OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU softball team is ready for its final home games of the regular season as the Evangels host Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) in a four-game Senior Weekend slate at Allen Field. The Evangels will open the series with a Friday doubleheader slated for a 2 p.m. start before closing out with its Senior Day doubleheader on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

The Evangels will be honoring their seven graduating seniors immediately following the completion of the first game on Saturday. MACU will also hold a ceremony prior to the start of Friday's doubleheader for head coach Robert Wakefield, who will be coaching his final regular season games at Allen Field after announcing his retirement at the end of the season.
 
MACU SEASON REPORT

• Record: 28-12 (13-9 SAC)
• Last Game: Won at No. 9 Science & Arts (Okla.) – 10-5 – Apr. 18, 2023
• Top Performers (Hitting):
  • Janessa Larman – SR – 3B
    • .355 BA (43-121), 11 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 38 RBI, 18 R, 8 BB, 2 HBP, .393 OB%, .562 SLG%
  • Cailey Parsells – SR – OF
    • .346 BA (36-104), 1 2B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 38 R, 23 BB, 6 HBP, 37 SB, .485 OB%, .385 SLG%
  • Mikaylee Allen – SR – SS
    • .303 BA (37-122), 7 2B, 5 3B, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 34 R, 7 BB, 2 HBP, 26 SB, .351 OB%, .492 SLG%
• Top Performers (Pitching):
  • Rachel Eggleston – R-SO – RHP
    • 17-4 W-L, 1.39 ERA, 22 APP, 20 GS, 10 CG, 5 SHO, 121.0 IP, 83 H, 31 R, 24 ER, 24 BB, 129 SO, .190 OBA
  • Avery Schneringer – JR – RHP
    • 11-5 W-L, 1 SV, 2.94 ERA, 20 APP, 19 GS, 9 CG, 2 SHO, 107.0 IP, 115 H, 57 R, 45 ER, 31 BB, 60 SO, .274 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian is coming off a strong showing in its road doubleheader at No. 9 Science & Arts on Tuesday. After dropping a 4-3 heartbreaker on a walk-off in nine innings in the opening game, the Evangels bounced back in a big way in the second game as the Evangels rallied by scoring eight runs over the final four innings to run away with a 10-5 victory.
  • With the win in the second game, the Evangels split the season series with the Drovers for the second time in three years, 2-2 and outscored USAO 19-15, marking the first time MACU had ever outscored Science & Arts in a four-game slate. The Evangels were also the first SAC team to score 10 or more runs against the Drovers since Apr. 6, 2018 when the Drovers lost at Texas Wesleyan, 10-8.
  • In the twin bill at USAO, the Evangels got a pair of remarkable performances from the plate from senior shortstop Mikaylee Allen and sophomore utility player Emylee Campbell. Allen batted 5-for-6 with two triples, a home run, five RBIs and a pair of runs to go with two stolen bases. Campbell also recorded five hits, batting 5-for-8 (.625) with a double, an RBI and scored three runs.
  • After the completion of the first game on Saturday, the Evangels will be honoring its seven graduating seniors: Mikaylee Allen, Adyson Bradley, Rachel Humburg, Janessa Larman, Cailey Parsells, Hannah Robbins and Olivia Roberts.

SCOUTING REPORT
SW Assemblies of God (Texas)

• Record: 17-19-1 (10-14 SAC)
• Last Game: Won vs. Langston (Okla.) – 18-8 – Apr. 15, 2023 – Waxahachie, Texas
• Series vs MACU (2013-): MACU leads 30-10
• Last Game vs MACU: SAGU won 5-2 – May 18, 2022 – Kansas City, Mo. (NCCAA World Series)
• Players to Watch (Hitting):
  • Sasha Jennings – SO
    • .454 BA (54-119), 3 2B, 1 3B, 17 RBI, 33 R, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 15 SB, .480 OB%, .496 SLG%
  • Trista Ford – FR
    • .388 BA (38-98), 6 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 24 R, 9 BB, 5 SB, .439 OB%, .551 SLG%
  • Airiana Magdaleno – SR
    • .376 BA (38-101), 6 2B, 4 3B, 21 RBI, 26 R, 21 RBI, 26 R, 12 BB, 1 HBP, 12 SB, .447 OB%, .515 SLG%
• Players to Watch (Pitching):
  • Trista Ford – FR
    • 7-7 W-L, 1 SV, 4.83 ERA, 24 APP, 14 GS, 8 CG, 1 SHO, 111.2 IP, 172 H, 91 R, 77 ER, 22 BB, 71 SO, .350 OBA
  • Annie Charanze – FR
    • 4-11 W-L, 7.90 ERA, 23 APP, 18 GS, 5 CG, 87.2 IP, 151 H, 117 R, 99 ER, 40 BB, 32 SO, .372 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Southwestern Assemblies of God is coming off a four-game home sweep over Langston this past weekend, taking the opening doubleheaders 9-5 and 5-2 before coming away with 4-0 and 18-8 victories on Saturday.
  • The Lady Lions are one of the better hitting teams in the Sooner Athletic Conference, posting the league's third-best batting average (.322) and are tied for third with MACU in on-base percentage at .386. However, SAGU ranks just fifth in slugging percentage at .413.
  • Pitching has been a major weakness for SAGU during the 2023 season as the Lady Lions rank second-to-last in the SAC in team ERA at 6.35 while averaging just 3.48 strikeouts per seven innings. Defensively, Southwestern Assemblies of God ranks in the middle of the pack in fifth with a .941 fielding percentage.
  • SAGU's Sasha Jennings enters the series as the league's most efficient hitter, slashing .454 while ranking 12^th in runs scored at 33 and 13^th in stolen bases with 15. Overall, six of SAGU's every day players are hitting .300 or better. In the circle, freshman Trista Ford has been the Lady Lions' most efficient pitcher, boasting a 7-7 record in 24 appearances on a 4.83 ERA.
  • Even though Mid-America Christian holds a 30-10 lead in the all-time series since the two programs started facing each other in 2013, the Evangels will be looking to get some revenge on the Lady Lions after SAGU spoiled MACU's NCCAA World Series run last season. In that semifinal matchup on May 18, 2022, the Lady Lions jumped out to an early four-run lead on a first inning grand slam by Ashlyn Teran before holding off a late Evangels rally to pull out the 5-2 win and advance to the championship game. Despite the result, the Evangels have fared well against SAGU in the last two years, winning six of the last nine games between the two squads.