GAC statistical rankings had not yet been updated at the time of this writing.
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's yearly series with Southern Nazarene gets going with a doubleheader on March 11 beginning at 4 p.m. at Bison Softball Park.
These have been tense, close games in recent memory. In fact, in 10 of the last 13 contests dating back to March 2021, the scoring differential has been no greater than three runs. OBU has won the last two regular-season series while SNU last took a series in 2022.
This time around, the Bison are 12-11 overall and their 7-2 GAC mark is one game back of first-place Harding and Southern Arkansas. As for the Crimson Storm, they are 12-10 and 5-4 in GAC play.
Todd Miller will be on the call of the games. Below are notes on both schools.
Bison Notes
- OBU won two of three at East Central last weekend. That was the 21st straight series victory for the Bison. The last time the green and gold were defeated in a three-game league series was in March of 2023 versus Southeastern.
- The Bison played in five games overall last week. Sammie Greene and Abby Laskowski each batted .500 to lead OBU.
- Laskowski had some big moments too. She hit .571 (4/7) with runners in scoring position and tallied a team-high three, 2-out RBIs.
- For Greene, a senior from Clovis, Calif., she also posted a team-high nine hits, 13 total bases, a .722 slugging mark and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases.
- In her career, Greene has 81 steals. The most in school history is 105, held by Mary May (1991-94).
- Freshman Kaley Cook has the third-most extra-base hits for the Bison in 2025. She's got 10 total; five doubles, four triples and a homer.
- Leading the way for OBU is Greenlee Wells who has four doubles and seven homers while Morgan Max has delivered seven two-baggers and five bombs.
- Another note of significance is the continuing improvement by Ally Ryan in the batter's box. After attaining three hits in the first 13 games, she's been solid since. In the last 10 contests, she's batting .393 with three bombs and 11 RBI, second-most in that span.
- In the circle last week, Jorja Barrett and Max earned the two victories for OBU while Jaycee Shaffer added a save.
- Over those five games, the Bison posted a 4.91 ERA, struck out 24 and allowed opponent to hit .310 with eight doubles and a trio of homers.
- For Shaffer, over 10.2 innings pitched last week, she struck out nine. This season, the junior's 5.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio is second-best in the GAC.
Crimson Storm Notes
- SNU went to Weatherford over the weekend and took two of three against SWOSU.
- Prior to that, SNU had started the season 1-4 in true road games.
- Sophomore Kristen Mullendore has been the Storm's best batter so far. She's on a team-high, six-game hitting streak and boasts a .446 average with 29 hits.
- Senior Hailey Evans has been outstanding too, collecting seven homers with 22 RBI in 22 games played. Her home run total ranks No. 14 in the nation.
- In other key figures for SNU, they are 27th nationally with nine triples and 38th with 38 doubles.
- As for the triples department, Kenedi Morelock ranks No. 29 in D2 with three.
- In the circle and defensively, Southern Nazarene has been very good. Their six shutouts are eighth nationally. Plus, the team's seven double plays are a top-50 NCAA mark and third in the GAC.
- Janie Worthington has the third-most complete games (5) and shutouts (2) in the GAC. She's also second with 9.5 strikeouts per seven innings.
