by DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern survived a cold snap and extreme wind to polish off a sweep of Ouachita Baptist on Saturday, taking the opener 4-3 before finishing the series with a 4-2 win in the finale on Saturday afternoon at the Southeastern Softball Field.
The four-game sweep brings the Savage Storm record to 15-21 overall and 13-13 in Great American Cofnerence play
Symphoni Shomo (Choctaw/Cherokee) led the way in game one with a pair of hits and added four stolen bases, while Keeshia Thompsondrove in three runs, including a two-run homer.
Mykaela Wallace and Karsyn Brigance each added a hit, while Destiny Riddle picked up an RBI.
Riddle got the start in the circle and tossed 5.0 innings, allowing two runs on five hits to pick up the win.
Katie McCullar came on in relief and recorded a pair of innings, allowing a run on two hits with three strikeouts to pick up the save.
OBU picked up a pair of runs in the top of the first, but the Storm manufactured a run in the bottom half as Shomo reached on an error before stealing second and moving to third on a wild pitch.
She would come home on a Thompson RBI fielder’s choice to make the score 2-1.
Southeastern would take its first lead in the bottom of the third as Thompson would cash in on a Shomo single with a two-run homer into the teeth of a stiff north wind over the left field wall to put the Storm in front 3-2.
A Riddle squeeze bunt in the fifth would tack on an insurance run by scoring Shomo to go ahead 4-2.
OBU would get one run back in the top of the seventh on an RBI triple, but the Storm would catch the Tiger runner from third off the base and force a run down, retiring her at the plate and ending the threat to hold on for the 4-3 win.
Watson connected on a pair of hits in game two, including a homer, while McCullar added a hit and two RBI.
Riddle and Brigance each tacked on hits as well.
Emily Cudd tossed 5.1 innings after starting but got a no decision after allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts.
McCullar came on to close the contest and picked up the win after allowing one hit and striking out two in 1.2 innings and picking up the win.
Southeastern opened scoring in the series finale with a double steak that had Brigance take home as Shomo stole second.
Watson would tack on a solo homer to right field in the fourth inning and SE would open up a 2-0 lead.
OBU would swipe two runs back in the top of the sixth inning to knot the game at 2-2.
The Storm would strike back in the bottom of the sixth as McCullar would help her own cause in the circle with a two-run single to left-center to score a pinch running Kamarie Wallace and Watson to take a 4-2 lead which would hold to be the final score.
