Softball 3/15/2013 8:33:00 PM

Stars stomp MidAmerica Nazarene 15-7, 7-3

OCU extend win streak to 14

Drew Wright belted her fourth and fifth home runs of the season Friday.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University rolled to 15-7 and 7-3 victories over MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) on Friday at Ann Lacy Stadium.
Emily Krienke hit two of the Stars' four home runs in the first game, while Jamie Rateliff carried a no-hitter through five innings of the second game. OCU, ranked fourth in NAIA softball, improved to 20-4.
Krienke, a sophomore from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, capped OCU's first win of the day by nailing a two-run homer to right field. The Stars buried MidAmerica Nazarene under an eight-run sixth inning to pull away from a 7-7 tie. OCU polished off its 14th consecutive victory.
LeeAnn Lopez put OCU ahead 8-7 by drawing a bases-loaded walk. Magean De La Torre smoked a two-run base hit along the left-field foul line, while Rateliff pounded a three-run shot over the right-field wall.
OCU jumped out to a 6-0 first-inning advantage using Krienke's three-run blast. Kyndra Holasek provided the Stars their first run of the game with an RBI single. Drew Wright cranked a two-run homer over the left-field wall.
Krienke extended the Stars' lead to 7-2 with a third-inning run-scoring single. Krienke finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and six RBIs.
De La Torre, a senior from Plano, Texas, went 3-for-4, scored three runs, nailed two doubles and drove in two. Rateliff, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Holasek, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Tori Joyner, a senior from Mustang, Okla., was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and three stolen bases.
Elizabeth Oberst, a senior left-hander from Benicia, Calif., improved to 13-2. She struck out four in 5.1 innings pitched.
In the second game, Rateliff retired MidAmerica Nazarene in order in the second, fourth, fifth and seventh innings. Vanessa Arandules broke up Rateliff's no-hit bid with a double to lead off the sixth. Rateliff notched her fourth win and complete game in four starts this season.
MidAmerica Nazarene took a 2-0 first-inning lead using two walks, a wild pitch and an error. Arandules had a sacrifice fly.
The Stars struck for three runs in the bottom of the first. Lopez smacked a two-run double to left, and Angela Lovelady had a sacrifice fly.
Holasek hammered her first homer with OCU over the wall beyond the right-center field gap in the second. Wright made it two homers on the day for her and six for the Stars with a three-run blast in the sixth.
Lopez, a senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in two runs, and Holasek was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI. Wright, a senior from Moore, Okla., was 2-for-3 with a run scored and three RBIs.
The Stars meet Texas Wesleyan in a 1 p.m. twin bill Saturday at Ann Lacy Stadium.

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