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Box Score 3 ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Cameron University softball went 1-2 to start the season getting their first win to close out the day against Delta State.
Six errors against Henderson State and a blown lead in the top of the seventh against Ouachita Baptist cost the Aggies a chance for wins.
"We beat ourselves in the first two games, we just have to learn how to win," said head coach
Rodney DeLong. "There were a lot of positives today and we will continue to improve."
"It was good to come back after a pair of losses and beat Delta State in the third game."
The win was the first for DeLong who is in his first coaching season for the Aggies.
Originally Cameron was set to play in two games on Saturday but schedule changes were made due to a weather system moving into the region on Sunday forcing teams pack in a weekend's worth of games in one day.Â
Cameron will return to Lawton to host Rogers State for a doubleheader on Feb. 4 at 2 pm.
Ouachita Baptist 6, Cameron 3
Cameron opened the day with Ouachita Baptist and
Kelsey Watson in her Aggie debut escaped a no out bases loaded jam in the first inning with a pair of punch outs and a fly out. The Tigers would prevail off an Aggie error in the next inning with two runs to take the early 2-0 lead.Â
Following a pair of scoreless innings the Ags got on the board after
Misty Dooley led off with single;
Breezy McComas in her first career game would then tie the game at two apiece with homer.
The rest of the scoring would take place in the seventh with Cameron getting the go ahead run off a
Tara Martini two out RBI double. Despite the Aggie lead, OBU responded back with one out double, the following Tiger hitter lined to center field for the second out before a second double that would produce the tying run.Â
Ouachita Baptist wasn't done through and they draw a walk to put two runners on before the Tigers tacked out a walk-off three run homer to give CU their first loss of the season, 6-3.
McComas went 3-4 with a homer and two RBI and Martini had a double and RBI. Watson was charged for the loss giving up 11 hits, four runs, and five strikeouts.
Henderson State 10, Cameron 6Â
Henderson State led for the entire game and took advantage of six Aggie errors to hand CU their second loss in a row.Â
HSU went up 4-0 before the Aggies tied the game in the third inning thanks to a
Sonora Zukerman RBI double that scored two a
Emily Nix two run homer.
The Reddies would get one more run in their half of the third before wheels falling for Cameron after Henderson tacked on five runs off of five hits to lead 10-4. Â
Cameron would get an additional run in the fifth and sixth before falling 10-6.
The Aggies collected nine hits with Nix going 2-4 with a pair of RBI,
Betsy Woodall was charged for the loss going two innings and giving up four runs, three of which were unearned.
Cameron 6, Delta State 4Â
Cameron led out of the gates after getting five runs in the first two innings to take their first win of the season beating Delta State 6-4.
For the Aggies they had six players in the lineup with a RBI with
Misty Dooley,
Kolbee Gray, and
Carly Allerheiligen all collecting a pair of hits.
With the exception of the bottom of the second the Aggies held Delta State to one run until the seventh where DSU tacked on three runs.
Sam Betts went the distance for Cameron with three strikeouts.