CHICKASHA, Okla. – Senior pitcher Avery Schneringer tossed one of the biggest complete game shutouts in her four-year MACU softball career as the Evangels split the four-game series at No. 4 Science & Arts, taking game one by a score of 2-0 before falling 7-0 in the finale at Bill Smith Ballpark on Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 2, Science & Arts 0
  • Mid-America Christian (16-10, 9-6 SAC)
  • Science & Arts (19-7, 10-5 SAC)

PITCHING DECISIONS

• Win: Avery Schneringer (4-2)
• Loss: Sophie Williams (12-4)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Avery Schneringer – W, CG, SHO, 7.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 SO
• Makenzie Thurman – 1-3, 2 RBI
• Brooklyn Wilson – 1-3, R, SB
• Hallie Wilson – 1-4, R, SB

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 3^rd – MACU – Makenzie Thurman singled to left, 2 RBI; Hallie Wilson scored; Brooklyn Wilson scored – MACU 2, USAO 0

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian scored its two runs on six hits with one error while Science & Arts notched four hits and committed two errors.
• The Drovers put together the first major threat in the bottom of the second when they got a pair of players in scoring position on a lead-off error and a walk later in the frame. However, despite getting Jadyn Goucher down to third with one out, MACU starter Avery Schneringer buckled down by inducing a pop-up and a strikeout in-between a walk to keep the runners stranded.
• The Evangels took advantage of a major Drovers miscue when Brooklyn Wilson reached on a dropped pop-up by the Drovers catcher on the first at-bat. MACU eventually got runners to the corners when Hallie Wilson slapped a single to right and stole second to put two in scoring position. With two outs, Makenzie Thurman delivered a clutch two-RBI line drive single to left to set the score to 2-0.
• Neither team was able to get a runner to third for the remainder of the game as the Evangels forced at least a split in the series with the 2-0 victory.
• By getting her ninth career shutout, Schneringer tied teammate Rachel Eggleston for the second-most complete game shutouts. The senior righty from Blanchard, Oklahoma wrapped up the contest by allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out three.
• In a game with limited hitting production, six different Evangels recorded their six hits as Makenzie Thurman proved to be the top run producer after finishing 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.
• With the win, Mid-America Christian has won two games against the Drovers in each of the last two seasons while splitting the season series in each of the last two and three of the last four years.

GAME TWO
SCORE

• Science & Arts 7, Mid-America Christian 0
  • Mid-America Christian (16-11, 9-7 SAC)
  • Science & Arts (20-7, 11-5 SAC)

PITCHING DECISIONS

• Win: Jayden Anderson (6-2)
• Loss: Chana Wolfe (5-3)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Kisbel Vizcaya – 1-3, SB
• Hallie Wilson – 1-3, SB
• Brooklyn Wilson – 1-2

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 1^st – USAO – Leighanne Eaton singled up the middle, RBI; Malea McMurtrey scored – USAO 1, MACU 0
• BTM 2^nd – USAO – Jordan Ramsay singled to left, RBI; Addison Willis scored – USAO 2, MACU 0
• BTM 3^rd – USAO – Addison Willis popped up to p; Jadyn Goucher scored on throwing error by p – USAO 3, MACU 0
• BTM 5^th – USAO – Addison Willis singled to center, RBI; Kinzie Williams scored – USAO 4, MACU 0
• BTM 5^th – USAO – Jordan Ramsay singled to left, 2 RBI; Kamryn James scored; Addison Willis scored – USAO 6, MACU 0
• BTM 6^th – USAO – Sierra Selfridge homered to right-center, RBI – USAO 7, MACU 0

GAME NOTES

• Science & Arts scored its seven runs on 11 hits and committed an error while Mid-America Christian tallied three hits and made three miscues.
• The Evangels put together its biggest threat of the contest in the top of the first when Kisbel Vizcaya and Hallie Wilson led off the inning with singles and each stole second to put runners in second and third with no one out. However, the Drovers were able to get a fielder's choice out at home plate before inducing a popout and a groundout to end the threat.
• The Drovers slowly built a lead up on MACU, scoring a run in each of the first three frames before a big three-run fifth extended the USAO lead to 6-0.
• USAO's final run of the game came on a Sierra Selfridge home run in the bottom of the sixth to wrap-up the 7-0 final score.
• Mid-America Christian struggled to generate offense through the final six innings as MACU could only muster one hit down the stretch.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will be back on the road next weekend as the Evangels will head down to Fort Worth, Texas to take on Texas Wesleyan in a four-game series. MACU will open the slate with a doubleheader on Friday slated for 2 p.m. before closing out the series with a twin bill at noon on Saturday at Sycamore Park.