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DURANT, Okla. - The Missouri Western softball team bounced back nicely against NCAA newcomer Southern Nazarene with a 12-1 five inning victory on Saturday morning in the Southeastern Regional Invite. The Griffons improve to 2-1 and will play Henderson State at 4:00 pm to close out the second day of the invite.
The Griffons offensive came to play pounding out 13 hits and scoring 12 runs in five innings of play.
Jackie Bishop pitched well giving up just one walk while striking out nine and giving up two hits in her first victory of the season.
The Crimson Storm got on the board first in the second inning when Kaytie Spencer smacked a homer giving SNU the early 1-0 lead. The Storm got just one hit the rest of the way.
After stranding a lead off single in the first the Griffon offense got going in the second inning. Back-to-back singles by
Maegan Roemmich and Kendall Sorenson set the stage for
Sarah Elliott as she got a two out single scoring both Roemmich and Sorenson giving MWSU the 2-1 lead after two.
In the third the Griffons scored four more runs getting four runs on four hits. The first four players got on base with three being singles.
Taylor Anding got the final single of the inning scoring Roemmich from second giving Missouri Western the 6-2 lead after three.
In the fourth
Michelle Stevenson led off with a single and later scored on a
Keri Lorbert two run homer. In the fifth Lobert struck again hitting a grand slam giving the Griffons the run rule victory.
Eight of the Griffons nine batters got hits in the contest with Lorbert and Roemmich leading the way with three apiece. Lorbert had six RBI and three runs scored while Roemmich knocked in one and scored twice. Stevenson scored three times while Elliott had two hits, two RBI and scored once.
SNU falls to 1-2 on the season as Maci-Brooke Lambert falls to 1-1 with the loss. She gave up eight hits, six earned runs and had just two strikeouts. Becca Webb pitched two innings giving up five hits and six earned runs. The Storm falls to 1-2 with the loss.
