Southern Nazarene University Athletics

BETHANY, Okla. — Sam Smith entered the day hitting under .300, but after a 6-for-7 performance in a Monday doubleheader, the junior left the field hitting .338 for Southern Nazarene.
 
Smith went 3-for-3 with three RBIs for the Crimson Storm (8-16, 3-13 GAC) in an 8-3 win over Harding in the first game before going 3-for-4 with a run scored in a 10-4 loss to the Bisons (19-9, 11-5 GAC) in the nightcap.
 
In the opener, Harding took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on a wild pitch and a two-run home run. The Storm answered back in the top of the fourth with six runs to take a 6-3 lead. The first two scored on an Emily Idler bases-loaded single up the middle before Smith laced a single to right to score the next two. For Idler, it was her first career hit.
 
Right before the Storm scored the final two runs of the inning, Sydni Toilolo fouled a pitch off into the SNU dugout which hit Emily Idler in the face. Idler left the field under her own power and was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.
 
Just a couple of pitches later, Toilolo launched her seventh home run of the year to put the Storm on top 6-3. SNU added two more insurance runs in the top of the fifth on a pair of singles by Kriston Shumaker and Smith to make it 8-3.
 
Hope Martin went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Kyndall Freer-Christopher also went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
 
Kayla Wyatt (5-6) picked up the win after striking out 10 in seven innings of work.  She gave up just three runs on five hits in the complete game performance.
 
In the nightcap, the Bisons erupted for four runs in the bottom of the second and added another in the third to take a 5-0 lead. SNU got one back in the top of the fourth when Hannah LeBeau hit her fourth home run of the year with a solo shot to left center to make it 5-1.
 
The Storm pushed two more runs across in the top of fifth on a Jill Clemence fielder's choice and a Toilolo sacrifice squeeze to cut it to 5-3. SNU tacked on one more in the sixth when Freer-Christopher doubled to right center to score Cheyenne Reynolds to make it 5-4.
 
The Bisons though got three home runs and scored five runs total in the bottom of the sixth to take a 10-4 advantage.
 
Freer-Christopher also went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Katelyn Brown (3-8) took the loss after giving up five runs, four earned, on nine hits.