OKLAHOMA CITY -- Senior Erica Love clubbed two homers, including a grand slam in the second game of a doubleheader sweep for the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels over the Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College Saints Saturday afternoon (Mar. 16) at Jack Allen Field.  The Lady Evangels were victorious by scores of 12-2 and 10-1.

Love was a perfect 5-of-5 at the plate in the two games with six RBI and three runs scored.

The Lady Evangels erupted for a 10-run first inning in the opener as Jackie Hilterbran got the Lady Evangels on the board with an RBI double.

MACU sent 14 batters to the plate in the first as Hilterbran, Amber Tinney and Amanda Stevenson each drove in two runs.

After the Saints got on the board in the third on a two-run homer by Julia Derning, the Lady Evangels tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fourth on a lead-off homer by Love and an RBI single from Stevenson.

Hilterbran struck out six in five innings to pick up the game one victory.

The Lady Evangels (7-15) again struck first in the nightcap when Kenna McCoy hit a lead-off triple and scored on a groundout by Kaylee Hendon.

Love then powered a six-run second inning with a two-out grand slam that made it 7-0.

Charly Owen hit a solo homer in the third for the Saints' lone run of the game.

Stevenson then got into the act with a three-run blast in the bottom of the fourth that put the Lady Evangels on top by nine runs.

The homer gave Stevenson six RBI overall in the twin bill with two runs scored on a 4-of-6 effort at the plate.

Tinney got the win after limiting the Saints to only one run in four innings and struck out seven.  Kelcie Wolf finished things off by striking out the side in the fifth.

The Lady Evangels will next play on Tuesday, Mar. 26 at No. 16-ranked St. Gregory's University in a Sooner Athletic Conference doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. in Shawnee, Okla.