By OAKLEE FIELDER
The Lady Rangers defeated the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs in the three-game series over the weekend, ending in a NWOSU victory two games to one.
Game One
SWOSU 3-4 NWOSU
The Lady Rangers scored the first runs of the game, but it took a bit for them to be scored. In the third, they scored three runs to take a large lead to start. Kaylee Madden hit a single through the right side, sending Kaitlyn Corn and Makanalei Lapera home to score the first runs of the game. Savannah Duran made it to third to put them in scoring position after the runs were scored. Jamie Molina made a hit and sent Duran home to score run number three.
Southwestern responded with two runs scored in the very next inning. They then scored once in the top of the sixth to tie it heading into the final inning. The Lady Rangers held them off at the top of the seventh, and put them in game-winning position. Molina made a hit that went up the middle, sending Madden home to win the game on a walk off run.
Game Two
SWOSU 0-1 NWOSU
Game two only had one run scored by either team, and it wasn’t off a hit. When Madden went up to the plate, Corn stole second base. The Bulldog catcher made an error, and Lapera was able to run home and score the only run in the game.
Despite it being a low scoring game, Corn was able to have three hits, the most on either team.
Game Three
SWOSU 7-5 NWOSU
The Bulldogs finished off the series by winning game three, but the Lady Rangers won the series despite the game-three loss.
SWOSU scored first. The Bulldogs scored one run in the second. The Lady Rangers responded in the next inning with two runs from Duran and Madden, giving them the lead by one. The teams traded the lead again as Southwestern scored twice in the top of the fourth.
In the bottom, Lapera hit a single up the middle sending Raelynn Sandlin home to tie the game. SWOSU scored thrice in the fifth. Northwestern responded with two from Duran and Madden making it a one-run game. The Bulldogs sealed game three with a run scored in the sixth, giving the win to Southwestern.
The Lady Rangers will face Harding University on Friday for Senior Day, and twice on Saturday to finish off the season.