ALBURQUERQUE, NM – Oklahoma Baptist gained its first softball win of the 2019 season with an 8-3 victory over Adams State in the Rio Rancho Classic in Albuquerque, NM. The win helped square the Lady Bison's record at 1-1 after a 9-0 blanking by Fort Lewis in the opener.
OBU concludes its four-game set with games Saturday against Eastern New Mexico and a re-match with Adams State. The win was the first for OBU's new softball coach
Sam Maples
Against ASC, OBU broke open a scoreless game with a five-run fifth inning keyed by a three-run homer by
Bry Flanagan. OBU added to its margin in the sixth with a solo homer by
Demi Dobbs.
Katie Long picked up the win in the circle for OBU. She scattered eight hits over seven innings and kept the Grizzlies scoreless through the first four innings. She struck out four and walked two.
