THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist softball completed a sweep of its doubleheader at Northwestern Oklahoma State on Friday with a 6-4 victory in Game 2. Nikki Schneider went the distance in the circle to earn her fourth straight decision.

Tally Turnbow's second-inning RBI single got the scoring started and gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Hope Waid scored on Sloane Precure's infield single in the third to pad the lead.

The Rangers tied the game with two runs in the fourth. Ouachita answered with two in the fifth, as Jillian Jones drove in a run with a single, and Madison Miller plated another with a single of her own. 

Northwestern would tie the game with two more runs in the fifth, but Schneider held them off the board the rest of the way. Jones drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth, and Turnbow plated Sarah Tuller with a double in the seventh.

Schneider retired the last seven batters she faced to close out the victory and give her team the series victory. She finished the game with seven strikeouts and just two walks.
 

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- Schneider improved to 4-1 on the year.
- Five different Tigers had multiple hits in the game
- Ouachita has a chance at its first series sweep of the year Saturday

BY THE NUMBERS

3 - Jones tied a season high with three hits.
2 - Turnbow's two RBIs were a career high
7 - Schneider's seven punchouts were a career high
 

UP NEXT
The Tigers go for the sweep at 11 a.m. Saturday.