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Phil McSpadden
Phil McSpadden has led OCU to an .806 winning percentage.
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Winner Oklahoma City OCU 21-0
4
Baker (Kan.) BAKER 11-5
Winner
Oklahoma City OCU
21-0
7
Final
4
Baker (Kan.) BAKER
11-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 7 8 1
Baker (Kan.) BAKER 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 6

W: Meador, Abby (9-0) L: Kathryn Cooper (0-1)

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Winner Oklahoma City U OCU 22-0
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Kansas Wesleyan KWU 12-3
Winner
Oklahoma City U OCU
22-0
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Final
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Kansas Wesleyan KWU
12-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma City U OCU 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 12 2
Kansas Wesleyan KWU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: Miller, Leslie (8-0) L: Casey Zook (7-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

McSpadden from OCU takes 1,500th win

Stars rally past Baker 7-4, Kansas Wesleyan 6-1 on Friday

WICHITA, Kan. – Oklahoma City University softball coach Phil McSpadden reached 1,500 career victories after the Stars' 7-4 eight-inning win over Baker (Kan.) and a 6-1 triumph over Kansas Wesleyan at Two Rivers Youth Club in the Friends Tournament.
McSpadden moved his coaching record to 1,500-361 in his 29th year at OCU. The Stars, ranked sixth in the NAIA, improved to 22-0 on the season.
On April 10, 2015, McSpadden took the lead in wins against four-year schools among college softball coaches with OCU's 8-0 win over Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) in Oklahoma City. McSpadden passed NCAA win leader Margie Wright, who had 1,457.
In college softball, only Mike Candrea can claim more victories than McSpadden. Candrea has 1,625 college softball wins – 1,440 at Arizona and 185 on the junior-college level at Central Arizona.
In the first game Friday, Madison Ellis pounded a solo home run to left-center field to tie the game 4-4 with two out in the top of the seventh inning. In the eighth, Amanda Ingram scored the go-ahead run on an error by the Baker center fielder.
Kyndra Holasek added a sacrifice fly, and Kali Pugh drove in a run with a base hit to left for the Stars. Samantha Stallbaumer, a freshman from Haven, Kan., went 4-for-5 and scored three times.
Abby Meador worked all eight innings and allowed four hits and seven walks while striking out 13. Meador, a sophomore from Midwest City, Okla., improved to 9-0. McSpadden notched win No. 1,499.
Against Kansas Wesleyan, Stephanie Koishor and Holasek hammered homers in the seventh to put OCU in front.
Sha Ingram, running for Bailey Whitmore, scored the tying run in the sixth on an error by the third baseman. Whitmore, a freshman from Oklahoma City, went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Leslie Miller (8-0) notched the victory. Miller, a senior from Blanchard, Okla., worked 1.2 innings with three strikeouts. Georgia Wall fanned six in 5.1 innings for OCU.
The Stars take on Hastings (Neb.) at 10 a.m., Northwestern (Iowa) at noon and Midland (Neb.) at 4 p.m. Saturday at Two Rivers Youth Club.
 
MILESTONE WINS FOR MCSPADDEN
Win No. 1: Oklahoma City 14, North Texas 4, Feb. 25, 1988 in Denton, Texas
Win No. 500: Oklahoma City 11, Phillips 0, April 30, 1997 in sectional championship game at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City
Win No. 1,000: Oklahoma City 5, Rogers State 0, April 4, 2006 in Claremore, Okla.
Win No. 1,458: Oklahoma City 8, Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 0, April 10, 2015 at Ann Lacy Stadium in Oklahoma City
Win No. 1,500: Oklahoma City 6, Kansas Wesleyan 1, March 4, 2016 in Wichita, Kan.
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