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ARKADELPHIA, Ark.- After dropping the first pair of games in the Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine Series, the Ouachita softball team (7-13, 1-3 GAC) split the second day of action against the Lady Reddies of Henderson State (9-11, 3-1 GAC).
 
The Lady Tigers got their first win of the series in Sunday's first game, winning by a score of 8-0. The second game was a much closer bout, with the Lady Tigers falling by a score of 6-5.
 
In the first game of the afternoon, the Lady Tigers stomped the Lady Reddies in what would turn out to be an 8-0 final. Abbi Frakes was lights out on the mound, missing a perfect game by just one hit in five innings of work.
 
Ouachita got the scoring started in the first inning, when Megan Askew scored on a passed ball. They would make the score 7-0 in the second inning, with the scoring staring off of an RBI single from Parrish Reed that scored Olivia Guin.
 
Jocelyn Jones added two more runs to the Lady Tigers' totals with a 2 RBI double in the second, scoring Reed and Suzie Gresham on the play. Just moments later, Kailey Madden stretched the lead even further with an RBI single, this time scoring Jones from second base.
 
The final score of the second inning came off of the bat of Bailey Sanders, who launched a two run home run and scored Madden and herself.
 
The last run of the game would come in third inning, with Askew picking up an RBI on a single to right field, scoring Guin and making the score 8-0, where it would stand until the game was called after the fifth inning.
 
Frakes improved to 4-8 with the win, recording two strikeouts en route to her one-hitter.
 
Frakes got the start again in the second game of Sunday's action, but it was a different story this time, as the Lady Tigers fell by a score of 6-5.
 
Both teams got going early, as the Lady Tigers got a run in the first inning, but Henderson answered with two of their own.
 
The Lady Tigers then added another run in the top of the second, tying the game, but again the Lady Reddies retook the lead, adding another run to their totals in the bottom half of the inning.
 
A two run third inning for Henderson gave them a 5-2 lead, but three runs over the course of the sixth and seventh innings would tie the game going into the bottom of the seventh.
 
Unfortunately, the Lady Reddies notched an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning, winning the game, and the series, over the Lady Tigers.
 
Frakes took the loss, dropping her to 4-9 on the year. Only five of the Lady Reddies' runs were earned, and Frakes recorded two strikeouts in the game.
 
The Lady Tigers will resume conference play on Saturday, March 2, when they host Southern Nazarene University. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
-Josh Fink, Sports Information Director