OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU softball team makes its return home for a midweek non-conference doubleheader before re-entering Sooner Athletic Conference play as the Evangels host Southwestern (Kan). at 1 p.m. at Allen Field on Wednesday.
 
SEASON REPORT

• Record: 8-5 (3-1 SAC)
• Last Game: Lost vs. No. 7 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) – 3-0 – Mar. 2, 2024 – Oklahoma City (Red Dirt Classic)
• Top Performers (Hitting):
  • Morgan Fowble – SR – INF
    • .360 BA (9-25), 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 2 BB, 4 HBP, .484 OB%, .520 SLG%
  • Brooklyn Wilson – JR – OF
    • .341 BA (14-41), 6 2B, 1 3B, 13 RBI, 10 R, 6 BB, 4 SB, .417 OB%, .537 SLG%
  • Emylee Campbell – JR – UTL
    • .323 BA (10-31), 2 3B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 10 R, 6 BB, 2 HBP, 6 SB, .429 OB%, .548 SLG%
• Top Performers (Pitching):
  • Rachel Eggleston – R-JR – RHP
    • 4-2 W-L, 1.88 ERA, 8 APP, 6 GS, 3 CG, 37.1 IP, 31 H, 12 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 32 SO, .231 OBA
  • Chana Wolfe – SO – RHP
    • 2-1 W-L, 2.02 ERA, 5 APP, 3 GS, 1 SV, 17.1 IP, 16 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 10 SO, .232 OBA
  • Avery Schneringer – SR – RHP
    • 2-1 W-L, 2.86 ERA, 5 APP, 3 GS, 1 CG, 22.0 IP, 24 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 9 BB, 17 SO, .270 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian competed at the Hosea Bell Red Dirt Classic at the USA Softball Hall of Fame this past weekend. The Evangels opened the event with a dominant 13-3 victory over McPherson (Kan.) before dropping a pair of tough games against two high quality opponents. The Evangels dropped a 7-1 defeat to NCAA Division I Arkansas-Pine Bluff before falling in a close 3-0 loss to No. 7 Our Lady of the Lake.
  • One of the big bright spots for the Evangels was the play of senior infielder Morgan Fowble. For the three-game slate, the Chandler, Oklahoma native batted .400 (4-10) with a homer and four RBIs with all four of those driven-in coming in the victory over the Bulldogs.
  • Brooklyn Wilson has also continued to be a doubles machine for the Evangels bats after swatting her sixth of the year in the win over McPherson. With 27 career two-baggers, Wilson currently sits in eighth in MACU's NAIA Era (2008-present) record book, needing just three more to climb into the program's top five.
  • The Evangels will be seeking to get above .500 against out-of-SAC competition in their final non-conference doubleheader and only home out-of-conference twin bill of 2024.

SCOUTING REPORT
Southwestern (Kan.)

• Record: 2-10
• Last Game: Lost vs. Ecclesia (Ark.) – 12-3 – Mar. 5, 2024 – Winfield, Kan.
• Series vs MACU (2004-): MACU leads 24-11
• Last Game vs MACU: MACU won 9-1 – Feb. 20, 2024 – Winfield, Kan.
• Series Streak: MACU won 7
• Players to Watch (Hitting):
  • Rayven Favors – SR – UTL
    • .429 BA (9-21), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, .435 OB%, .524 SLG%
  • Taylor Powers – JR – C
    • .353 BA (6-17), 1 3B, 1 RBI, 4 R, .353 OB%, .471 SLG%
  • Hannah Hlavelka – SR – INF
    • .318 BA (7-22), 3 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 3 R, .318 OB%, .545 SLG%
• Players to Watch (Pitching):
  • Faith Campbell – FR – P
    • 2-3 W-L, 6.77 ERA, 6 APP, 5 GS, 3 CG, 30.0 IP, 55 H, 36 R, 29 ER, 16 BB, 5 SO, .534 OBA
  • Emma Willesden – FR – P
    • 0-3 W-L, 4 APP, 3 GS, 9.0 IP, 20 H, 18 R, 18 ER, 8 BB, 4 SO, .435 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Southwestern is coming off a doubleheader split against Ecclesia (Ark.) at the Broadway Sports Complex on Mar. 5, winning game one 11-9 before falling in the second contest 12-3.
  • The Moundbuilders have struggled in hitting, pitching and fielding so far in 2024, holding the lowest batting average (.241), on-base percentage (.272) and slugging percentage (.333) in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference while averaging 4.7 runs per game. SWC also possess' the league's worst earned run average (10.03) as well as second-to-last in team fielding percentage (.932).
  • Even though SWC has struggled with the bats, the Moundbuilders top three hitters in Rayven Favors, Taylor Powers and Hannah Hlavelka have swung for a strong clip with Favors batting .429 while Hlavelka has been the team's best power hitter and run producer with eight RBIs and a .545 slugging percentage.
  • Freshman pitcher Faith Campbell has been the team's workhorse in the circle, throwing more than half of Southwestern's innings at 30.0 while going 2-5 with a 6.77 ERA.
  • In a four-game season series, the Evangels will look to end it on a high note as MACU came away with a dominant 11-0, 9-1 doubleheader sweep at Southwestern back on Feb. 20. Makenzie Thurman put up a strong game for MACU in the opener, finishing a homer away from the cycle at 3-for-3 with three RBIs while Rachel Eggleston tossed four shutout innings of two-hit ball, allowing no walks and striking out seven. Stormy Haynes turned in the big game for MACU in the 9-1 victory, slashing 3-of-4 with two RBIs and a run to go with a pair of stolen bases.