OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid America Christian University Lady Evangels added two more wins to their record to make it 27-13 overall by sweeping past Southwestern Christian University on Tuesday (Apr. 8) at Jack Allen Field with the scores 7-5 and 10-3.
In game one, The Lady Eagles jumped ahead early in the top of the first by leading off with a walk and small balling the Lady Evangels to score three runs.
MACU was finally able to gain a run back in the bottom of the third when Kenna Mccoy reached first on a bobble and scored on Hannah Lynch's sacrifice fly ball to left field.
The Lady Evangels were able to break through in the bottom of the fourth when Taryn Callendar reached first on a fielder's choice advanced to second off of Taylor Green's single to left field. Mccoy came through with a hit in left field gap to advance Callendar home.
After Jackie Hilterbran hit a shot to left field for a single to score Green, Hilterbran and Mccoy were both chased home on Ashley Sanford's single to left field to put the Lady Evangels on top 4-3.
The Lady Evangels were not ready to stop there as Hannah Lynch and Natalie Bissell both were able to get singles to left field to load the bases for Katie Gracey. Gracey was hit by pitch to score Sanford and Holt came in clutch to grab one more run with a single to left field to make it 7-3 in favor of MACU.
The Lady Eagles grabbed one more run off of one hit and three errors in the 6th and managed to squeeze in another run in the top of the seventh on two hits and one error before being defeated 7-5.
Amber Tinney pitched a solid seven innings by giving up seven hits and striking out seven.
The Lady Evangels were able to jump out early in the nightcap by scoring three runs in the first inning when Lynch hit a double to score Hilterbran and Bissell doubled to left field to score Sanford and Lynch.
The Lady Eagles were eager to get those runs back and plated two runs in the top of the second on four hits and one error to trail 3-2.
SCU was able to tie the game up 3-3 off of one hit and one error in the third.
Sanford got the bottom of the inning started with a double to left field and Lynch followed up with a single to left and Bissell came through with a double to left field to score Sanford and Lynch.
Carson Osborne did not leave Bissell stranded as she doubled to left field and later scored on a wild throw to put the Lady Evangels up 7-3.
MACU didn't settle for a four run lead and they scored three more runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the sweep of a final score of 10-3.
Kelcie Wolf limited the Lady Eagles to only seven hits in her six innings of work, with relief of Kaycee Fowler who grabbed three quick outs in the bottom of the seventh to finish the game.
Hannah Lynch was 3 for 5 with with two RBI and Bissell drove in four runs. Sanford, Osborne and Hilterbran each picked up two RBI on the day.
The Lady Evangels will next travel Thursday , April 10th to Chickasha, Okla. to take on USAO beginning at 2 PM.
