OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU softball team opened the doubleheader finale against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday afternoon with a dominant 9-2 victory to win the series before dropping a 6-5 eight-inning heartbreaker to the Aggies in the finale.
GAME ONE
SCORE
- Mid-America Christian 9, Oklahoma Panhandle State 2
- Mid-America Christian (12-5, 3-2 SAC)
- Oklahoma Panhandle State (12-12, 4-3 SAC)
PITCHING DECISION
TOP PERFORMERS
- Mikaylee Allen – 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R, SB
- Macy Stockton – 3-4, RBI, 2 R, SB
- Janessa Larman – 0-2, 3 RBI
- Rachel Eggleston – W, 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 6 SO
SCORING SUMMARY
- TOP 1st – OPSU – Sarah Conley singled to left, RBI; Brielee Daniell scored – OPSU 1, MACU 0
- TOP 1st – OPSU – Kaitlyn Fanning singled up the middle, RBI; Haley Saur scored – OPSU 2, MACU 0
- BTM 1st – MACU – Janessa Larman grounded out to 2b, RBI; Cailey Parsells scored – OPSU 2, MACU 1
- BTM 1st – MACU – Olivia Roberts grounded out to 2b, RBI; Mikaylee Allen scored – MACU 2, OPSU 2
- BTM 2nd – MACU – Mikaylee Allen tripled to rf, 3 RBI; Cailey Parsells scored; Megan Widener scored; Macy Stockton scored – MACU 5, OPSU 2
- BTM 2nd – MACU – Janessa Larman hit a sac fly to rf, RBI; Mikaylee Allen scored – MACU 6, OPSU 2
- BTM 3rd – MACU – Macy Stockton singled to left, RBI; Brooklyn Wilson scored – MACU 7, OPSU 2
- BTM 3rd – MACU – Mikaylee Allen reached on an error by ss; Macy Stockton scored – MACU 8, OPSU 2
- BTM 5th – MACU – Janessa Larman hit a sac fly to cf, RBI; Karlee Danielson scored – MACU 9, OPSU 2
GAME NOTES
- Mid-America Christian scored its nine runs on 12 hits and committed one error while the Aggies scored their two runs on seven hits and made two defensive miscues. The 12 hits recorded by the Evangels was the second-most in a single-game for MACU this season.
- The Evangels also finished with its second-most stolen bases in a game with eight while eight different players stole a bag.
- Mikaylee Allen and Janessa Larman led the MACU bats with three RBIs apiece as Allen slashed 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and a stolen base while Larman slashed 0-for-2 with a pair of sac flies and an RBI groundout.
- Macy Stockton recorded a three-hit game for the Evangels, slashing 3-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs.
- Rachel Humburg and Megan Widener also recorded a pair of hits in the contest with Humburg going 2-for-3 and Widener reaching base three times going 2-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored.
- Rachel Eggleston earned her eighth win of the season in the circle, allowing just two earned runs in the first inning over 5.2 innings, giving up just six hits and a walk while striking out six.
- By getting the victory, the Evangels won the season series after sweeping the Friday doubleheader.
GAME TWO
SCORE
- Oklahoma Panhandle State 6, Mid-America Christian 5 (8 Inn)
- Mid-America Christian (12-6, 3-3 SAC)
- Oklahoma Panhandle State (13-12, 5-3 SAC)
PITCHING DECISION
TOP PERFORMERS
- Janessa Larman – 3-5, 2B, R
- Megan Widener – 2-2, RBI, R, 2 BB, 2 SB
- Brooklyn Wilson – 2-3, RBI, R
- Avery Schneringer – 5 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 2 SO
SCORING SUMMARY
- TOP 1st – OPSU – Bryerly Avina hit a sac fly to cf, RBI; Brielee Daniell scored – OPSU 1, MACU 0
- BTM 3rd – MACU – Mikaylee Allen reached on an error by p; Megan Widener scored – MACU 1, OPSU 1
- BTM 4th – MACU – Megan Widener singled to left-center, RBI; Brooklyn Wilson scored – MACU 2, OPSU 1
- TOP 5th – OPSU – Kaitlyn Fanning reached on a throwing error by 2b; Bryerly Avina scored; Sarah Conley scored – OPSU 3, MACU 2
- BTM 6th – MACU – Brooklyn Wilson hit a sac fly to lf, RBI; Kenzee Danielson scored – MACU 3, OPSU 3
- TOP 7th – OPSU – Kaitlyn Fanning grounded out to p, RBI; Bryerly Avina scored – OPSU 4, MACU 3
- TOP 7th – OPSU – Nicole Peralta singled to third, RBI; Meagan Bellar scored – OPSU 5, MACU 3
- BTM 7th – MACU – Olivia Roberts singled to second, Janessa Larman scored on error by 2b – OPSU 5, MACU 4
- BTM 7th – MACU – Karlee Danielson scored on a passed ball – MACU 5, OPSU 5
- TOP 8th – OPSU – Sarah Conley singled down lf line, RBI; Clarissa DelaFuente scored – OPSU 6, MACU 5
GAME NOTES
- Oklahoma Panhandle State scored its six runs on seven hits and committed four errors while Mid-America Christian scored five runs on 10 hits and also committed a season-high four miscues.
- Mid-America Christian had a great chance to close out the series with a sweep in the bottom of the seventh when Emylee Campbell lifted a fly ball to right field with one out with a runner at third, however, pinch runner Cierra Russell was called out for leaving third early for the third out, sending the game into extra innings.
- The Evangels put together another great chance in the bottom of the eighth when Brooklyn Wilson reached on a bunt single to the circle and advanced to second with the defense trying to hold the lead runner at third before Megan Widener reached on a walk to load the bases with no one out. However, MACU once again came up empty when Cailey Parsells flied out on a shallow pop-up to center and Aurelia Holguin fouled out to the second baseman before Janessa Larman flied to center to end the game in heartbreak for MACU.
- Larman led the MACU bats by going 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored while her wall-banging double just barely missed clearing the fence by a couple of feet.
- Megan Widener completed her perfect day from the plate by going 2-for-2 with a pair of singles, an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases to go with a pair of walks drawn. Between the first and second game, the Aggies were unable to retire Widener in any of her plate appearances.
- For the first time in six starts, Avery Schneringer did not go the distance for MACU as she allowed three runs, but just one earned on three hits with three walks and a strikeout over five innings of work. Harley Beesley suffered the tough luck loss in the circle for MACU, allowing one unearned run on one hit in one inning of relief.
- The defeat for the Evangels was their first in an extra-inning game this season as the Evangels dropped to 1-1 in games that went to extra frames this year.
- Despite the defeat, MACU still holds a 12-10 lead in the all-time series against the Aggies.
UP NEXT
- Mid-America Christian will look to get back on-track on Tuesday as the Evangels will head to Langston for a 2 p.m. doubleheader against the Lady Lions.
