Cox Gets 1300th Win

MASON, Ohio – Oklahoma Baptist Head Coach picked up victory No. 1300 and the Bison wrapped up the NCCAA World Series Pool A top seed with a 10-6 win over Campbellsville Friday night.
 
The top-seeded Bison play in the 9 a.m. semifinal Saturday against No. 2 seed Emmanuel. Campbellsville, the No. 5 seed, plays No. 6 Southwestern Christian in the noon semifinal. Semifinal winners meet for the championship at 5 p.m. Saturday.
 
Cox, who is the winningest OBU coach across all sports, was able to get the win behind a solid pitching outing from spot starter Nick Burnham, who allowed four runs (three earned) over five innings while striking out six.
 
OBU struck first in the top of the first on an RBI single by Josh Timms. The Bison added four in the second frame, getting an RBI double by Kyle Abblitt and a three-run home run from Brett Berghammer.
 
In the fourth, Abblitt was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice by Dustyn Cook and scored on a base hit by Kevin Olmeda.
 
Timms doubled and scored on a single by Juan Gonzalez to make it 7-0 in the fifth.
 
The Tigers scored twice in the fifth, but OBU got one back in the sixth Cook scored on a sacrifice fly by Zane Gelphman.
 
Campbellsville cut the lead to 8-4 but Hunter Heath's two-run home run put OBU ahead 10-4 in the seventh.
 
The Bison finished with 13 hits, including two each by Olmeda, Timms and Cook.
 
Cox, who has never had a losing season since taking the helm in 1985, reached 1,000 wins in 2011. The Bison improved to 40-15 with the victory, giving Cox 40 or more wins in seven consecutive seasons. Cox is a member of the OBU and NAIA Halls of Fame.