OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid American Christian University Lady Evangels swept the Ecclesia College Lady Royals today (April 15th) at Jack Allen Field. MACU grabbed the wins with final scores of 18-1 and 13-3.
The Lady Evangels jumped out on top in the bottom of the first inning of the opener by scoring three runs off four hits. Taylor Green started it off with a single to right field and later scored off of Natalie Bissell's single to left field.
Jackie Hilterbran and Hannah Lynch were able to advance the runners by each getting a single before Ashley Sanford drew an RBI walk to score Bissell and put MACU up 2-0. Katie Gracey then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to advance Hilterbran home.
The bottom of the second is when the Lady Evangels got the bats going again. Green came through again to start things off with a walk , where she was able to advance on a wild pitch. Kenna Mccoy moved her to third with a single to left field and Bissell grabbed another RBI single to score Green.
A single by Hilterbran scored Mccoy and Lynch had a deep fly ball to left-center that scored Hilterbran and McCoy.
Sanford made sure to not leave Lynch stranded by getting an RBI single before taking the lead 8-0 heading into the third inning.
The Lady Royals came through in the top of the third by scoring one run off of three hits.
The Lady Evangels made sure to get the run back by scoring seven more runs in the fourth off of seven hits to put it away.
Pitching in her final home game, Amber Tinney started for the Lady Evangels and was able to limit the Lady Royals by allowing only five hits, one run and grabbing five strikeouts in her four innings of work.
Kaycee Fowler came in to close the game and kept the Lady Royals off the bases by allowing no hits in her work on the mound.
The Lady Evangels continued their winning streak in the nightcap against Ecclesia.
The Lady Royals took advantage in the first by scoring one run off of one hit and two errors.
However, it was not enough as the Lady Evangels came back in the bottom of the first to score one run off of one hit. The bottom of the second is when MACU came out hot with their bats.
Sanford started things off by reaching first and was advanced by Carson Osborne's walk. Tiffany Holt singled to center field to score Sanford to put MACU up 2-1.
Kenzie Graeber came through with a 2-run RBI double to left center and Cheyenne Been advanced Graber on a single and Mccoy advanced to first on a walk to get the bases loaded for Bissell.
Bissell then hit a grand slam to make it 7-1.
MACU grabbed three more runs before the inning was complete.
The Lady Evangels added to their lead with three more runs in the bottom of the third when Bissell reached on a walk and Tinney advanced her with a double to left field. Bissell scored on Lynch's sacrifice fly and Tinney scored on Sanford's single.
Ecclesia managed to score two in the bottom of the fourth off of four hits.
Sanford was solid in the circle as she started game two for the Lady Evangels and gave up only six hits in her four innings of work before Fowler came in and again held the Lady Royals hitless
Bissell was 4 for 5 at the plate with eight RBI and Hilterbran was a perfect 5-of-5 with three RBI.
Lynch went 3 for 4 with five RBI and Sanford was also 3 for 4 with four runs driven in. Graeber was 2 for 4 with three RBI and Callendar 2 for 4 with one RBI and Holt went 2-of-3 and drove in two runs.
The Lady Evangels will next travel to Chickasha , Okla tomorrow (April 16th) to take on USAO beginning at 1 PM.
