Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)

LAWTON, Okla. — Southern Nazarene stepped out of conference and stepped up in division as SNU split a doubleheader with NCAA Division II Cameron, winning the first game 7-5, but lost on a walk-off single in the seventh, 4-3, in the nightcap.

The Crimson Storm (33-8) got out to a big lead in the opener and had to hold the Aggies (21-19-1) off down the stretch. SNU took a 3-0 lead in the second game, but Cameron finished off the comeback unlike the first game.

Hale quickly gave the Storm a 2-0 lead in the opener when she hit a two-run home run to dead center in just the third at bat of the game. Hale added another run in the top of the fourth when she singled up the middle to score Daphne Stewart as SNU took a 3-0 lead. The Storm added three more in the third to lead 6-0 on a Kristina Forest sacrifice fly and a two-run double by Stewart.

Cameron got two back in the sixth on a two-run shot to make it 6-2, but the Storm answered with one in the seventh on a Katie Turner single up the middle that scored Allison Fields to give SNU the 7-2 lead. The Aggies though got three back on a pair of home runs in the bottom of the seventh before Jordan Simmons was lifted for Tiffany Gossett. The senior retired the next three batters as she picked up her second save of the year. Simmons moved to 15-3 on the year after she allowed five runs on 12 hits. She also struck out three.

Hale led the way for SNU after she went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Fields also went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Stewart also drove in a pair of runs and scored one while going 2-for-5 at the plate.

SNU broke the scoreless tie in the nightcap when Kara Crawford hit her second home run of the year; a three run shot to left field as the Storm took a 3-0 lead. Cameron cut into the lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth and then tied it in the fifth with a pair of runs.

The Aggies took advantage of a Hale error to lead off the first and then pushed the runner over to third with a sac bunt. Cameron then got a walk-off single through the left side by Kelsy Hebert to take the win.

Tiffany Gossett (2-2) took the loss after allowing one run on two hits in two innings of work. Kaci Crawford through the first 4.1 innings and allowed three runs on three hits, but walked six in the no decision.

Hale also went 2-for-3 in the nightcap.

The Crimson Storm now get to host Rogers State for a crucial Sooner Athletic Conference doubleheader, Tuesday, at 2 p.m.