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0
Benedictine Mesa BENU 1-8
8
Winner OUAZ OUAZ 9-2
Benedictine Mesa BENU
1-8
0
Final
8
OUAZ OUAZ
9-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Benedictine Mesa BENU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
OUAZ OUAZ 0 1 1 4 2 8 9 0

W: McCutcheon, Alexandra (6-0) L: Hoey,Andrea (0-5)

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Benedictine Mesa BENU 1-9
15
Winner OUAZ OUAZ 10-2
Benedictine Mesa BENU
1-9
6
Final
15
OUAZ OUAZ
10-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Benedictine Mesa BENU 0 3 1 2 0 6 7 4
OUAZ OUAZ 1 1 12 1 X 15 13 3

W: Turner, Cori (2-1) L: Masaweistew,Shauncey (0-2)

Samantha Miller -- February 16, 2022

Game Recap: Softball |

Offensive Explosion Leads to Spirit Sweep

SURPRISE, Ariz. – The OUAZ softball team continued its blistering start to the season with a run-rule sweep of a doubleheader against Benedictine Mesa on Wednesday night. OUAZ won the first game 8-0 and they game two 15-6 with both games ending in five innings.

With the sweep, OUAZ improved to 10-2 on the season and extended its winning streak to a program-record six straight.

The Spirit scored single runs in the second and third innings in the first game to open a 2-0 lead. They would score four times in the fourth inning, getting RBI singles from Rachel Stockseth and Madison Collis along the way. Samantha Miller delivered the decisive blow with a 2-run double in the bottom of the fifth to end the game.

Miller went 3 for 3 with two doubles and two RBIs. Katelyn Chambers and Mashayla Beltran added two hits apiece as the Spirit totaled nine as a team. Stockseth had two RBIs.

And while the offense was rolling along, Alexandra McCutcheon (6-0) dominated Benedictine Mesa (1-9) in the circle. She faced just one hitter over the minimum after allowing just an infield single in the fourth inning while posting three strikeouts.

Game two saw the Spirit trailing 4-3 going to the bottom of the third. OUAZ then scored 12 times in the bottom of the inning – the most runs in an inning in program history – while sending 17 hitters to the plate.

After homering in the first inning, Laurynn De Anda had a 2-run single in the third. Charlene De Anda followed three batters later with a 3-run double. Angelina Mercado, Miller, and Beltran each had run-scoring hits in the frame.

C. De Anda finished the game 3 for 3 with a double and four RBIs. L. De Anda was 2 for 3 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Miller added two hits and three runs scored, with Stockseth also delivering two hits.

Cori Turner (2-1) was the winner in the circle after allowing three runs on five hits in 2.1 innings of relief.

OUAZ is now off until the face Embry-Riddle on February 26.
 
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