OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU softball team will host is final regular season home series this weekend as the Evangels will battle Langston for a four-game set. MACU opens the series with a twin bill on Friday starting at 2 p.m. before closing out the series with a doubleheader slated for an 11 a.m. first pitch.

MACU will hold its Senior Day ceremony at the conclusion of the second game on Saturday for its six graduating seniors: Rachel Eggleston, Morgan Fowble, Aubrey Meyers, Madison Mora, Avery Schneringer and Macy Stockton.
 
SEASON REPORT

• Record: 26-13 (19-9 SAC)
• Last Game: Lost at Wayland Baptist – 3-2 – Apr. 19, 2024 – Plainview, Texas
• Top Players:
  • Kisbel Vizcaya – JR – 3B
    • .361 BA (44-122), 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 28 R, 4 BB, 3 HBP, 16 SB, .392 OB%, .459 SLG%
  • Emylee Campbell – JR – UTL
    • .323 BA (32-99), 2 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 25 R, 13 BB, 3 HBP, 13 SB, .407 OB%, .455 SLG%
  • Brooklyn Wilson – JR – OF
    • .319 BA (37-116), 11 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 28 R, 12 BB, 1 HBP, 10 SB, .373 OB%, .509 SLG%
• Top Pitchers:
  • Rachel Eggleston – SR – RHP
    • 9-5 W-L, 2.59 ERA, 19 APP, 14 GS, 8 CG, 2 SHO, 92.0 IP, 89 H, 38 R, 34 ER, 19 BB, 75 SO, .252 OBA
  • Chana Wolfe – SO – RHP
    • 9-4 W-L, 3.05 ERA, 15 APP, 10 GS, 3 CG, 1 SV, 57.1 IP, 64 H, 30 R, 25 ER, 14 BB, 33 SO, .271 OBA
  • Avery Schneringer – SR – RHP
    • 6-2 W-L, 3.15 ERA, 17 APP, 9 GS, 5 CG, 2 SHO, 1 SV, 66.2 IP, 75 H, 38 R, 30 ER, 18 BB, 44 SO, .275 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian completed its fourth Sooner Athletic Conference series win in out of the last five with the other being a split at No. 4 Science & Arts over the past weekend as the Evangels went to Wayland Baptist for the first time in program history and came away with 4-0, 4-2 and 7-1 victories before falling 3-2 in the finale.
  • Despite a tough weekend from the plate, hitting just .241 as a team, the Evangels got three stellar pitching performances from Rachel Eggleston, Avery Schneringer and Chana Wolfe. Overall, the trio finished the weekend with a 3-0 record and a 0.00 ERA while combining to allow just three unearned runs on 15 hits and three walks to go with 11 strikeouts over 22 innings of work.
  • While MACU may have struggled on the offensive end as a team, the Evangels got three very strong performances from Emylee Campbell, Makenzie Thurman and Brooklyn Wilson all three hit .417 or higher. Campbell and Wilson each tallied a pair of extra base hits while scoring four and three runs respectively while Thurman notched a team-high five RBIs.
  • MACU is looking to continue building toward a strong regular season finish heading into postseason play. The Evangels have won 16 of their last 20 games and currently own a five-game lead over Southwestern Christian for the No. 3 spot in the SAC standings with eight games to play against two teams sitting at the bottom of the league table.

SCOUTING REPORT
Langston

• Record: 8-30 (4-24 SAC)
• Last Game: Lost vs. No. 6 Science & Arts (Okla.) – 10-2 – Apr. 13, 2024 – Langston, Okla.
• Series vs MACU (2010-): MACU leads 23-8
• Last Game vs MACU: MACU won 9-1 – Mar. 25, 2023 – Allen Field
• Series Streak: MACU won 8
• Players to Watch:
  • Alayna Edison – FR – INF
    • .328 BA (22-67), 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 10 R, 1 BB, .338 OB, .433 SLG%
  • Meilani Butts – FR – OF
    • .313 BA (31-99), 3 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 19 RBI, 19 R, 6 BB, 8 SB, .352 OB%, .606 SLG%
  • Alessandra Thatcher – FR – C/INF
    • .306 BA (30-98), 3 2B, 12 RBI, 12 R, 8 BB, 2 SB, .358 OB%, .337 SLG%
• Pitchers to Watch:
  • Tandy Garrett – SO – P
    • 3-7 W-L, 7.61 ERA, 11 APP, 9 GS, 7 CG, 57.0 IP, 102 H, 74 R, 62 ER, 29 BB, 19 SO, .391 OBA
  • Brooke Stewart – FR – P
    • 4-10 W-L, 8.06 ERA, 17 APP, 14 GS, 10 CG, 77.1 IP, 141 H, 108 R, 89 ER, 45 BB, 28 SO, .383 OBA
  • Serena Sanchez – FR – P
    • 0-9 W-L, 9.09 ERA, 17 APP, 9 GS, 4 CG, 60.2 IP, 127 H, 102 R, 84 ER, 26 BB, 7 SO, .410 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Langston is currently in the midst of a brutal part of their schedule as MACU will mark the third top three team in the SAC that Lions will face in the last month. Facing No. 2 Oklahoma City, Southwestern Assemblies of God and No. 6 Science & Arts over the last three weeks, LU has gone 1-11 over that stretch and were outscored 50-2 in their home series against the Drovers last weekend.
  • The biggest weakness for the Lions in 2024 has been the team's pitching as Langston ranks last in the conference in team ERA at 8.89 while also posting a league-worst 2.47 WHIP and a 1.87 strikeouts per seven innings. The hitting and fielding hasn't fared much better for the Lions as LU ranks second-to-last in team batting average (.259) as well as last in on-base percentage (.306) while holding the second-worst fielding percentage (.924).
  • Offensively, the Lions have been struggling to find some offensive production since losing freshman infielder Alayna Edison in late March, but Meilani Butts has proved to be the big bat for Langston as she's hammered three doubles, four triples and six homers for 19 RBIs and 19 runs to go with a .313 batting average.
  • Sophomore Tandy Garrett is the only returning pitcher from last season for the Lions as freshmen Brooke Stewart and Sierra Sanchez have been the most primarily used rotational pieces for the Lions. Garrett holds the team's lowest ERA at 7.61 while Stewart has been the biggest arm with a team-high 28 strikeouts.
  • Since Langston joined the Sooner Athletic Conference in 2018, the Evangels have thoroughly dominated the series with an 18-3 record in that time frame and are currently on an eight-game win streak over the Lions. Last season, MACU mauled the Lions to the tune of 39-5 in the run differential after getting a pair of 13-1, 11-2 victories at Langston on Mar. 22 and 6-1, 9-1 wins at Allen Field on Mar. 25.