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Laci Joyner
Laci Joyner scored on Montana Price's single in the seventh inning Saturday.
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Oklahoma City OCU 51-8
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Winner Columbia (Mo.) CC 35-14
Oklahoma City OCU
51-8
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Final
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Columbia (Mo.) CC
35-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 1
Columbia (Mo.) CC 1 0 1 0 4 0 X 6 9 1

W: Lexi Dickerson (14-3) L: Meador, Abby (15-2) S: Kaitlyn Nottelmann (1)

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Columbia stymies Stars 6-4

Second-ranked OCU faces Indiana Wesleyan at 9 a.m. CDT Monday

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CLERMONT, Fla. – Oklahoma City University fell short to Columbia (Mo.) 6-4 on Saturday at Legends Way Ballpark in the NAIA Softball World Series.
Columbia halted Oklahoma City's nine-game winning streak in the World Series. Second-ranked OCU (51-8) squares off with seventh-ranked Indiana Wesleyan at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT) Monday.   
The Stars, winners of the last two national titles, suffered their first loss in World Series play since Saint Xavier (Ill.) dealt OCU a 1-0 setback on May 30, 2016. Oklahoma City holds the mark for consecutive wins in the NAIA Softball World Series with 14 during OCU's 1995 and '96 title runs and 2001 and '02 championship seasons.
In the seventh inning, Kennedy Jackson stole second base to put the tying run in scoring position and runners on second and third for the Stars with two out. OCU's Jaci Smith launched a fly ball deep into right field that Natalie Dummitt caught at the warning track to finish the game.  
Mackenzie Martinelli scored on Columbia shortstop Molly Carter's error to cut OCU's deficit to 6-4 with one out. Montana Price dropped a base hit into left field to drive in the Stars' first run in the seventh. Baileigh Loux also scored on a wild pitch in the inning.
Smith knocked in OCU's first run of the game with a two-out base hit to left in the sixth.
Columbia plated four runs in the fifth. Dummitt put Columbia ahead 6-0 on a run-scoring single to right.
Price, a freshman from Bethel, Okla., went 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Abby Meador, a senior from Midwest City, Okla., was 1-for-2 with a run scored for OCU. Loux, a freshman from Reno, Nev., had a 1-for-3 day with a double, and Laci Joyner, a senior from Mustang, Okla., turned in a 1-for-3 performance and scored a run.
Meador took the loss for OCU, going to 15-2. Meador entered the contest with wins in her last nine starts and three consecutive shutouts. She led the NAIA in earned run average, fewest runs allowed, least hits allowed and opponents' batting average at the start of the day. Jaden Shores pitched 1.2 shutout innings with two strikeouts.
Lexi Dickerson (14-3) picked up the win, while Kaitlyn Nottelmann earned her first save by getting the last two outs for Columbia. Columbia stopped OCU's nine-game winning streak. The Stars had won seven in a row this postseason.
 
NAIA Softball World Series
At Clermont, Fla.
Legends Way Ball Fields
All Times CDT
Friday's Results
Columbia (Mo.) 4, Mobile (Ala.) 1
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 4, Faulkner (Ala.) 0
Science & Arts of Oklahoma 6, Indiana Wesleyan 0
Marian (Ind.) 10, Southern Oregon 6
Saturday's Results
Indiana Wesleyan 3, Faulkner 2, 8 inn., Faulkner eliminated
Southern Oregon 5, Mobile 3, Mobile eliminated
Columbia 6, Oklahoma City 4
Georgia Gwinnett 7, Freed-Hardeman 0
Monday's Games
Game 9: Indiana Wesleyan vs. Oklahoma City, 9 a.m.
Game 10: Freed-Hardeman vs. Southern Oregon, 11 a.m.
Game 11: Georgia Gwinnett vs. USAO, 2:30 p.m.
Game 12: Columbia vs. Marian, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 9 a.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 11 a.m.
Game 15: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 1 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Game 16: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 9 a.m.
Game 17: Winner Game 16 vs. Loser Game 15, 11 a.m.
Thursday's Games
Game 18: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 17, 11 a.m.
Game 19: If necessary, 1 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Laci Joyner

#7 Laci Joyner

INF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Abby Meador

#12 Abby Meador

P/OF
5' 7"
Senior
R/R
Montana Price

#4 Montana Price

INF
5' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Jaden Shores

#19 Jaden Shores

P/INF
5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
Jaci Smith

#20 Jaci Smith

C/OF
5' 8"
Junior
L/R
Kennedy Jackson

#1 Kennedy Jackson

INF
5' 1"
Freshman
L/R
Mackenzie Martinelli

#5 Mackenzie Martinelli

INF
5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
Baileigh Loux

#9 Baileigh Loux

OF
5' 9"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Laci Joyner

#7 Laci Joyner

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
INF
Abby Meador

#12 Abby Meador

5' 7"
Senior
R/R
P/OF
Montana Price

#4 Montana Price

5' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
INF
Jaden Shores

#19 Jaden Shores

5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
P/INF
Jaci Smith

#20 Jaci Smith

5' 8"
Junior
L/R
C/OF
Kennedy Jackson

#1 Kennedy Jackson

5' 1"
Freshman
L/R
INF
Mackenzie Martinelli

#5 Mackenzie Martinelli

5' 10"
Freshman
R/R
INF
Baileigh Loux

#9 Baileigh Loux

5' 9"
Freshman
R/R
OF