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OCU takes ninth national title by winning twice

Oklahoma City University softball team wins ninth national championship. Photo courtesy OCU Sports Info.

From OCU Sports Info.
Rich Tortorelli, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City University captured its ninth national softball championship with a 5-0 triumph over Saint Xavier (Ill.) on Thursday at the Elizabeth & Irving Jensen Softball Complex in the NAIA Softball World Series.

Oklahoma City became the fourth NAIA champion to weather the losers bracket and win twice for the title. The Stars (67-3) derailed fifth-ranked Saint Xavier 2-0 earlier Thursday evening.

The Stars joined OCU’s previous national championship squads from 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2007. OCU had finished as national runner-up in 1986, 1993, 1999, 2010 and 2012.

OCU took its 62nd national championship in all sports. The Stars completed 2015-16 with three national titles, including the men’s golf title won last week and their third consecutive cross country crown snared in November.

Oklahoma City’s 67 victories places this year’s team behind OCU’s 69 victories in 1999 on the NAIA’s single-season win list. Oklahoma City increased its NAIA-record World Series victories to 120, securing four wins on the last two days of this year’s World Series. Previous NAIA champions to earn victories in both the championship game and the if-necessary game were St. Mary’s (Texas) in 1986, Thomas (Ga.) in 2004 and Lubbock Christian (Texas) in 2008.

Phil McSpadden finished his 29th year as OCU coach with 1,545 victories, the most vs. four-year competition of any college softball coach.

“I have been blessed with so many talented athletes, but this team was special,” said McSpadden. “It’s not about coaching, it’s recruiting. We had team speed. We had power. I thought we were pretty solid offensively. We replaced our entire outfield and as far as pitching, we had most of the tools.”

Georgia Wall took the NAIA Softball World Series most valuable player award. Wall, a freshman from Marlow, Okla., posted a 6-1 record with a 0.61 earned run average, 21 strikeouts and 46 innings pitched during the World Series. Her 0.47 ERA led the NAIA this season.

Other World Series MVPs from OCU were Tracey Mosley in 1994, Tammy Braithwaite in 1995, Sonia Ortiz in 2000, Alexandra Boily in 2001, Lindsey Voss in 2002 and Dasha Shembereva in 2007.

Madison Ellis and Jaci Smith grabbed all-tournament honors. Ellis, a junior from Yukon, Okla., smashed a two-run home run for the winning hit in the title game. Ellis produced a .550 average, four doubles, a triple, two homers, nine RBIs and a 1.150 slugging percentage during the tournament. Smith, a freshman from Godley, Texas, belted a three-run homer to fuel a 7-1 stomping of Williams Baptist (Ark.) on Tuesday.

In the championship game, Ellis staked OCU to a 2-0 second-inning advantage by crushing a 1-1 pitch over the left-field fence with Sha Ingram on base. Ingram pinch-ran for Leslie Miller, who nailed a base hit over Saint Xavier third baseman Jessica Arebalo and shortstop Rebekah Ferguson.

Saint Xavier’s Nicole Nonnemacher, the two-time NAIA pitcher of the year, escaped bases-full jams in the fourth and the sixth. Nonnemacher faced bases-loaded situations with one out and struck out two Stars each time. Nonnemacher had gone 24 innings during the World Series without being scored upon until Thursday. She tossed back-to-back one-hit shutouts, the second of which propelled Saint Xavier past the Stars 1-0 on Monday.

In the top of the seventh, Miller hammered a three-run blast beyond the left-field fence with two out. Kali Pugh and Kyndra Holasek preceded Miller’s shot with base hits.

Wall shut down Saint Xavier (46-10-1) on four hits and five walks. Wall improved to 28-1 with her 21st complete game and 10th shutout of the year. She fanned one and forced 12 groundouts.

Miller, a senior from Blanchard, Okla., finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, three RBIs and her 15th homer of the year, while Ellis went 2-for-3 with a run scored, two runs driven in and her 13th homer this year.

Holasek, a senior from Mustang, Okla., was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Holasek extended her OCU and NAIA career record hit total to 404.

In forcing the second game, Holasek made the difference by nailing a double into right field to score Smith. Saint Xavier right fielder Frankie Demack sent the relay throw into the dugout to allow Holasek to also reach home plate on the play. OCU led 2-0 in the fourth. Smith reached on an error to lead off the fourth.

Wall made the runs stand by limiting Saint Xavier to Nonnemacher’s infield hit in the first. Wall retired 11 in a row, setting down Saint Xavier in order in the fourth, fifth and sixth. Saint Xavier put two runners on via hit by pitch and another using an error. Wall struck out three.

 

NAIA Softball World Series

All-Tournament

Sydney Dishman, Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)
Taylor Powell, Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)
Breena Smith, Marian (Ind.)
Morgan Fogelman, Morningside (Iowa)
Madison Ellis, Oklahoma City University
Jaci Smith, Oklahoma City University
Erika Bellinger, Webber International (Fla.)
Rylee Rogers, Williams Baptist (Ark.)
Sutv Meely, St. Gregory’s
Katie Godfrey, St. Gregory’s
Nicole Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Brittany Plimmer, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Kasey Kanaga, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Caryle Avey, Simpson (Calif.)
Taylor Stultz, Southeastern (Fla.)
Cat Maldonado, Southeastern (Fla.)

Most valuable player: Georgia Wall, Oklahoma City University

 

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