OKLAHOMA CITY -- Down to their final three outs of their season, the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels staged a dramatic rally with three runs in the seventh to overtake the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers 6-5 in Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament action today (May 3) at the Hall of Fame Stadium in OKC. The Lady Evangels advance to play fourth-seeded Oklahoma Baptist University later tonight at 7:30 p.m.
The Lady Evangels were facing elimination after falling 14-1 earlier to No. 5-ranked and second-seeded Oklahoma City University.
MACU trailed 5-3 when Kenna McCoy got things started in the seventh with a lead-off double and scored on a single by Tiffany Holt.
After a single by Jackie Hilterbran advanced Holt to third, Erica Love came up and delivered a go-ahead two-run triple that gave the Lady Evangels their first lead of the game.
Kelcie Wolf, in relief of Hilterbran, sit down the Drovers in order in the bottom of the seventh to pick up the win.
The Lady Evangels had to rally twice after a three-run double by Kayla Adams put the Drovers in front 3-0 in the first.
An RBI double by Autumn Lawrence got the Lady Evangels on the board in the third and an infield RBI single by McCoy keyed a two-run fourth inning that tied the score.
But the Drovers grabbed the lead right back on a sacrifice fly by Morgan Bratcher and a pinch-hit RBI single from Jessica Horton.
McCoy was 3-of-4 at the plate for the Lady Evangels, while Wolf pitched 2 2/3 scoreless frames with three strikeouts.