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2016 NAIA Softball Championship Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket
OCU's 2016 NAIA Softball Championship Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket champion
10
Winner Oklahoma City OCU 61-2
2
Houston-Victoria UHV 38-15
Winner
Oklahoma City OCU
61-2
10
Final
2
Houston-Victoria UHV
38-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 0 2 1 6 1 10 12 0
Houston-Victoria UHV 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 2

W: Wall, Georgia (22-0) L: Savannah Crittenden (11-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

OCU crushes Houston-Victoria 10-2 for NAIA World Series bid

Top-ranked Stars make 29th NAIA World Series appearance

OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City University clinched its 29th trip to the NAIA Softball World Series with a 10-2 triumph over Houston-Victoria on Wednesday at Ann Lacy Stadium in the NAIA Championship Opening Round Oklahoma City Bracket title game.
Oklahoma City advanced to the World Series for the 24th time in 25 years. OCU (61-2) will look for its ninth national championship May 27-June 2 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Oklahoma City's national titles came in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2007. OCU finished as NAIA runner-up in 1986, 1993, 1999, 2010 and 2012.
Kali Pugh sparked the Stars with a 3-for-4 performance, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs. Kyndra Holasek added a 2-for-4 day with a run scored, and Shelbi Legg went 2-for-3, scored a run and drove in a run for OCU.
Georgia Wall limited 20th-ranked Houston-Victoria (38-15) to two runs on two hits and two walks through four innings. Wall, a freshman from Marlow, Okla., struck out three while improving to 22-0. Wall's NAIA-best earned run average went to 0.43. Abby Meador pitched the fifth and allowed one hit.
The Stars built a 9-0 advantage through four innings. OCU plated six runs in the top of the fourth as Samantha Stallbaumer touched off the scoring with an RBI base hit over Houston-Victoria shortstop Sevanah Campos-Reyes. Legg, a senior from Mustang, Okla., scored on a wild pitch.
Pugh, a junior from Vista, Calif., nailed a run-scoring double into left field for a 6-0 Stars lead. Jaci Smith and Madison Ellis chipped in RBI singles before Leslie Miller scored on an error.
In the fifth, Kayley Humann pounded a triple to right-center field, then scored on Pugh's base hit to center to finish off Houston-Victoria.
Legg gave the Stars their first run of the game with a base hit through the middle of the infield in the second. Stephanie Koishor put OCU ahead 2-0 on a single beyond the reach of the second baseman Aubri Hockenberry.
OCU reached double figures in scoring for the 26th time this year. The Stars have produced the most runs (539) and hits (692) in the NAIA this season. OCU improved to 13-1 against top-25 teams in 2016.
 
NAIA Championship Opening Round
Oklahoma City Bracket
At Oklahoma City
Ann Lacy Stadium
Monday's Results
Houston-Victoria 5, Friends (Kan.) 1
Oklahoma City 2, Doane (Neb.) 1
Tuesday's Results
Oklahoma City 5, Houston-Victoria 3
Doane 1, Friends 0, Friends eliminated
Houston-Victoria 1, Doane 0, 18 inn., Doane eliminated
Wednesday's Result
Championship
Oklahoma City 10, Houston-Victoria 2, Houston-Victoria eliminated
Oklahoma City advances to NAIA Softball World Series
 
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