THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist softball finished off a doubleheader sweep of Southern Nazarene with an 8-0 victory in five innings Saturday at Sully Anderson Field on Senior Day. Heather Brown went 3-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the onslaught as Nicole Arreola went the distance in the circle.

The Tigers struck first in the bottom of the first inning. Brown's RBI double plated Hope Waid with the first run of the game. Brown scored on Sloane Precure's RBI single, and Precure came around on Callie Jourdan's RBI infield single.

Senior Kendyl Dockter hit a two-run home run to left field in the third to add to the Ouachita lead, driving home Kirsten Shaw. Jillian Jones' RBI single in the fourth plated Brown with another insurance run. 

Brown came to bat with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth and singled home a run. Precure followed with an RBI knock of her own to end the game. 

Arreola scattered five hits across 5.0 innings with two strikeouts and no walks in the shutout victory.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

 - Ouachita closes the regular season with a winning record in conference play for the first time in program history
 - Dockter's homer was the first of her Ouachita career
 - The Tigers sit sixth in the Great American Conference standings with a handful of teams finishing the regular season next weekend
 

BY THE NUMBERS

5 - Waid recorded her fifth straight multi-hit game
3.73 - Arreola lowered her season earned run average to 3.73

UP NEXT

The Tigers compete in the Great American Conference Tournament in Bentonville, Arkansas, on May 14-15.