Alva, Okla. -- Shanci Brown went 3-of-6 with four RBIs and Autumn Lawrence homered to lead the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels to their first conference victory of the season, a 17-12 win at Northwestern Oklahoma State in the second game of a doubleheader Friday afternoon (Apr. 29) in Alva, Okla.   The Lady Rangers took the first game, 17-3. 

The Lady Evangels busted out for six runs in the first inning of the nightcap, keyed by a two-run triple by Harley Harp, a two-run single by Somer Grimes and the home run from Lawrence. 

MACU added two more in the second as Christian Reyes led off with a double and scored on a single by Brown.  Brown then scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-0. 

The Lady Rangers then charged back with seven runs in the fourth as Megan Burditt and Katie Thomas each drove in a pair of runs that suddenly cut the Lady Evangels lead to two. 

After RBI singles by Grimes and Ashlee Dodson put the Lady Evangels back up by four in the top of the fifth, the Lady Rangers surged ahead with five runs in the bottom of the inning. 

But the Lady Evangels would not be denied their first conference victory as Brown doubled home two runs and then scored on an RBI double by Tiffani Molet to jump back on top 15-12. 

RBI singles by Brown and Dodson in the seventh then gave the Lady Evangels a pair of valuable insurance runs. 

Brown, Molet, Dodson and Grimes each had three hits apiece for the Lady Evangels, while Kara Burchett  pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to get the victory. 

In the opener, Stephanie Hines homered and Kellie Mason drove in three runs as the Lady Rangers broke the game open early with six runs in the second and seven more in the third for a commanding 13-1 lead.

Molet doubled in a run and Ashtin Simeroth had an RBI single for the Lady Evangels.