Waxahachie, Texas – The Mid-America Christian University Softball Evangels split a Sooner Athletic Conference doubleheader for the second straight day, this time at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University Lady Lions today (Mar. 11) in Waxahachie, Texas.
The Evangels won the opener 8-4 after coming back from an early 3-0 deficit.
SAGU scored three in the bottom of the first and it stayed that way until a two-out RBI double by Katie Gracey finished a three-run sixth inning for the Evangels.
It was 3-3 going into extra innings when the Evangels broke through with five runs, sparked by a two-run double from Tiphani Napier.
The Lady Lions scored one in the eighth on an RBI single by Cheyenne Fults, but Morgan Wardlow shut the door from there and got the final two outs to close out the win.
Wardlow allowed four runs and struck out four over her eight innings to get the win.
Hanna Harris was 2-of-4 four in the first game for MACU.
The nightcap was also tied going to the bottom of the seventh, but it was the Lady Lions that pulled out a 3-2 win when Destinee Vindiola was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs.
The Lady Lions had loaded the bases earlier in the frame, but Adrianna Barnes was forced out from first to home for the second out of the inning.
Amber O'Bryant singled home Corrie Moore to put the Evangels on top in the second before SAGU scored a run in the third to tie the score.
After an RBI single by Gracey plated pinch-runner Brianna Glass in the fifth to put the Evangels back on top, Bayle McBrannon hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the inning to again tie the score.
Courtney Anderson gave up two earned runs and struck out two in her 6 2/3 innings of work for MACU.
Hannah Lee surrendered only a pair of unearned runs in seven innings for the Lady Lions.
Napier went two-of-four for the Evangels (7-13, 2-2 SAC), while McBrannon had three hits in her four at-bats for SAGU (9-15, 1-3 SAC).
The Evangels will next be in action next Friday (Mar. 17) at McPherson College starting at 5 pm in McPherson, Kan.
