THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist took the lead after allowing an early run, but Southern Nazarene scored eight of the game's final nine runs in a 9-4 win in the first of a three-game series at Sully Anderson Field on Friday. Madison Miller homered yet again in a losing effort.

The Crimson Storm struck first with a solo home run in the top of the first inning. The Tigers tied the game in the second after Kirsten Shaw led off with a double and scored on Kyndal Moyer's RBI groundout.  Miller put the Tigers in the lead in the third inning with a two-run home run to left center.

SNU's second solo shot of the game cut the lead to one run in the fourth inning. The visitors regained the lead on a fifth-inning grand slam.

Callie Jourdan led off the bottom of the fifth with an infield single and scored on Lauren Lester's two-out single, but that was the last run the Tigers would score. SNU scored three more times in the sixth to put the game out of reach. A Jillian Jones single in the seventh inning was the only hit Ouachita recorded in the final two innings.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- Miller's home run was her fifth in her last five games.
- With Oklahoma Baptist's loss at Henderson State on Friday, the Tigers are guaranteed at least the No. 6 seed in the Great American Conference Tournament
- Nikki Schneider fell to 8-6 with the loss in the circle, allowing six runs in 4.0 innings

BY THE NUMBERS

0 - Tiger pitchers Schneider and Hannah Stuart did not allow a walk in the game.
0 - Ouachita played error-free softball
2 - Hope Waid's two hits were a team high