Softball 3/18/2014 12:20:00 PM

Abilene Christian stops OCU win streak

Stars fall for first time since Feb. 15

Danielle Fox went to 6-1 on the season after falling Tuesday.

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ABILENE, Texas – Abilene Christian halted Oklahoma City University's 21-game winning streak by taking a twin bill 5-4, 3-0 on Tuesday at Poly Wells Field.
The Stars last played an NCAA Division I softball foe on Feb. 28, 2010, falling 2-0 to Alcorn State in Alexandria, La. OCU's last victory over a Division I team came 7-6 over Arkansas on March 16, 2006 in Fayetteville, Ark. OCU, ranked third in the NAIA, went to 25-3 in 2014.
OCU's only loss of the season was against Our Lady of the Lake (Texas). The Stars fell 5-4 in eight innings on Feb. 15 in Fort Worth, Texas.
In the first game, the Stars jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning advantage. Kyndra Holasek reached home plate on an error by the third baseman, and Jocelin Diaz nailed a two-out, two-run double to right-center field for OCU.
Abilene Christian struck for two runs in the third and three in the fourth. Taylor Brown put the home team ahead 5-3 on a fourth-inning two-RBI single.
OCU cut its deficit to 5-4 as Amanda Ingram scored on an error in the fifth. Hannah Null set the Stars down in order in the sixth and the seventh.
Holasek, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored, and Diaz, a junior from Maracay, Venezuela, was 1-for-3 with two RBIs for the Stars.
Jamie Rateliff pitched the first four innings and suffered her first loss of the season. Rateliff, a junior from Mustang, Okla., fell to 4-1. Maci-Brooke Lambert threw the final two innings.
In the nightcap, Danielle Fox blanked Abilene Christian on three hits through 5.1 innings. Demi McNulty had a two-run double to break the scoreless deadlock, then Cara Hoover's RBI base hit put Abilene Christian up 3-0 in the sixth.
The Stars put runners on first and third bases in the first inning, but stranded them. Holasek led off with a bunt single, then swiped second. Holasek reached third on a wild pitch.
Peyton Mosley limited OCU to two hits and a walk while fanning four. Fox, a senior from Yukon, Okla., took her first loss of the season, dropping to 6-1.
The Stars take on MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) in a 2 p.m. doubleheader Thursday at Ann Lacy Stadium.

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