Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)
BETHANY, Okla. — It took just two and a half hours to complete a doubleheader sweep for No. 21 Southern Nazarene as SNU swept Southwestern Christian 9-0 and 11-0 with both games going just five innings.
The Crimson Storm (28-12) gave up just five hits on the day as
Kaci Crawford and
Maci-Brooke Lambert each tossed a complete-game shutout.
Crawford picked up her second complete-game shutout of the year and moved to 10-6 overall. The senior gave up just two hits and struck out eight.
SNU scored the first run of the game on a passed ball that pushed
Jill Clemence across the plate before a
Kristina Forest single, deep in the hole at short, scored
Kylie Lang.
Aubrey Jones then laced a doubled to left center to score
Katie Turner.
The Storm put it away in the fourth with six more runs, including a pair of two-run home runs and a solo home run. Lang drove in the first run of the game with a single to score Clemence after she tied the school's single-season record for triples with her sixth of the year. Tuner then bounced a two-run shot off the left field wall before Jones launched another two-run home run to left.
Kacey Acker then drilled a solo home run to center for the final run of the inning.
That was all SNU needed to score the run rule as Crawford shutdown the SCU offense from start to finish.
The top half of the lineup did a majority of the damage for SNU as the 1-5 hitters went 11-for-14 with seven RBIs and eight runs scored. Lang led the way going a perfect 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Turner was also perfect at the plate going 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Clemence, Forest and Jones all went 2-for-3 as Jones drove in three.
Lambert struck out four and gave up just three hits for her first complete-game shutout of the year in the opener. The freshman moved to 10-4 on the year with the win.
Lang and Turner scored the first two runs of the nightcap with a single to left by Forest and an SCU error. Jones then singled to center scored Forest to give SNU a 3-0 lead. The Storm pushed across five more in the second to jump out to an 8-0 lead. Lang drove in the first two with a single through the right side before an SCU error gave up another run. Madden then roped a single to right to score the final two runs of the inning.
Jones pushed two more across with a double to right and then scored on a wild pitch to give SNU an 11-0 lead in the third.
Lang again was a perfect 3-for-3 in the nightcap with two RBIs and three runs scored. Forest and Jones both went 2-for-3 as Forest scored two and drove in a run while Jones has three RBIs and a run scored.
The Storm will now get set to travel to Oklahoma Baptist, Thursday, for a 5 p.m. doubleheader.