Softball Sweeps Sunday Games to End Weekend

BETHANY, Okla. – Southeastern closed out the Raising Cane's Softball Festival with a pair of wins on Sunday, first running away from Missouri Southern State 10-6 before closing the weekend with a 5-2 victory over Northeastern State in Bethany, Okla.
 
The wins lift the Savage Storm to 6-6 on the season heading into Great American Conference play which begins Feb. 23-24 at Arkansas-Monticello.
 
In the opener on Sunday, Sabetha Sands led the way with a 4-for-4 performance with two RBI and three runs scored.
 
Channing Sarver followed with a three-hit outing with two Rbi and a run scored.
 
Gracie Ore, Kamryn Rackley, and Sage Harlow each had a pair of hits.with Ore driving in two and Rackley plating one.
 
Emily Simmons, Kady Frrear, and Sammi Dutton had a hit each, with Fryrear driving in two and Dutton adding one RBI.
 
Amberlyn Walsworth would get the start and take a no decision after tossing 2.1 innings and allowing four runs on three hits with two strikeouts.
 
Simmons would come on in relief and allowed two runs on four hits in 4.2 innings while striking out two.
 
MSSU jumped to a 2-0 lead on a two-run single in the bottom of the first and doubled that lead to 4-0 with a two-run homer in the third inning.
 
SE got on the board in the top of the fourth in a big way, with Sarver bringing in the first run on a bunt single.
 
Fryrear would drive in another run a batter later on a squeeze bunt that plated Sabetha Sands.
 
Ore would then tie the game with a two-run single two batters after that.
 
As the inning continued, Rackley would drive in Ore to give the Storm the lead at 5-4.
 
The Lions would change pitchers, but it did not slow the offense as Sands would drive in two more runs on a single, followed by RBI singles from Sarver and Fryrear to extend the lead to 9-4.
 
Dutton would drive in an insurance run in the top of the sixth with an RBI single that plated Sands for a 10-4 lead.
 
MSSU would connect on a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, but that was where the rally would stop as the Storm would hold on for the 10-6 win.
 
In the weekend finale, Sands, Iliana Olivares, Abby Beck, and Fryrear each logged a hit, with Olivares driving in two and Fryrear adding one RBI.
 
Alyson Malone got the start and picked up the win after tossing a complete game and allowing two runs, one earned, on eight hits with eight strikeouts.
 
NSU would get on the board first, scoring on a passed ball in the top of the second inning, but the Storm would answer in similar fashion in the bottom half when India McMurray scored on a wild pitch.
 
Fryrear would break the tie in the fourth with an RBI double to plate Kasey Simmons and take a 2-1 lead.
 
The Riverhawks would tie the game on an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning, but Kasey Simmons would drive in the go ahead run on a sac bunt with Bailey Beard scoring to take a 3-2 lead.
 
Olivares would take on two more runs with a single that plated Dutton and Sands to extend the lead to 5-2 which would hold up as the final.