Oklahoma City, Okla. - The Missouri Southern Lions ended their 2017 season with a pair of losses in the MIAA Post-Season Tournament Thursday evening at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex.
Southern (27-30) fell behind early to the fifth seeded Missouri Western Griffons in game one 4-0 after just two innings of play. Southern battled back and scratched across a run in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Kylie Wesbrooks that scored fellow sophomore Angel Badalamenti. Southern added another run in the home half of the fifth on an infield single by junior Myranda Stewart that scored junior Abi Corbett from second.
Corbett tallied two hits in the game against Western to bring her hit total to 93 on the season, just one shy of tying the MIAA single season record held by Central Oklahoma's Morgan Heard.
Senior Sydney Koch got the start against the Griffons going just one and a third innings allowing the four runs, three earned, on five hits and struck out one. Sophomore Taurean Guzman pitched five and two-thirds of work in relief holding the Griffons scoreless on four hits and struck out one.
Missouri Western's Morgan Rathmann started the game off with a triple that broke the MIAA career record of 31 previously held by Southern's Jennifer Jimerson. Barbara Billingsley earned the win for the Griffons going the distance while allowing two runs, both earned, on 10 hits, walked three, and struck out six.
The eighth seeded Emporia State Hornets jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the top of the first inning in the elimination game but the Lions fought back cutting the lead in half in the bottom of the first on a RBI single from Badalamenti that scored Stewart and a RBI single from freshman Erika Lutgen that scored junior Shelby Friend.
The Hornets and Southern traded runs in the second with the Lions scoring on a throwing error by the ESU shortstop. Emporia State scored six unanswered runs from the third through the top of the seventh to take an 11-3 lead.
Southern fought back in the bottom of the seventh down to their last out before Badalamenti doubled to left and then scored on Caldarella's double to left.
Emporia State's Eryn Stockman pitched four innings in the win allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits with a pair of walks. Holly Hinkle threw three innings in relief allowing one earned run on two hits.
Guzman got the start in game two going four and a third allowing nine runs, six earned, on 10 hits with four walks and struck out one. Freshman Mikaela Cox pitched two and two-thirds in relief allowing two runs, both earned, on four hits.
Corbett went 3-for-4 in game two to bring her single season hit total to 96 and set a new MIAA single season record. Stewart finished her career as the Southern single season record holder in runs batted in with 55.
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