FRIENDSWOOD — The best-of-three series between the Friendswood Lady Mustangs and the Montgomery Lake Creek Lady Lions didn't go according to plan as the Lady Lions blanked the Lady Mustangs 8-0 and 10-0 to sweep the Class 5A Region III semifinal matchup.

“This series is tough, but you learn from it,” said Christa Williams-Yates, the Lady Mustangs’ head coach. “It’s just like last year, Lake Creek fell short to Barbers Hill and that was their motivating force, in my opinion. It would be for me.

“Hopefully this team can use that as something that will drive them.”

Friendswood found out why Lake Creek is ranked No. 1 and is undefeated at 37-0 while advancing to the 5A Region III finals.

In Game 1, Friendswood was held to four hits and no runs while Lake Creek scored a run in the second, fourth, two in the fifth and four in the sixth to blank the Lady Mustangs 8-0.

Lake Creek banged out 11 hits for eight runs off Friendswood's Chloe Riassetto who took the loss.

In Game 2, Friendswood managed six hits without scoring a run while the Lady Lions had nine hits for 10 runs against Friendswood pitcher Janelle Wilson who took the loss.

Riassetto and catcher Maddie Wilson are the lone Lady Mustang graduates and Williams-Yates is hoping a group of underclassmen can follow their lead into next spring.

“I think we all knew as staff that we had the potential to be good,’’ Williams-Yates said. “We knew they were super gifted. It was just whether or not we could put them into places that we felt like we’d be successful, and they could actually buy in.

“And that was the one great thing about this team. They bought in and trusted us.”