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2014 NAIA Championship Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket
OCU won in the NAIA Championship Opening Round for the second straight year.
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Winner Oklahoma City OCU 52-11
0
Spring Hill (Ala.) SHC 42-14
Winner
Oklahoma City OCU
52-11
4
Final
0
Spring Hill (Ala.) SHC
42-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Spring Hill (Ala.) SHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

W: Rateliff, Jamie (13-2) L: Caroline Sagrera (38-11)

Game Recap: #11 Softball |

OCU advances to NAIA World Series with 4-0 win over Spring Hill

Stars face Simpson at noon CDT May 23 in Columbus, Ga.


OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City University secured its NAIA Softball World Series berth with a 4-0 triumph over Spring Hill (Ala.) on Wednesday at Ann Lacy Stadium in the NAIA Championship Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket championship game.
Oklahoma City (52-11) advanced to the World Series for the 23rd consecutive year and 28th time overall. The 16th-ranked Stars captured their second consecutive Opening Round title.
The NAIA Softball World Series runs May 23-29 at South Commons Complex in Columbus, Ga. OCU takes on 17th-ranked Simpson (Calif.) at noon CDT May 23.
The Stars have reeled off a 10-game winning streak. During the streak, OCU won the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament while scoring 45 runs in four games. This week, OCU took three games while not allowing a run in 19 innings.
Seventh-ranked Spring Hill finished its season at 42-14. Spring Hill pitcher Caroline Segrara owns the NAIA's most wins (38), strikeouts (435) and innings pitched (339) and came off throwing her fourth no-hitter of the season Tuesday vs. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.). The Stars lead the NAIA in runs scored at 472.
"This team has really turned the corner and started believing in themselves the past few weeks," Oklahoma City coach Phil McSpadden said. "That was an all-American pitcher we just faced. I don't know if we had faced a pitcher like that all year."
Oklahoma City got to Segrara for all four runs in the first inning. Kylee Rounsaville set down a bunt that allowed Kyndra Holasek to score from third base for the Stars' first run. Segrara fielded the bunt and dove to tag Holasek steaming towards home plate, but Segrara missed Holasek.
With two out, Jamie Rateliff crushed a triple off Spring Hill left fielder Jenna Charnock's outstretched glove to bring home Jocelin Diaz and Rounsaville. Danielle Fox had an infield hit to allow Rateliff to reach home plate.
Rateliff whitewashed Spring Hill on four hits and a walk. Two Spring Hill runners reached second base Wednesday. Rateliff, a junior from Mustang, Okla., struck out four and retired Spring Hill in order in the second, third and the sixth innings. Rateliff improved to 13-2 while posting her fourth complete game and second shutout of the year.
Segrara retired 12 Stars in a row from the second to the sixth innings. Segrara racked up her 46th complete game of the season.
Holasek, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored, and Fox, a senior from Yukon, Okla., was 2-for-3 with an RBI for OCU. Diaz, a junior from Maracay, Venezuela, was 1-for-2 with a run scored and a stolen base, while Rateliff went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs.
Oklahoma City owns eight national championships won in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2007 as well as five runner-up finishes in 1986, 1993, 1999, 2010 and 2012.
World Series Bracket

NAIA Championship Opening Round
Oklahoma City Bracket
At Oklahoma City
Ann Lacy Stadium
Monday's Results
Oklahoma City 8, Kansas Wesleyan 0
Spring Hill (Ala.) 2, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 1
Tuesday's Results
Oklahoma City1, Spring Hill 0
MidAmerica Nazarene 7,Kansas Wesleyan 1, Kansas Wesleyan eliminated
Spring Hill6, MidAmerica Nazarene 0, MidAmerica Nazarene eliminated
Wednesday's Result
Oklahoma City4, Spring Hill 0, championship

NAIA Softball World Series
At Columbus, Ga.
South Commons Complex
All Times EDT
Friday, May 23
Game 1: College of Idaho vs. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 10 a.m.
Game 2: Oklahoma City vs. Simpson (Calif.), 1 p.m.
Game 3: Reinhardt (Ga.) vs. St. Gregory's, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) vs. William Carey (Miss.), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 24
Game 5: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) vs. Winner Game 1, 4 p.m.
Game 8: LSU-Alexandria vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 26
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 8, 4 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 7, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 27
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Winner 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 4 p.m.
Game 15: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28
Game 16: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 4 p.m.
Game 17: Winner Game 16 vs. Loser Game 15, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 29
Game 18: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 17, 5 p.m.
Game 19: If necessary, 30 minutes following Game 18
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