WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Two stellar pitching performances allowed the Bulldog Softball team to leave the Athletic Complex with two victories over Ouachita on Sunday afternoon, the first of which came on a walkoff hit in the seventh before the Dawgs run-ruled the Tigers in the night cap.
 
SWOSU (12-33, 12-23 GAC) has now won five of their last six games and they carry a three-game winning streak into Monday's doubleheader against Ouachita which will conclude the four-game Great American Conference series.
 
SWOSU 2, Ouachita 1
Box Score
 
A leadoff triple followed by a wild pitch had Ouachita on the board before SWOSU even recorded an out, but it would be the lone run scored by the Tigers in the opener. From that point forward, Rileigh Ricken held Ouachita to three hits while striking out seven and pitched toe-to-toe with Ouachita's Marissa Butler – the reigning NFCA National Pitcher of the Week – and allowed her team an opportunity to win the game at the end.
 
SWOSU got on the board with two outs in the fourth after Sidney Kirk started the rally with a two-out single. Allyson Gafford was the next batter to the plate and she came through with a double to right field that scored Kirk from first to tie the game at 1-1.
 
The score would remain tied into the seventh inning, which saw Ricken have her best inning in the circle as she struck out the side and brought the Dawgs to their final at-bat. Samantha Householder reached on an error to lead off the inning and moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Hannah Franklin. Ouachita then tried to pick off Householder and threw the ball away, allowing her to move to third base with one out in the inning.
 
The Tigers then decided to walk Ricken and Jacquelyn Lovelace to load the bases and bring all of their fielders into the infield with one out in the inning. Hannah Morris lined out to short stop for the second out, setting the stage for Moreno to slam a walk-off hit into center field and bring Householder home for the game-winning run.
 
SWOSU 9, Ouachita 1 (6 inn.)
Box Score
 
SWOSU scored in four of the six innings, including five in the sixth to end the game early due to run-rule, and held Ouachita to just one run despite seven hits to sweep the doubleheader.
 
The Dawgs pounced on the Tigers early, scoring twice in the bottom of the first with an RBI hit from Kinsey Skroh, who later scored thanks to an error by Ouachita. Gafford then came through with an RBI single in the third to make it 3-0 before Moreno came across to score on a wild pitch in the fifth, making it 5-1.
 
Hannah Franklin jump started the final rally with leading off the bottom of the sixth inning with her first collegiate home run. SWOSU would send eight batters to the plate in the inning, scoring five runs on four hits and invoking the run rule on an RBI single from Gafford.
 
Gafford led the Dawgs by going 3-for-4 from the plate with 2 RBI, while six other players also recorded a base hit in the game. Skroh added two RBI and scored twice while Moreno scored three runs in the game.
 
Miranda Grover (5-7) got the win by allowing just one unearned run on seven hits in 6.0 innings of work, and she was aided by strong defense that included two infield double plays turned in the game.