Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene picked up its second doubleheader sweep of the year with a 4-3 win in the opener and a 10-1 run rule in the fifth in the nightcap over Southwestern Christian.
The Crimson Storm (12-8) have now won four of their last five and now head into their final tournament of the regular season.
It took a while for the Storm to get going as SNU had just four runs on six hits in the opener, but got a gift of five errors from SCU to score the win in the opener.
Southern Nazarene finally broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth with a single down the left by
Aubrey Jones and then took a 2-0 lead on sacrifice fly to center by
Kacey Acker.
Kaylee Allen made it 3-0 when she drove in Jones with a single to right and then scored on an SCU error to make it 4-0.
Southwestern Christian scored four in the top of the sixth, but that was it for the Lady Eagle offense as
Maci-Brooke Lambert (5-3) gave up just three runs, two earned, on four hits as she tossed the complete game. Lambert also fanned seven.
Jones led the way going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Allen also went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored while
Amy Madden went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
In the nightcap, Southern Nazarene struck first in the bottom of the first when
Jill Clemence hit her first home run of her career with an opposite field shot to left.
Kaylee Allen pushed another across in the second with a double to right center to score
Kacey Acker that put SNU on top 2-0. Allen then scored on a
Kristina Forest triple before Forest scored a wild throw.
SNU jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the third with a one-run double off the center field wall by Madden and a two-run shot to center by
Whitney Linder. It was Linder's first home run of her career.
Clemence put SNU up 9-1 when she hit her second home run of the day to left field in the fourth.
Allison Fields then ripped a double up the middle to score
Katie Turner as SNU put the icing on the cake.
Clemence went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored to lead the way.
Kaylee Allen was also 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.
Kaci Crawford (5-4) gave up just one run that was unearned on three hits and struck out eight in the complete, five-inning game.
SNU will now get set to head to the CBC Invitational, Friday and Saturday, in Conway, Ark.