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Daelyn Denny vs Southern Nazarene C -- 2-4-21
Steven Christy
Daelyn Denny doubled and scored and hit a home run in the series finale vs. Concordia-Irvine.
7
Winner Concordia U. Irvine CUI 4-0
4
Oklahoma Christian OC 7-2
Winner
Concordia U. Irvine CUI
4-0
7
Final
4
Oklahoma Christian OC
7-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia U. Irvine CUI 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 7 9 2
Oklahoma Christian OC 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 6 1

W: Flores, R. (1-0) L: Turner, Bailey (0-1) S: Nunes, C. (1)

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Winner Oklahoma Christian OC 8-2
1
Concordia U. Irvine CUI 4-1
Winner
Oklahoma Christian OC
8-2
2
Final
1
Concordia U. Irvine CUI
4-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma Christian OC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 0
Concordia U. Irvine CUI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

W: Crandall, Kali (5-1) L: Koelmans, C. (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Denny’s HR, Crandall’s pitching give OC split against Concordia-Irvine

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 27, 2021) – After dropping its first two games against No. 11 Concordia-Irvine (Calif.), No. 10 Oklahoma Christian desperately needed to pull out a win in the series finale. Veterans Kali Crandall and Daelyn Denny made sure they did.

Crandall allowed only five hits in a complete-game pitching performance and Denny's seventh-inning solo home run proved to be the difference as the Eagles held on for a 2-1 win in the second game of a doubleheader at Faith Lutheran High School. Concordia-Irvine won the first game 7-4 and took the series between the NCAA Division II softball powers two games to one.

Crandall (5-1), a sophomore from Artesia, N.M., and Concordia-Irvine freshman Cortney Koelmans (0-1) engaged in a pitching duel in the second game, which was scoreless until the fifth inning. Denny doubled to left field with one out, and with two outs, freshman Aaliyah Brown singled down the left-field line to score Denny – a senior from Owasso, Okla. – and put OC (8-2) ahead.

Denny's one-out homer over the left-field wall in the seventh put the Eagles ahead 2-0. Concordia-Irvine rallied in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with one out on two singles and a walk. Megan Massa scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Missy Nemeth, but Crandall struck out Erika Morris to end the game.

It was the first loss of the young season for Concordia-Irvine (4-1).

In the first game, Sydney Sprinkle went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for Concordia-Irvine. Sydni Dix's infield single in the first inning put Concordia-Irvine ahead before OC reliever Bailey Turner (0-1) wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam with that minimal damage.

OC tied the game in the second inning on a RBI single up the middle by Tristyn Hamilton but Concordia-Irvine jumped ahead 3-1 in the third on a two-run home run by Nemeth. Sprinkle's two-run homer in the fifth made it 5-1.

With Concordia-Irvine up 6-2 in the bottom of the sixth, Katelyn Dunckel cut that margin in half for OC with a two-out, two-run double to right field. But Concordia-Irvine scored an insurance run in the top of the seventh and relief pitcher Callie Nunes retired OC in order in the bottom of the inning for the save, the ninth of her career (a school record).

Concordia-Irvine starter Rae Flores (1-0) picked up the pitching win.

OC now will turn its attention to play in the rough-and-tumble Lone Star Conference, which has six top-25 teams. The Eagles will visit one of them, No. 24 Lubbock Christian (Texas), next Friday for a doubleheader, then will play at No. 19 Angelo State (Texas) two days later before returning home for a March 12 doubleheader against Texas A&M International.
 
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