#11 Softball 4/19/2012 10:06:00 PM

Stars fall 4-3 to Southern Nazarene

OCU lost in extra innings before severe weather ended the second game

Kylee Rounsaville hit her ninth home run of the season against Southern Nazarene Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Third-ranked Oklahoma City University fell 4-3 to Southern Nazarene in extra innings before game No. 2 was halted due to severe weather Thursday at Ann Lacy Stadium.
The Stars had their 25-game win streak snapped by the Crimson Storm and moved to 26-17 overall and 11-4 in Sooner Athletic Conference play.
The Stars jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Magean De La Torre singled to left field to plate Lily LaVelle and LeeAnn Lopez.
After Southern Nazarene answered with a run in the top of the second, Kylee Rounsaville led off the bottom of the inning with a solo home run to left to make the score 3-1 in favor of the Stars.
Southern Nazarene scored runs in the top of the third and fifth to tie the score at 3-3 and send the game into extra innings.
After surrendering a run in the top of the eighth, LaVelle struck out two and induced an inning-ending ground ball with the bases loaded to keep the score at 4-3 in favor of Southern Nazarene.
Angela Lovelady, De La Torre and Jamie Rateliff all flew out in the bottom of the eighth to end the game.
LaVelle allowed four runs on six hits and struck out 13 in eight innings of work, but picked up the loss and moved to 27-2 on the season.
De La Torre went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Rounsaville went 1-for-2 with a home run to lead OCU at the dish.
The Stars picked up an early 1-0 lead in the second game after Lopez plated Tori Joyner on sacrifice-squeeze bunt in the bottom of the first.
OCU held a 1-0 lead through three innings before play was halted due to severe weather in the area. The game will resume at a time to be determined.
OCU will return to action against Rogers State in a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at Hillcat Complex in Claremore, Okla.

Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore

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