ADA, Okla. – SWOSU Softball split a doubleheader on Thursday at East Central, bouncing back from an 8-2 defeat in the first game to claim a 4-2 victory over the Tigers in the second game.
 
SWOSU (8-13, 8-8 GAC) and ECU will conclude the series on Friday with the series finale beginning at noon.
 
East Central 8, SWOSU 2
A three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning put the momentum on ECU's side and the Tigers scored the first seven runs of the game before Hannah Franklin hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning to account for all of SWOSU's scoring in the game.
 
Franklin was one of five SWOSU players with a hit in the game and she had both RBI, scoring Kenedi Morelock on her home run as well. Jewell Lee added a double for the Dawgs only other extra-base hit.
 
Miranda Grover (4-7) was chased after the first inning and took the loss. Alisa Friesen closed out the game, allowing two runs on two hits with three strikeouts in five innings of work.
 
SWOSU 4, East Central 2
Franklin again led the Dawgs in Game 2, going 3-for-4 with a run scored as SWOSU had 11 hits to claim the victory. Breanna Simmons and Keanni Barron had two hits apiece, with Barron's two-run single in the third inning helping SWOSU build a 3-0 lead, which quickly grew to 4-0 on an RBI groundout by Jessica Carmo. The Bulldogs had an 11-6 advantage in hits and several other opportunities to score, but they left 10 runners on base in the game.
 
ECU had an RBI double in the third and a sac fly in the fourth to account for their scoring and they stranded just one runner on base in the game.
 
Brianna Cryer (2-2) threw a complete game to pick up the win after holding ECU to two runs on six hits while working around four walks in the game.