ALVA, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball saw its 2025 season end with the conclusion of the final conference series against Northwestern Oklahoma State. The Dawgs fell by scores of 4-2, 7-3, and 8-4 to the Rangers.
SWOSU ends the 2025 campaign with a 24-23 overall record and 11-21 in conference play. The All-Conference awards will be announced next week, prior to play at the GAC Tournament.
Game One (Friday)
NWOSU 4, SWOSU 2
The Rangers overtook SWOSU late in the series opener after plating the go-ahead run in the seventh inning. SWOSU led 2-0 entering the bottom of the fifth before Northwestern finally broke through on the scoreboard. They cut into the lead with a run in the fifth, took the lead in the seventh with two more runs, and added an insurance run in the eighth.
Connor Jeffers drove in both runs for the Bulldogs in the game. He singled in the runs in the second and fourth innings.
Seven of SWOSU's nine hits in the game came in the first four innings.
Josh Doelitsch threw six innings in a no decision, walking eight and scattering three hits.
Tyler Fortin was handed a tough luck loss for his appearance in the sixth inning.
Conner Watson finished out the game with two relief innings late.
Gage Gaunt and
Reece Burke both doubled in the game.
Bodi Wallar matched Jeffers' two hits.
Game Two (Saturday)
NWOSU 7, SWOSU 3
A six-run seventh inning by Northwestern spoiled things in the first game of Saturday's action. SWOSU got a strong start on the mound from
Ayden Page, who threw 5.1 innings of scoreless baseball. He exited in the sixth inning, getting help from
Jackson Blue who kept the Rangers scoreless.
Blue got into trouble in the seventh when his outing continued. Northwestern racked up six hits and scored six runs to jump ahead 6-2. Both teams scored another run prior to the game ending.
SWOSU's runs came from RBI hits from
Eric Foufoulas and
Campbell Sullivan, and a sacrifice fly from
Connor Jeffers. Foufoulas singled to start the game's scoring in the third. Sullivan doubled in the final run in the ninth to finish 3-for-5 in the game. Jeffers helped score a run in the fourth inning.
Five of SWOSU's 11 hits in the game went for extra bases. The Rangers matched SWOSU with 11 hits, though only two went for extra bases.
Game Three (Saturday)
NWOSU 8, SWOSU 4
The Rangers jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning and added single runs from the second through the fifth for their eight runs. SWOSU couldn't produce a crooked scoring number until the seventh, when it was too late.
Drew Fifer suffered the loss in 3.0 innings of work.
Tyler Leachner,
Greg Ross, and
Tyler Fortin threw productive innings of relief to close the game out. Ross and Fortin did not allow a run.
Campbell Sullivan and
Connor Jeffers both had two hits apiece. Northwestern got the egde in hits, 10-9, including a two-run home run in the first inning.
