Softball 3/26/2013 10:27:00 PM

OCU routs Southwestern Christian 11-0, 24-0

Stars plate 20 runs for first time since 2009

Magean De La Torre had a 6-for-6 day with six runs scored, two doubles, a home run and six RBIs.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University rolled to 11-0 and 24-0 romps over Southwestern Christian on Tuesday at Ann Lacy Stadium.
OCU racked up 20 runs for the first time since a 31-0 demolition of Southwestern (Kan.) on April 25, 2009 at Ann Lacy Stadium. The Stars, ranked 11th in NAIA softball, moved to 29-7.
In the first game, the Stars jumped out to a 6-0 first-inning advantage. Magean De La Torre hammered a two-run home run over the left-center field wall for a 4-0 OCU lead.
Kyndra Holasek nailed a run-scoring single to center to bring in Tori Joyner for OCU's first run of the day. Drew Wright added a sacrifice fly to left. Emily Krienke and Angela Lovelady reached home on an error to put the Stars ahead 6-0.
De La Torre socked a two-run double to left in the second. Lovelady made it 9-0 with a sac fly in the second.
Jamie Rateliff and Krienke tacked on RBI doubles in the fourth.
De La Torre, a senior from Plano, Texas, went 3-for-3, scored three times, doubled twice and drove in four runs to lead OCU batting. Rateliff, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., was 3-for-3 with a double, run scored and an RBI, while Holasek, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., went 2-for-3 with two run scored and a run driven in.
Rateliff worked 2.2 innings and allowed one hit in the circle. Rateliff retired eight out of nine batters faced to notch her 10th victory of the year. The Stars have won nine of her starts. Rachel Penner pitched the final 2.1 innings, striking out four.
In the nightcap, OCU collected eight runs in the fourth. Lovelady led off the inning by nailing a solo shot over the left-center field wall, then capped the scoring with another homer. Rateliff pounded a three-run blast over the right-field wall. LeeAnn Lopez homered in the second to put the Stars up 6-0.
The Stars led 5-0 after the first with only one hit. Joyner scored OCU's first run on an error, then Holasek came home on a wild pitch. Rateliff smacked a two-run double then scored on Lovelady's groundout.
De La Torre completed a perfect day at the plate with 3-for-3 performance, three runs scored and two RBIs. Lovelady, a senior from El Cajon, Calif., went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, two doubles and four RBIs, while Rateliff went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, a double and five RBIs.
Lopez, a senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, was 3-for-5 with three runs scored, two doubles and three RBIs, and Shelbi Legg, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Holasek scored three runs and drove in two runs.
Krienke earned her first victory pitching for OCU by going three innings and allowing two hits with two strikeouts. Penner fanned four in two innings.
The Stars meet USAO in a 2 p.m. twin bill Thursday in Chickasha, Okla.

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