Storm Sweep OBU on Friday to Win Season Series

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern got late-inning heroics in both ends of its Friday doubleheader against Oklahoma Baptist to come away with a sweep of the day with a 7-3 win in game one before picking up a 3-2 walk-off win in the finale at the Southeastern Softball Field.
 
The wins give the Savage Storm a series victory over the Bison, avenging a 5-3 loss in game one on Thursday, and lifting SE to 23-4 overall on the season and 13-3 in Great American Conference play.
 
The series finale carried all the drama of a classic rubber-match over the final three innings.
 
Southeastern would break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double to score Gracie Ore for a 1-0 lead.
 
It would not last long as the Bison would get a two-run single to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth.
 
In the bottom of the sixth, Monahwee would collect an infield single, steal second and come home on a Kamarie Wallace RBI double to tie the game at 2-2.
 
The score would remain tied heading to the bottom of the seventh, and Bailey Beard would collect a one-out single and would go first-to-third on a Fryrear single. That would set the stage for a pinch-hitting Augusta Duty to lay down a squeeze bunt to score Beard for the walk-off 3-2 victory.
 
Cheyenne Mahy, Kyia Monahwee, and Beard each posted two-hit outings, with Fryrear, Wallace, and Ore adding one apiece.
 
Duty, Wallace, and Beard each had an RBI.
 
Amberlyn Walsworth got the start and went the distance to collect the win, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with three strikeouts.
 
In game one, Mahy picked up the win in a complete-game effort, tossing 7.0 innings and allowing three runs on six hits with four strikeouts.
 
At the plate, Fryrear, Duty, Karissa Marshall, Monahwee, Peyton Streetman, and Jaleigh Durst each collected one hit.
 
Durst made the most of her one with three RBI, while Monahwee drove in two. Wallace and Streetman each added an RBI.
 
After the teams played four scoreless innings, it was OBU who got on the board first with a three-run homer in the top of the fifth.
 
SE chipped away in the bottom of the fifth as Ore drew a leadoff walked and moved around on a wild pitch and a sac bunt.
 
Fryrear would follow with a hit-by-pitch and Marshall singled to load the bases.
 
Monahwee and Wallace followed by each getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to close the gap to 3-2.
 
Streetman would follow with a 12-pitch at bat, ultimately drawing a bases-loaded walk to drive in Marshall and tie the game at 3-3.
 
A batter later the tie would be broken as Durst would double to left field and all three runners would come around to score, stretching the lead to 6-1.
 
A Monahwee single in the bottom of the sixth inning would score Fryrear to stretch the lead to 7-3 which would hold to be the final.