Softball Sweeps SNU on Day One

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DURANT, Okla. – Sydney Kramer posted six RBI in game one and Mindy McElroy turned in her second shutout of the season in game two as Southeastern swept Southern Nazarene on Friday afternoon by scores of 11-7 and 8-0 at the Southeastern Softball Field.
 
The wins lift the Savage Storm to 16-7 overall on the year and 11-3 in Great American Conference play with Saturday's double-header between the clubs moved up to 10 a.m. in anticipation of possible rain.
 
In the day's opener, Kramer turned in a 2-for-4 effort with a pair of doubles and six RBI, while Laramie Beal and McElroy each added a pair of hits and a pair of RBI.
 
Beal and McElroy each connected on home runs, the fifth for Beal and the first for McElroy.
 
Five others collected a hit each, including Lacie Cook who drove in a run as well.
 
Jacee Bennett got the start and the win after tossing 4.0 innings and allowing three unearned runs on four hits with three strikeouts.
 
Hosanna McCoy allowed a pair of runs in the fifth inning before Shayna Milam came on to toss the final three innings, allowing two unearned runs on four hits with two strikeouts to record her second save of the year.
 
Kramer drove in her first run on a groundout to third in the top of the first inning that plated Jessica Simmons who tripled to open the game.
 
One batter later Beal connected on her fifth homer of the year, this one a solo shot to right to make the score 2-0.
 
The Crimson Storm put up three in the top of the second to answer and take a 3-2 lead.
 
It would not last long as Cook drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 3-3.
 
One batter later it was a Kramer three-run double that pushed the lead to 6-3, followed immediately by a Beal RBI single to score Kramer and push the lead to 7-3.
 
McElroy connected on a two-run homer in the third inning and a Kramer double would score Darrian Williams to push the SE advantage to 11-3 after three innings.
 
SNU would answer, however, putting up four runs in the top of the fifth inning to stave off the run-rule and close the gap to 11-7, which would hold to be the final.
 
In game two, McElroy held the Crimson Storm scoreless on seven hits with one strikeout to move to 8-3 on the season.
 
It was Kramer again at the plate with a 2-for-3 outing, while four others recorded a hit each.
 
Kramer added another RBI to her total, while Simmons drove in two.  Strawn and Lauren Renneker each homered in the contest, while Beal drove in a run.
 
SE jumped ahead on a pair of runs in the first inning despite not recording a hit, first taking advantage of an error on a Cook sac bunt attempt that allowed Simmons to score from second, and then pushing the lead to 2-0 when Beal reached on a fielder's choice as Cook beat the throw home.
 
Strawn then opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a solo homer, her third of the season.
 
After loading the bases with the next three hitters, Simmons would single home McElroy and Williams to push the lead to 5-0.
 
Two batter later, Kramer singled home Shaina Crites which was immediately followed by Simmons stealing home for the 7-0 lead.
 
Renneker then brought the game to an early end with one out in the sixth inning with a homer down the left field line, her first of the year, to reach the 8-0 run-rule mark.