Harding (10-5, 3-1 GAC) at Southeastern Oklahoma (7-6, 2-2 GAC)
Location: Durant, Okla.
When: Friday (DH) 1 p.m., Saturday (DH) 11 a.m.
Coaches:
Harding – Phil Berry (10-5, 1st season)
Southeastern Oklahoma – Ron Faubion (713-285, 17th season)
Live Stats – Available on a link at HardingSports.com
Harding
- Harding heads into the weekend with a 10-5 overall record and a 3-1 GAC record.
- Harding is coming off two games at Christian Brothers on Tuesday. The Lady Bisons won the first game 5-1 before falling in the second game 12-10.
- Harding opened GAC action last weekend as they hosted Southern Nazarene. The Lady Bisons went 3-1 in the four-game series.
Amber Rollins got wins in both starts in the series for Harding. Rollins had 11 strikeouts in her first outing last Friday. Her performance against the Crimson Storm earned her GAC pitcher of the week honors.
- Harding has a .325 team batting average which ranks second in the GAC.
Courtney Derrick and
Brookelynn Moon both lead the Lady Bisons, batting .400. Moon leads the team in doubles and is second on the team with 12 RBI.
Kimmy Hendricks leads Harding with 14 RBI.
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Amber Rollins leads the Lady Bisons in the circle with a 2.07 ERA which ranks fourth in the GAC. In her nine appearances she has a GAC leading 46 strikeouts.
- Seven Harding players have over 10 hits this season.
Courtney Derrick leads Harding with 22.
Southeastern Oklahoma
- Southeastern Oklahoma is located in Durant, Okla., and has an enrollment of 3,674.
- Southeastern Oklahoma, defending GAC regular season champions, head into the game with 7-6 overall record and a 2-2 GAC record. The Savage Storm is also 2-2 at home this season.
- Southeastern Oklahoma is coming off a GAC series at Ouachita Baptist last weekend. The Savage Storm split with the Lady Tigers 2-2 as Southeastern Oklahoma won the first and fourth games of the series, 4-2 and 3-2.
- Southeastern Oklahoma has a team batting average of .295. In their 13 games, the Savage Storm has 102 hits, 19 doubles and six homeruns with 47 RBI.
- Southeastern Oklahoma is led by Sydney Kramer who leads the GAC with a .513 batting average. Kramer has 20 hits with eight RBI. The Savage Storm has two other players that are batting over .400, Jessica Simmons is hitting .486 and Laramie Beal is hitting .447.
- Southeastern Oklahoma is led in the circle by Mindy McElroy who has a 4-2 record and a 1.66 ERA which ranks third in the GAC.
Series
- First meeting between the two teams.