Softball Splits Twinbill With Rival ECU

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern pitching outdueled East Central in Tuesday's opener for a 2-0 shutout victory but were unable to carry that momentum into game two, falling 11-2 in six innings at The Southeastern Softball Field.
 
The split moves the Savage Storm to 18-24 overall on the season and 16-16 in Great American Conference play.
 
Katie McCullar tossed a complete-game shutout in game one, scattering three hits over seven scoreless innings and striking out three while walking none to earn the win.
 
McCullar also added a pair of hits, including a solo homer, on the offensive side and was joined by Ivy Amador who added two hits as well.
 
Elexis Watson, Mykaela Wallace and Karsyn Brigance added a hit apiece.
 
McCullar and Brigance each logged an RBI.
 
A Brigance bunt single in the second would plate Wallace for a 1-0 lead and McCullar would tack on a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to make the final 2-0.
 
Wallace added two more hits in the nightcap, including a solo homer, while five others picked up a hit and Brigance plated another RBI.

SYmphoni Shomo added a hit in the finale, and after stealing a pair of bases in game one added a steal in the nightcap which was her 100th career steal.
 
Emily Cudd got the start and suffered the loss after allowing two runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings of work.
 
McCullar was tagged for five runs on three hits in one-third of an inning in relief and Destiny Riddle would throw the final two innings, allowing four runs on six hits.
 
Wallace would homer in the second to put SE on the board, but the Tigers would respond with seven runs in the fourth inning on the back of a grand slam to take a 7-1 lead.
 
SE would get a run back in the bottom half of the inning as Brigance reached on an error and plated McCullar in the process.
 
That was as close as the Storm would get as ECU added two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to trigger the run rule and hand SE an 11-2 loss.