OKLAHOMA CITY – Landon Camp tied Oklahoma City University's career home run record, but Oklahoma Christian prevailed 18-11 on Thursday at Dobson Field.

Camp, a senior from Edmond, Okla., crushed a fly ball over the center-field wall leading off the second inning for his 12th homer of the year and 55th of his career.
OCU, ranked second in NAIA baseball, fell to 37-5, 16-4 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Oklahoma Christian improved to 16-17, 8-11.

David Marlett hit 55 home runs for the Stars from 2001-04.

Sammy Lee and Brent Weaver also homered for OCU. Weaver, a senior from Midwest City, Okla., nailed two homers to increase his NAIA-high season total to 24, matching his 2008 number of homers.

The two teams pounded eight homers as winds howled at 25 mph to right field throughout the game. Temperatures dipped 10 degrees as the game went on.

Weaver put OCU ahead 3-0 with a three-run shot to left-center field in the first inning. The Stars made it 5-0 after Camp's homer and Lee's RBI single in the second.

Oklahoma Christian answered with three runs off an error in the second. Then in the third, Camp cranked an RBI double to left-center and Lee pounded a two-run homer to left.

Oklahoma Christian scored the next 11 runs. Zac Coshow homered leading off the third, and Jordan Price hit a lead-off solo shot in the fifth. Oklahoma Christian also scored by drawing two bases-loaded walks.

Coshow and Jeff Davis hit two two-run homers in the sixth. Ray Long had a run-scoring base hit, and Price drove in two runs on a single.

Weaver hammered a homer to center to begin the seventh. Kirk Walker nailed a two-run double to left.

Coshow added a two-run base hit as Oklahoma Christian scored four runs in the bottom of the inning.

Ryan Kirk struck out the side to end the game in the ninth.

The Stars face Oklahoma Christian at 7 p.m. Friday at Dobson Field.

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