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ARKADELPHIA, Ark.- The Ouachita Lady Tigers notched a series split with visiting Southern Nazarene University on Saturday afternoon, splitting the final pair of the teams conference series with each other. The Lady Tigers dropped the first game 14-6 before taking the second game of the afternoon by a score of 6-4.
 
In the first game of the day, Southern Nazarene (7-10, 2-6 GAC) used a huge fourth inning to run away the game. They started the game with a run in the second inning, but the Lady Tigers (9-16, 3-5 GAC) answered with two runs in the third.
 
The Crimson Storm put up nine runs in the fourth inning though, giving themselves a fairly comfortable 10-2 lead. Ouachita would score another run in the bottom half of the fourth, cutting the deficit to seven before a two-run sixth inning from Southern Nazarene gave them a 12-3 lead.
 
Three runs from the Lady Tigers in the sixth put them down by just six runs, but Southern Nazarene really put the game away in the seventh with two more runs, making the score 14-6.
 
Jeneva Wilson got the win for SNU, pitching 3.2 innings and recording three strikeouts. Ouachita's Abbi Frakes took the loss after putting in 3.2 innings of work and giving up five earned runs.
 
The second game of the day was a much lower scoring affair, with Ouachita getting the win by a score of 6-4.
 
Southern Nazarene put up all four of their runs in the first inning, as the Lady Tigers faced an uphill battle. Two runs in the first, a run in the second and a run in the fifth and the sixth won the game for the Lady Tigers, as they overcame the early deficit to take the win.
 
Ouachita's plate performances were highlighted by a home run and a 2-of-3 performance from Megan Askew and a 3-of-3 day from Kailey Madden in which she notched two runs scored.
 
Abbi Frakes avenged her loss from earlier in the day, throwing all seven innings and holding SNU to six hits and four runs. Maci-Brooke Lambert was hit with the loss for Southern Nazarene, recording seven strikeouts but giving up six runs in the game in six innings of work.
 
The Lady Tigers return to the diamond on March 8, when they host Arkansas Tech for a four game conference series. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
-Josh Fink, Sports Information Director