Ore Walks-Off, Simmons No Hits in SE Sweep

DURANT, Okla. – Gracie Ore provided walk-off fireworks in game one and Emily Simmons tossed her first career no-hitter in game two as Southeastern swept a Wednesday twinbill from Texas Woman's, taking game one 5-4 and game two 7-0 at the Southeastern Softball Field.
 
The wins lift the Savage Storm to 16-13 on the season heading back into a Great American Conference series versus Ouachita Baptist that has been moved to March 23-24 in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
In game one, Ore, Sage Harlow, Kady Fryrear, Ananda Garrison, Bailey Beard, and Kamryn Rackley each logged a hit.
 
Ore, Harlow, and Iliana Olivares would each drive in a run.
 
Alyson Malone tossed a complete-game and earned the win after allowing four runs on four hits with five strikeouts.
 
The Pioneers would connect on a two-run homer in the second to open a 2-0 lead.
 
Rackley would come home on a wild pitch in the third to cut that deficit in half to 2-1.
 
TWU would tack on two more runs on a single in the top of the fifth to push its lead to 4-1.
 
Beard would come home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth, followed by an RBI single from Harlow and an RBI groundout by Olivares to tie the game at 4-4.
 
It would remain knotted until the bottom of the seventh when Ore would leadoff the inning with a solo homer to left center to lift SE to the 5-4 win.
 
In game two, Simmons put together the first no-hitter of her collegiate career, striking out seven over seven innings and allowing three walks.
 
It's the first no-hitter since Cheyenne Mahy tossed a no-hitter on March 3 versus Southwestern Oklahoma State.
 
Reese Taylor collected two hits to lead the offense, with Harlow, Fryrear, Emily Simmons, Ananda Garrison, Kasey Simmons, Iliana Olivares, Beard, and Abby Beck each adding a hit.
 
Harlow and Beck would each homer, with Beck driving in three runs on her pinch-hit blast and Harlow bringing in two on her homer.
 
Garrison and Beard would each tack on an RBI.
 
Beard put SE on the board with an RBI single in the second, followed two batters later by Harlow's two-run homer to take a 3-0 lead.
 
An inning later it was a Beck pinch hit that sailed over the right field wall to double the lead to 6-0.
 
A fourth-inning Garrison single would bring homer Fryrear for one final insurance run which would hold up as the final tally of 7-0.