ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern scored 27 runs over two games on its way to completing a series sweep of Northwestern Oklahoma State, taking game one of Sunday's doubleheader 14-0 in five innings before rallying in the seventh to pick up a 13-9 win in the series finale in Alva, Okla.
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The sweep lifts the Savage Storm to 17-11 overall and 8-3 in Great American Conference play while extending its winning streak to five games.
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Cheyenne Mahy posted a 4-for-4 effort at the plate in game one to pace the Storm, with
Marilyn Alvarado adding a three-hit effort.
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Peyton Streetman,
Kady Fryrear, and
Micayla Galloway each added a pair of hits, while
Lauren White,
Kamarie Wallace,
Gracie Ore,
Jaleigh Durst, and
Keitian Bell each added a hit.
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Wallace would homer and drive in four for the contest, while Durst added a homer and three RBI.
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Mahy would drive in a pair of runs, while White, Fryrear, Alvarado, Ore, and Galloway each drovew in one.
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Amberlyn Walsworth got the start and earned the complete-game victory after tossing five innings and allowing just one hit while striking out seven across from no walks.
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Streetman led off the game with a walk and moved to second on a Lambert sac bunt before scoring on a Mahy RBI double to put the Storm on the board 1-0.
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Mahy would bring home Streetman again in the top of the third to push the leads to 2-0, and two baters later she would come home on a Wallace two-run homer to left center, doubling the lead to 4-0.
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It didn't end there as Alvarado followed with a double and then scored on an Ore RBI single before Durst connected on a two-run blast to extend the lead to 7-0.
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SE picked up its run in the fourth inning, with Wallace bringing home Mahy with a sac fly, followed by a Galloway RBI single to left.
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Durant would then drive in Alvarado to stretch the lead to 10-0.
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Lauren White single would tack on a run in the top of the fifth, followed by an RBI double by Fryrear, pushing the lead out to 12-0.
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Wallace added another sac fly to score Mahy and Alvarado rounded out the teams scoring with an RBI infield single to plate Fryrear and push the final score to 14-0 after triggering the five-inning run-rule.
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In the finale,
Bailey Beard, Fryrear, Wallace, and Lambert each had a pair of hits, while Mahy, Durst, and Ore each added one.
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Fryrear and Ore each had a home run, while Wallace, Mahy, and Durst each doubled.
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Fryrear would finish the contest with four RBI, while Wallace, Durst, and Ore each drove in two.
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Mahy and Alvarado added one RBI apiece.
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Mahy got the start and was tagged for five runs on five hits over four innings while striking out six in a no decision.
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It was Walsworth who picked up her second win of the day with four runs on seven hits in three innings pitched.
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SE jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning with Mahy doubling home a run, while Wallace and Alvarado each squeezed home a run.
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The Rangers would answer in the bottom half with a three-run home rot tie the game at 3-3.
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A Wallace RBI double would give SE the lead back in the third, and a two-run single by Fryrear in the fifth would extend the advantage to 6-3.
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NWOSU would answer though with four runs in the bottom half of the fifth, and added two more in the sixth to take a 9-6 lead into the final innings.
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A two-run Frrear homer would get he rally started, and a Durst two-run double would regain the lead for the Storm ay 10-9.
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Not finished, however, a batter later Ore would homer and Streetman would end the scoring when she score on a Ranger error to take a 13-9 lead into the bottom of the seventh which would hold up as the final.
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