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LWC Softball's season ends with 4-0 loss to Oklahoma City

It was spectacular season: 'The loss ends Lindsey Wilson's deepest run in the national tournament with a fifth-place tie. The 50 wins tie last season's 50 victories for the most in a single season in the program's history.' - CHRIS WELLS
Wrap up/ Lindsey Wilson College's great run at 2014 Softball World Series at South Commons Softball Complex, 400 4th Street, Columbus, GA

By Chris Wells

COLUMBUS, GA - Lindsey Wilson softball's deepest national tournament run ended today with a 4-0 loss to Oklahoma City at the 2014 NAIA Softball World Series at South Commons Softball Complex.

The seventh-seeded Blue Raiders complete their season at 50-11 while eighth-seeded Oklahoma City advances to play the winner of sixth-seeded William Carey (MS) and 10th-seeded College of Idaho on Wednesday in another elimination game.

Oklahoma City used a three-run sixth inning to break a scoreless tie and added an insurance run in the seventh en route to the win.



Lindsey Wilson managed just four hits in the shutout loss -- just the second time this season the Blue Raiders failed to score in a game. Oklahoma City also finished with four hits in the win. Lindsey Wilson senior Madison Scott -- the lone senior on the Blue Raiders' roster -- finished with two hits while Bailey Mize and Andrea Whelan also collected a hit in the loss.

Blue Raider freshman Casey Bryan suffered the loss despite holding the Stars (55-12) hitless through 5-1/3 innings. Bryan (20-7) finished the game allowing three unearned runs on three hits while striking out three and issuing three walks.

Oklahoma City's Danielle Fox earned the complete-game win allowing just four hits while striking out six Blue Raiders to improve to 23-4 this season.

Following three uneventful innings, Oklahoma City and Lindsey Wilson each squandered scoring opportunities in the fourth inning.

With one out in the top of the fourth, Bryan issued back-to-back walks to give the Stars a runner in scoring position for the first time in the game. Bryan overcame the free passes forcing cleanup hitter Kylee Rounsaville to pop out in foul territory and Emily Krienke to ground out to second base to end the threat.

In the bottom of the fourth, Lindsey Wilson made some noise of its own loading the bases with one out.

Andrea Whelan and Scott each singled to open the inning and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch with no outs and the heart of the Blue Raider lineup coming up.

Fox forced an infield ground out and then, following a walk to load the bases, got help from a unique double play to get out of the jam without surrendering a run.

Jamie Rateliff's catch of Bailey Mize's long fly in foul ground down the left field line started the double play. Her throw to Rounsaville and a tag of Whelan -- attempting to score -- completed the play, keeping the game scoreless.

The scoring chance would be the last good one for the Blue Raiders as Fox retired nine of the next 10 she faced.

After limiting the top-scoring offense in the NAIA -- the Stars had scored a NAIA-best 490 runs entering the game -- to no his and just three base runners through the first five innings, Oklahoma City finally got to Bryan in the top of the sixth.

A one-out single to centerfield by Kyndra Holasek -- the NAIA's hits leader with 119 hits this season -- ended Bryan's no-hit bid and started the big inning. Cheyanne Terry followed with a single to right field putting runners at the corners with just one out in the inning.

Holasek scored the game's first run two pitches later on Jocelin Diaz's suicide squeeze for the 1-0 lead. Bryan fielded the sacrifice bunt and attempted to throw out the lead runner, but a throwing error allowed Holasek to score and Terry and Diaz to move to second and third with still just one out in the inning.

Following a strikeout, Emily Krienke doubled to right center scoring two more runs to give Oklahoma City the 3-0 lead. The two-run double not only gave the Stars some breathing room, but also ended Bryan's day.

Jordan Hood struck out the Rateliff to end the Stars' sixth inning.

The three runs would be more than enough for Fox, who moved to 3-1 during the NAIA World Series with a pair of complete-game shutouts.

Oklahoma City added a fourth run in the top of the seventh as Fox scored -- after leading off the inning with a single -- on a Hood wild pitch for the 4-0 lead.

Mize would record the last hit of the season for the Blue Raiders with a two-out hit in the bottom of the seventh ending Fox's streak of nine straight retired.

The loss ends Lindsey Wilson's deepest run in the national tournament with a fifth-place tie. The 50 wins tie last season's 50 victories for the most in a single season in the program's history. - Chris Wells Lindsey Wilson College.


This story was posted on 2014-05-28 04:46:07
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