Softball

Lady Evangels lose heartbreaker in game two as Langston finishes off sweep

Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels held a 1-0 lead with two outs and none on in the seventh, but the Langston Lady Lions managed to tie the score and went on to a 3-1 win in eight innings in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon (Apr. 7) in OKC.  The Lady Lions also took the opener, 5-2. 
 
Kelcie Wolf had blanked the Lady Lions on two hits to that point, but Sharla Revis reached on an error to extend the inning and went to second on a wild pitch. 
 
Revis then scored the tying run on a single by Whitley Davis. 
 
The Lady Lions grabbed the go ahead runs on RBI singles by Tiffany Geddis and Melissa  Naylor in the eighth. 
 
Wolf pitched the full eight innings and gave up only the two earned runs. 
 
The Lady Evangels got their run in the bottom of the second on a fielder's choice groundout by Autumn Lawrence. 
 
Jacklyn Wright came on in relief in the second inning and pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings for the Lady Lions to pick up the win. 
 
Kaylee Mae Herndon put the Lady Lions on top of the opener with a two-run single in the third. 
 
An RBI single in the third by Priscilla Arzaga made it 3-0 before the Lady Evangels answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning that featured an RBI single by Ashley Dodson that plated Harley Harp. 
 
The Lady Lions then added insurance tallies in the sixth and seventh to finish off the win. 
 
Kara Burchett pitched the final 4 1/3 innings for the Lady Evangels and held the Lady Lions to only one run and struck out four. 
 
Dodson and Ashtin Simeroth each went 2-of-3 at the plate for the Lady Evangels. 
 
The Lady Evangels will be at No. 9-ranked Oklahoma City next Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 12) at 5 p.m.
   
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