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Posted by Rich Tortorelli - Sat, May 3, 2008 - [ Softball ] - Viewed 160 times
Melody Murphy
Melody Murphy

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University added the Sooner Athletic Conference softball tournament championship to its regular-season crown by defeating St. Gregory's 8-0 on Saturday night at Hall of Fame Stadium.

The Stars advanced to the title game by beating Lubbock Christian 5-2 on Saturday afternoon. Third-ranked defending NAIA champion OCU increased its winning streak to 21 in knocking off ninth-ranked Lubbock Christian and No. 11 St. Gregory's.

OCU, which has won the SAC title 13 of the last 14 years, will be in action next in the NAIA Region VI Championships on Thursday and Friday in Farmers Branch, Texas.

Against St. Gregory's, Amanda Howard put OCU on the board by nailing a two-run home run to left field in the second inning. Katie Carroll drove in two runs with a base hit, whileMelody Murphy hit a two-run double in the third.

Mindy Crabaugh added an RBI base hit in the fourth, then Howard scored on an error in the fifth.

Howard went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs, while Murphy was 2-for-3 with two runs driven in. Crabaugh went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.

Jenni Gaby improved to 13-1, allowing only two base runners on Lauren Hart's base hit and an error. She struck out two. St. Gregory's all-American Sharon Bell took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits and four walks. Kaylen Woosley relieved Bell in the fourth before Bell re-entered in the fifth.

Against Lubbock Christian, Melissa Moore pounded an 0-2 pitch over the right-center field fence for a two-run homer to break a scoreless tie with two out in the sixth. OCU opened up a 5-0 lead in the seventh using Murphy's two-run base hit and Kasey Hobens' run-scoring single.

Lubbock Christian's Raquel Hawkins drove in a run with a bases-loaded base hit in the bottom of the seventh to chase OCU starter Julie Harvey. Then Ginalee Davis added an RBI single before Elizabeth Oberst struck out Gabby Woody with the bases full to end the game.

Harvey (12-4) went 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks, striking out four. Oberst retired the last batter to earn her third save of the year.

Marissa Gonzalez took the loss, moving to 28-6. Gonzalez worked six innings, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk.

Ellis went 2-for-3, while Moore and Murphy each had two RBIs. Hawkins and Lisa Stratton each had two hits for Lubbock Christian.

SAC Scoreboard
Yesterday
Baseball
Missouri Baptist College at 7
Oklahoma City 10
NAIA Mid-South Super Regional at Jim Wade Stadium
Softball
Warner Southern vs 0
Saint Gregory's 4
NAIA National Tournament
Oklahoma City vs 2
Simon Fraser University 3
NAIA Championships - May 16-21
Lubbock Christian vs 5
Friends University 3
NAIA Championships - Pool D
Saint Gregory's vs 1
Dana College 0
NAIA National Tournament
Oklahoma City vs 9
Walsh University 1
NAIA Championships in Decatur, Ala.
Lubbock Christian vs 6
College of Idaho 1
NAIA Tournament
Women's Tennis
Oklahoma Christian vs  
TBA  
NAIA National Tournament- Mobile, Alabama
Men's Tennis
Oklahoma Christian vs  
TBA  
NAIA National Tournament- Mobile, Alabama
Men's Golf
Oklahoma City at 3rd of 28
NAIA Championships at Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind.
Today
Softball
Saint Gregory's vs 3
Point Loma Nazarene University 2
NAIA National Tournament
Oklahoma City vs 7
University of Mobile 4
NAIA Championships in Decatur, Ala.
Lubbock Christian vs (10) 7
Trevecca Nazarene University 4
NAIA Championship Tournament - Pool D
Saint Gregory's vs 2
William Carey College 0
NAIA National Tournament
Oklahoma City vs 2
Columbia College 4
NAIA Championships in Decatur, Ala.
Women's Tennis
Oklahoma Christian vs  
TBA  
NAIA National Tournament- Mobile, Alabama
Men's Tennis
Oklahoma Christian vs  
TBA  
NAIA National Tournament- Mobile, Alabama