OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Stars softball team makes its 2024 home debut on Tuesday with a doubleheader contest against Oklahoma Wesleyan at Ann Lacy Stadium at 2 and 4 PM. 

  Game Information 

• Oklahoma City Stars (4-0) 
  • Previous Game: vs Benedictine (W, 8-5) 
• Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles (7-3) 
  • Previous Game: vs Ecclesia (W, 23-1)  
• Date and Time: Tuesday, Feb. 20 | 2 & 4 PM 
• Location: Ann Lacy Stadium
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Oklahoma City

• Key Hitters 
  • Fr | #11 - Iliana Ashford - .625 AVG, 1.575 OPS, 7 R, 5 H, 2 2B 
  • Fr | #9 - Tara Hoehner - .583 AVG, 1.476 OPS, 4 R, 7 H, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs 
  • Gr | #9 - Baileigh Loux - .571 AVG, 1.457 OPS, 3 R, 8 H, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs 
  • Jr | #2 - Rally Radacy - .538 AVG, 1.071 OPS, 7 R, 7 H, 4 RBIs 
• Key Pitchers  
  • Sr | #17 - Shelbey Cornelson – 2-0, 10.1 IP, 2.03 ERA, CG, 6 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 12 SO 
  • So | #11 - Brynlee Alsip – 1-0, 6.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO 
  • Jr | #15 - Emersen Heron – 1-0, 6.2 IP, 1.05 ERA, 4 H, R, 2 BB, 6 SO 

About the Stars  

• Oklahoma City enters its home debut on Tuesday with a 4-0 record after winning all four games in the Southern Collegiate Sports Invitational in Mesquite, Texas, Feb. 9-10. 
• OCU outscored its opponents 27-0 through the first three games before earning a win against Benedictine 8-5 in its last game of the weekend.  
• Through the first weekend of the season, the Stars have five batters hitting .400 or better as freshman Illiana Ashford, graduate senior Baileigh Loux, and junior Emersen Heron all carry four-game hitting streaks into Tuesday's contest.  
• Returning third baseman, Rally Radacy finished the SCS invitational going 7-for-13 at the plate drawing multiple base hits in three of the games while starting the season off hot by going 3-for-4 in game one against Missouri Baptist which included an RBI and scoring three times.  
• Senior Kamryn Garvie picked up five RBIs which ties Heron for the team lead while launching the only Stars home run in the final game against Benedictine.  
• As for the pitching, senior Shelbey Cornelson makes her return to the circle as one of the top arms in all of the NAIA. Cornelson was handed the ball in the season opener where she allowed just one hit in the complete game shutout over Missouri Baptist.  
• Junior Emersen Heron also made her impact on the pitching side of things by getting the start against Saint Mary where she shut out the Spires in five innings of work allowing just three hits and striking out three.  
• Sophomore Brynlee Alsip made two appearances over the weekend throwing two innings against Saint Mary and four innings against York where she made her second career start. Alsip combined to allow just four hits and kept both teams from scoring in her six total innings of action.  

Oklahoma Wesleyan

• Key Hitters
  • Jr | #33 - Jewell Caudle - .394 AVG, 1.429 OPS, 12 R, 13 H, 5 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 13 RBIs
  • So | #15 - Raegan Rector - .406 AVG, 1.267 OPS, 9 R, 13 H, 7 2B, 3B, HR, 14 RBIs
  • Jr | #3 - Jess Watson - .467 AVG, 1.235 OPS, 15 R, 14 H, 3 2B, HR, 10 RBIs
  • Jr | #44 - Maddy Wiese - .417 AVG, 1.225 OPS, 6 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 14 RBIs
• Key Pitchers
  • So | #23 - Saige Smith - 2-1. 25.1 IP, CG, SV, 4.97 ERA, 10 BB, 24 SO
  • Jr | #44 - Maddy Wiese - 4-1, 19.2 IP, 5.69 ERA, 10 BB, 16 SO
  • Jr | | #20 - Teri Stanton - 0-1, 6.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2 SO

• Oklahoma Wesleyan is off to a 7-3 start to its 2024 season after opening the year with eight straight games against Sooner Athletic Conference teams.
• The Eagles come off a two-game set against Ecclesia on Monday where they took both games by scores of 11-3 and 23-1. 
• OKWU is paced by six of its starters hitting .350 or above as junior Jess Watson leads the team in total hits with 14 after having have three games with three hits each. 
• Maddy Weise has been getting it done at the plate and inside the circle as the junior is second on the team in batting average at .417 while tying the team lead in RBIs with 14. Weise also has strung together 19.2 innings pitched while making five starts. 
• As a team, the Eagles have hold a .338 team batting average and have scored 85 runs through 10 games. 

• Oklahoma City is currently on a 24 game winning streak against the Eagles as the Stars hold a 25-1 record against the Eagles since 2011. 
• OCU won both meetings last year by scores of 9-7 and 2-0 as Tiffany Paul had a monsterous game one by going 3-for-5 with four runs scored, a triple and a home run. Game two was much closer as neither school could get a run home through six innings until Oklahoma City broke the 0-0 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh thanks to an Analise Rayburn double followed by a triple from Carlee Mollet. Shelbey Cornelson through a complete game shutout allowing just four hits and striking out three.

What's Next        

• OCU keeps its homestand going with four more games over the weekend as Sooner Athletic Conference play gets going where the Stars will host the Tigers of Central Christian at Ann Lacy Stadium on Friday (2 & 4 PM) and Saturday (12 & 2 PM).