OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– On a cold and windy Tuesday afternoon, the Crimson Storm made the short trip over to Mid-America University, just a couple days after their weekend series against East Central. 
 
Any signs of fatigue were unaccounted for as SNU (5-10, 0-4 GAC) overcame a 4-0 deficit to beat the MACU Evangels (14-5, 0-0 SAC) 7-6 at James Curtis Field. 
 
This win comes at the perfect time for the Storm as they've been trying to recover from a couple of series losses' earlier on this season. Their resiliency was tested today as Mid-America came out swinging with the intentions of besting SNU. Fortunately, Southern Nazarene was quick on their feet. 
 
The two teams went toe-to-toe as the score was left empty going into the bottom of the 3^rd. The Evangels would then wake things up as they were able to score four runs by in the inning, making the score 4-0 going into the 4^th. 
 
Momentum would then shift as Jarrett Phillips doubled into left-center, sending Brian Brown home to break the seal for the Storm. Phillips would then find his way across the plate off an Elijah Brady single, making the game interesting.
 
Then, like clockwork, SNU turned around to score two more runs in the 6^thto set up their highest scoring inning of the day. In this 7^thinning, the Crimson Storm were hit by consecutive pitches with bases loaded, granting them two runs. With the score now 7-4, MACU answered with a subtle comeback in the 8^th, but this was quickly put to a stop as Southern Nazarene would close things out. 
 
Redshirt Junior Zach Birkle got the start on the mound for SNU as he pitched 3.0 innings and struck out one batter. Brendan Boily, who was credited with win (1-2), would come in as relief and pitch for 3.0 innings. Afterwards, Jacob Johnson and Brandon Rezek would round things off as they collected one strikeout, respectively. 
 
At the plate, Redshirt Junior Brian Brown lit things up for the Storm. Brown went 3-5, batted two runners in, and scored crossed the plate twice for SNU. Jarrett Phillips was up next as he was 2-3, put together two RBI's and scored a run. Dylan Scalice was another player who made an impressive outing, going 2-4 and batting in two runners. 
 
Other notables were Elijah Brady, who struggled hitting the ball as he went 1-5, with that lone hit bringing in a runner. The other was Clay Lockett who was 1-4. 
 
Southern Nazarene will return to action Friday, at 2:00 p.m., as they travel down to Arkadelphia to battle against Ouachita Baptist.