Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Macy Nantz threw her second-consecutive complete game shutout and the Ouachita Tigers scored 13 runs in two games to defeat Missouri Western State University and Christian Brothers University to close out the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational. The Tigers finished the tournament 3-1.

Against Missouri Western, Macy Nantz (2-2) threw six innings of one-hit ball, striking out two and walking none. It was the second straight shutout start for Nantz. In the two starts she went 2-0 allowing six hits in 11 innings. She struck out seven and walked two. Only one of her six hits allowed went for extra bases.

The Tigers scored eight runs on 11 hits, connecting for four extra base hits against Missouri Western. After taking a 1-0 lead in the first, Ouachita's Kelly Powell hit a triple to right center in the second inning, scoring two. Suzie Gresham led off the fourth inning with a solo-shot over the wall in left center. Kailey Madden, Nantz and Sarah Johnson each drove in a run in the fourth to extend the Tigers' lead ro six runs. Johnson drove in another run in the fifth and the Tigers would go on to defeat Missouri Western, 8-0.

The Tigers squared off against Christian Brothers in game two. Freshman Delaney Bedunah got the start for the Tigers. Both teams were held scoreless through the first three innings. Bedunah held Christian Brothers hitless through three.

The Tigers offense came to life in the fourth, when Olivia Guin hit a two-run single to right. The Tigers scored two more runs in the fifth, one coming via a passed ball and the other off a Kate Lacina single up the middle. Nantz would drive in the Tigers final run of the day with a single down the right field line scoring Emily Acuna. 

Despite giving up two runs in the top of seventh, Ouachita would hang on for the 5-2 win. Bedunah earned her first win of the season.