Feb. 18, 2010

2.18.10 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University softball team fell to Sooner Athletic Conference opponent no. 3 Oklahoma City University 13-4 and 4-1 in a double header at Jack Allen Field on Thursday afternoon.

The Lady Evangels held the Stars scoreless through two innings but OCU got on the board first with three runs in the top of the third. Shari Misucara led off the inning with a single followed but Amanda Howard hitting a homerun, giving OCU a 2-0 lead. Later in the inning Laurin Hess hit a RBI single scoring Lily LaVelle to take a 3-0 lead into the bottom half of the inning.

MACU got on the board in the fourth, tying the score 3-3. Chelsea Downs hit a two RBI single, scoring Shanci Brown who led off with a walk and Kris Canfield who pinch ran for Ashley Newman. Downs reached home on an error by the Stars.

The rest of the first game belonged to OCU. The Lady Evangels gave up two runs in the fifth and sixth. They tacked on six runs in the seventh. MACU added their final run in the bottom of the seventh for a final score of 13-4.

Jill Wilbanks took the loss in the circle, allowing seven runs with one walk, 11 hits and three strikeouts.

The Stars opened the second game, scoring two runs of a single by Hess.

OCU added two more runs in the in the fifth. MACU countered in the bottom of the inning getting on the board when Tiffani Molet scored off a single by Rachel Scott.

The Lady Evangels left runners on base in the 6th and 7th innings, unable to produce any more runs.

Caitlyn Ulmer took the loss in the circle allowing nine hits, four runs, six walks and nine strikeouts.

MACU is back in action at home on Saturday, February 20th with first pitch set for 1 p.m.