Oklahoma City, Okla. - The Missouri Southern softball program finished the second day of the Edmond Regional Festival, falling to Harding and Lubbock Christian today.
The Lions (3-6) jumped out to a 1-0 lead over a receiving votes Harding (10-3) team with an
Ashlynn Williams single up the middle scoring
Leighton Withers. The Bisons got a run across in the first as well making it 1-1 after one complete inning.
Harding grabbed a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the second inning and held the lead for three innings as both teams were held scoreless from the third to the fifth innings. A
Kristen Wade single through the left side score
Izzy Medrano to tie it up 2-2 for the Lions in the sixth inning. Southern was looking at a three up three down inning before a Bison walk off home run dashed the possibility of extra innings.Â
For game one
Ashlynn Williams and
Kristen Wade went 2-3 with an RBI with
Izzy Medrano and
Leighton Withers scoring runs.
Kara Amos was the pitcher of record in the game pitching 6.2 innings with four strikeouts.
Game two saw the Lions face off against Lubbock Christian (10-2) to wrap up the game for both teams. The Lady Chaps scored three runs in the first inning before adding two more in the second and a single run in the third for a 6-0 lead after the third inning. In the fourth inning the Lions had
Ashlynn Williams hit a triple down the right field line to get into scoring position with one out before the Lady Chaps got out of the jam. Lubbock Christian scored the seventh and final run in the bottom half of the fifth inning sealing the game at 7-0.
For game two
Ashlynn Williams,
Kristen Wade,
Tori Frazier and
Kayla Arzate had hits and
Avery Tallman pitched six innings with three strikeouts and only issued out one walk.
The Lions conclude the Edmond Regional Festival tomorrow as they face off against Chadron State at 10:00 am at the Broncho Softball Field at UCO before playing East Central at 2:30pm at Tom Heath Field at Oklahoma Christian.
