama-Huntsville on Sunday to earn a spot in the championship game Monday.  The first game is at 1 p.m. CST with the second game at 5 p.m. if needed.

With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, Baker crushed her 17th home run of the season, scoring freshman Sandy James and Lopez, to lift the Rambelles to a 6-3 cushion. Lopez then added her 18th home run of the year, a solo shot, in the sixth frame to give ASU an insurance run and secure the Rambelles' third 50-win season in the past seven seasons.

Junior right-hander April Haywood (18-4) picked up the victory as she gave up three earned runs on 13 hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Baker ended the contest 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored while Lopez went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Winona State (50-13) took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on an RBI single by Jenny Wilmes, scoring Kathy Crudo. The Rambelles responded, however, with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame on single by junior Nicole Smith, scoring junior Megan Pumphrey, and a sacrifice fly by junior Kristen Frye, scoring junior Sarah DeMoss.

The Warriors knotted the game, 2-2, in the third inning on a single by Crudo, scoring Mollie Bjelland, but once again ASU responded as Haywood would plate sophomore Alix Dean with a single to centerfield in the bottom of the third. Dean's run gave ASU back a one-run advantage, 3-2. Winona State would not have its season end easily as the Warriors countered with a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Kayla Lewis, scoring Amanda Wilhelm, to tie the game, 3-3, before Baker would put the game away with her long ball.

- Courtesy of ASU sports information