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The softball team dispatched Ottawa (Kan.) 12-4 and 7-0 on March 12 at Abe Lemons Arena.
Senior Jamie Rateliff sparked OCU with a three-run home run in the first game, while senior Kylee Rounsaville knocked in five runs in the Stars’ second game March 12. Oklahoma City, ranked fifth in NAIA softball, improved to 18-0.
Rateliff swatted a three-run blast over the right-field wall to give the Stars a 4-0 first-inning advantage. senior Cheyanne Terry had an RBI single, then senior Jocelin Diaz nailed a run-scoring double in the second inning. Also in the second, Laci Joyner got hit by pitch with the bases full to put OCU ahead 7-0.
In the fourth, junior Kyndra Holasek drove in two runs on a two-out single to center as OCU led 11-2. Joyner finished the game when she scored on a wild pitch in the sixth.
Holasekwent 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs, while Rateliff was 1-for-2 with two runs scored and three runs driven in for OCU. Diaz and Terry each scored twice, drove in two runs and went 1-for-3.
Senior Maria Gomez posted her six victory of the season for the Stars. Gomez struck out 10 in six innings.
In the second game, Rounsaville jumpstarted OCU with a first-inning two-run single to right. In the sixth, Rounsaville crushed a three-run shot over the left-field wall. Madison Ellis stole home, then Jeananne Ruck added a sacrifice fly to close out OCU’s scoring.
Rounsaville went 2-for-4 with five runs driven in, while Terry went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Junior McRae Cayton was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Freshman Abby Meador hurled a one-hitter, striking out 13 in seven innings. Meador went to 7-0 on the year.
Oklahoma City faces MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) in a 1 p.m. twin bill March 14 at Ann Lacy Stadium.
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