McPherson, Kan. -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels swept the Central Christian College Lady Tigers today (Mar. 14) to improve to 13-4 on the season, their best start since joining the NAIA.
The Lady Evangels won by scores of 7-2 in the opener and then 10-7 in the second game.
MACU got on the board first in the first game with two in the second and added another in the third on an RBI double by Jackie Hilterbran.
It was 4-2 going to the seventh when the Lady Evangels plated three runs to put it away. Hilterbran had another run-scoring single and Natalie Bissell finished the inning with a two-run double.
Hilterbran, Bissell, Kenna McCoy and Hannah Lynch each had two hits in the first game for the Lady Evangels. McCoy and Taylor Green also drove in a run for MACU.
Marki Dethloff started and got the win for the Lady Evangels, going five innings with three strikeouts and two runs allowed. Kelcie Wolf shut out the Lady Tigers and struck out two over the final two innings.
Sydney Nelson went 3-of-4 at the plate for Central Christian.
The Lady Evangels jumped all over the Lady Tigers in the nightcap with three in the first and six more in the third.
Lynch doubled home a run in the first and Cassidy Hart capped the inning with a two-run single.
Two errors helped the cause in the Lady Evangels' big third inning. Carson Osborne had a key two-run single in the frame and Lynch had an RBI triple.
The Lady Tigers didn't go quielty though and scored a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth on a two-run triple by Nelson.
Central Christian then tallied three runs in the sixth to come within three runs before the Lady Evangels got a run back on an RBI-double by Taryn Callender in the seventh.
Nelson homered in the bottom of the seventh for the Lady Tigers to finish out the scoring.
Hart drove in three runs for the Lady Evangels in the second game and Lynch had two RBI in a 3-of-4 effort at the plate. Callender also drove in two runs and Mykah Smith had one RBI.
Nelson again went 3-of-4 for the Lady Tigers (4-12) with three RBI.
Wolf got the win by going four innings and striking out five with one run allowed.
The Lady Evangels will next return home and host Ecclesia College (Ark.) next Friday afternoon (Mar. 20) at 1 p.m.
