Oklahoma City,OK.-- Southwestern Christian(19-7, 7-7 SAC) fought tooth and nail last night against NAIA softball powerhouse #6 Oklahoma City, losing narrowly 7-5 in Game one and 3-1 in Game two.
Game 1:
Oklahoma City would open the scoring in the second with one run and the stars would add four runs in third to give themselves a 5-0 lead. Southwestern Christian would go away so quietly, the Eagles would respond in the fourth on a big two-run Homerun by
Megan Vess to cut into the lead 5-2. Later in the fifth the Eagles would score a run on a OCU error to make it a 5-3 ball game. The Stars would respond in the fifth with two runs to push their lead to 7-3. The Eagles would try to mount a late rally in the seventh, SCU got the scoring moving in the seventh by a
Madison Jones single through the left side of the infield that would score two runs from second and third to make it 7-5 with runners on first and second, The Stars were forced to put in their ace Cornelson to quell the Eagles offense and try to stop the rally and unfortunately the All-American did just that, stopping the Eagles seventh inning rally sealing Game one for OCU, with the score of 7-5.
Hitters:
Hannah Keele- 3 of 4, 2 R
Madison Jones- 2 of 4, 2 RBIs, 1 R
Megan Vess- 1 of 4, 2 RBIs, 1 R, Homerun
Pitchers:
Lauren Schallert- 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 Ks, 2 BB, 18 BF, 68 NP (L 9-2)
Elisha Stilwell- 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 13 BF, 53 NP
Game 2:
Game two saw a battle of pitchers in a low scoring affair. The Stars would start the scoring in the second with two runs and later in the third add one run to make it a 3-0 ball game. Southwestern Christian would start another late game rally, starting in the sixth with a double through the left side by
Jessie Moralez that would score
Megan Vess, to cut the lead to 3-1. The late game rally would sadly end there against Oklahoma City as the Stars would win Game two 3-1 over SCU.
Hitters:
Megan Vess- 2 of 3, 1 R, Double
Jessie Moralez- 2 of 3, 1 RBI, Double
Alys Parr- 1 of 3
Pitching:
Harli Clem- 3 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 Ks, 16 BF, 61 NP (L 5-2)
Addison Hanna- 3 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 Ks, 15 BF, 43 NP
The Eagles return to action on the Road tomorrow, March, 29th for a doubleheader against SAC opponent Langston university, First pitch at 2:00 PM. Follow us on social media for more Southwestern Christian Softball.
