LANGSTON, Okla. – The MACU softball team brought the big bats in its first SAC road doubleheader of the season at Langston as the Evangels cruised to a 13-1, 11-2 sweep over the Lady Lions at TG Green Park on Wednesday afternoon.
GAME ONE
SCORE
- Mid-America Christian 13, Langston 1 (5 Inn)
- Mid-America Christian (13-6, 4-3 SAC)
- Langston (3-16, 0-7 SAC)
PITCHING DECISION
TOP PERFORMERS
- Abby Womack – 3-3, 2 2B, 4 RBI
- Brooklyn Wilson – 4-4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
- Janessa Larman – 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
- Rachel Eggleston – W, CG, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 SO
SCORING SUMMARY
- TOP 1st – MACU – Mikaylee Allen bunt doubled thru right side, RBI; Cailey Parsells scored – MACU 1, LU 0
- TOP 1st – MACU – Janessa Larman homered to left-center, 2 RBI; Mikaylee Allen scored – MACU 3, LU 0
- TOP 1st – MACU – Abby Womack doubled down lf line, 3 RBI; Brooklyn Wilson scored; Rachel Humburg scored; Olivia Roberts scored – MACU 6, LU 0
- TOP 2nd – MACU – Aurelia Holguin singled thru left side, 2 RBI; Brooklyn Wilson scored; Rachel Humburg scored – MACU 8, LU 0
- TOP 2nd – MACU – Abby Womack doubled to left, RBI; Aurelia Holguin scored – MACU 9, LU 0
- BTM 3rd – LU – Aubrea Hall homered to center, RBI – MACU 9, LU 1
- TOP 4th – MACU – Brooklyn Wilson homered to center, RBI – MACU 10, LU 1
- TOP 4th – MACU – Cailey Parsells singled thru left side, RBI; Aurelia Holguin scored – MACU 11, LU 1
- TOP 5th – MACU – Rachel Humburg singled thru left side, RBI; Stormy Haynes scored – MACU 12, LU 1
- TOP 5th – MACU – Brooklyn Wilson doubled to left, RBI; Karlee Danielson scored – MACU 13, LU 1
GAME NOTES
- Mid-America Christian scored a season-high 13 runs on a season-best 17 hits and didn't commit an error while Langston finished with one run on three hits and made two miscues.
- The Evangels opened the day with a six-run outburst in the top of the first as Mikaylee Allen laid down an impressive bunt double through the right side to plate Cailey Parsells to start the run. Janessa Larman followed with a two-run jack to left-center before Abby Womack hit a bases-clearing double down the left field line to cap off the scoring outburst.
- Impressively, the Evangels recorded RBIs on all 13 of their runs while four players recorded two or more driven in. Abby Womack led in the RBI category by batting 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles for four runs driven in.
- Brooklyn Wilson narrowly missed hitting for the cycle as she slashed 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and also hit her first career home run for two RBIs and three runs scored. The four hits marked a new career-high for the sophomore outfielder.
- Janessa Larman and Rachel Humburg each recorded three hits in the contest as Larman batted 3-for-4 to go with hitting her second homer of the season for two RBIs and a run scored while Humburg also slashed 3-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs.
- Aurelia Holguin continued to hit at a blistering clip as well, going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and a pair of runs to her line.
- Rachel Eggleston recorded her ninth win of the season in the circle as she went the distance, allowing just one earned run on three hits with no walks and six strikeouts over five innings of work.
- The Evangels tripled their home run count in the game alone with Larman and Wilson's jacks as MACU had only tallied one home run entering the contest.
GAME TWO
SCORE
- Mid-America Christian 11, Langston 2
- Mid-America Christian (14-6, 5-3 SAC)
- Langston (3-17, 0-8 SAC)
PITCHING DECISION
TOP PERFORMERS
- Olivia Roberts – 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R
- Mikaylee Allen – 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 SB
- Janessa Larman – 1-3, HR, RBI, R
- Avery Schneringer – W, CG, 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 SO
SCORING SUMMARY
- TOP 1st – MACU – Mikaylee Allen doubled to left-center, RBI; Cailey Parsells scored – MACU 1, LU 0
- TOP 1st – MACU – Brooklyn Wilson singled to center, RBI; Mikaylee Allen scored – MACU 2, LU 0
- TOP 1st – MACU – Rachel Humburg stole second; Brooklyn Wilson scored on a wild pitch – MACU 3, LU 0
- TOP 1st – MACU – Olivia Roberts doubled to left-center, RBI; Rachel Humburg scored – MACU 4, LU 0
- BTM 1st – LU – Peyton Lea singled to left, RBI; Gracelyn Rosales scored – MACU 4, LU 1
- BTM 1st – LU – Madison Slater singled to right, RBI; Tandy Garrett scored – MACU 4, LU 2
- TOP 4th – MACU – Olivia Roberts homered to left-center, RBI – MACU 5, LU 2
- TOP 4th – MACU – Mikaylee Allen singled to ss, RBI; Cierra Russell scored – MACU 6, LU 2
- TOP 4th – MACU – Mikaylee Allen stole second; Cailey Parsells stole home – MACU 7, LU 2
- TOP 5th – MACU – Janessa Larman homered to right-center, RBI – MACU 8, LU 2
- TOP 6th – MACU – Kenzee Danielson singled up the middle, RBI; Stormy Haynes scored – MACU 9, LU 2
- TOP 6th – MACU – Karlee Danielson tripled to right-center, RBI; Kenzee Danielson scored – MACU 10, LU 2
- TOP 6th – MACU – Emylee Campbell hit a sac fly to cf, RBI; Karlee Danielson scored – MACU 11, LU 2
GAME NOTES
- The Evangels scored their 11 runs on 11 hits while the Lady Lions scored their two runs on four hits and committed one error.
- Mid-America Christian once again started off strong, pushing across four runs in the top of the first with Mikaylee Allen, Brooklyn Wilson and Olivia Roberts coming up with RBI hits.
- After the first batter was retired for Langston, the Lady Lions got the bats going in the bottom of the first, tallying three hits in four at-bats to push across a pair of runs. However, Wilson abruptly ended the LU hit parade when she gunned down Peyton Lea at third during Madison Slater's RBI single to right to keep it to a 4-2 game.
- Langston pitcher Tandy Garrett got on a role, retiring eight straight Evangels hitters between the first and the third inning before Olivia Roberts opened the fourth with a line drive home run over the left-center field fence to start a three-run inning.
- Janessa Larman cranked her second home run of the day with a solo shot to center field to open the fifth inning before the Evangels put together a three-run sixth to bring the eight-run rule into effect.
- After a rough first inning, Avery Schneringer settled down the rest of the way, allowing just one hit and one walk over the next five innings to get the complete-game win.
- Olivia Roberts continued her ascent up the MACU career record books in multiple categories. With a pair of RBIs, Roberts moved alongside Hannah Salmon as the program's all-time runs-batted-in leader with 96. Also, by hitting her 34th double, she moved alone into third all-time, moving just three back of Tiffany Holt (2013-16) and five away from record-holder Jackie Hilterbran (2012-15).
- With Larman's second home run, the senior third baseman moved into the program's top five record book for career dingers, moving into a tie for fourth with Erica Love (2012-13) and Hannah Lynch (2014-15) with 11.
- With the win, the Evangels stretched its win streak to six games over Langston and have won the last six contests played at TG Green Park.
UP NEXT
- Mid-America Christian will wrap-up the series against Langston on Friday as the Evangels will host the Lady Lions for a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Allen Field.