Oklahoma City outlasts Mobile 1-0 to reach national title game

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Monday, Could 30, 2022 – 11:32 PM

COLUMBUS, Ga. – Oklahoma Metropolis College prevailed over Cell (Ala.) 1-0 on Monday night at South Commons Softball Complicated to achieve the nationwide championship sport of the NAIA Softball World Sequence. 

Kaitlyn Jones drove within the lone run to spice up the second-ranked Stars (53-6) in upending top-ranked Cell. Oklahoma Metropolis will take intention at its eleventh nationwide title 4 p.m. CDT (5 p.m. EDT) Wednesday as ESPN3 will broadcast the motion. 

The Stars superior to the nationwide title sport for the seventeenth time in program historical past. Oklahoma Metropolis has captured 10 nationwide championships received in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2016 and 2017. OCU has completed as nationwide runner-up six instances (1986, 1993, 1999, 2010, 2012, 2019).  

Oklahoma Metropolis pushed throughout its run within the fourth inning. Jones bounced a single subsequent to second base past the attain of shortstop Courtney Ellzey to deliver dwelling Tiffany Paul from third base. Paul sped from first to 3rd base on the earlier play as Lexi Duff’s bunt took a few hops to the third-base aspect. Paul bunted her approach on with one out for OCU’s first hit of the sport.  

The Stars’ Shelbey Cornelson outlasted Emily Butts in a pitcher’s duel. Cornelson blanked Cell on 4 hits and two walks whereas putting out 4. Cornelson, a junior from Tuttle, Okla., moved to 36-3 this yr.  

Cornelson retired Cell to ensure that the primary 2.1 innings. Katie Head singled to left-center area for Cell’s first hit. OCU turned a double play within the fourth. Cell left two runners on within the fifth when Jaden Morace hit a fly ball to Jones in left area. 

The Stars have received their final three matchups with the No. 1-ranked workforce within the NAIA. OCU knocked off top-ranked Science & Arts 1-0 on Could 5, 2019 and 3-1 on Could 28, 2019. 

Oklahoma Metropolis has taken all 10 of its nationwide titles and made 16 of its appearances within the nationwide championship sport below Phil McSpadden. McSpadden’s profession file stands at 1,842-399 in his thirty fifth yr as OCU head coach. He leads faculty softball in wins in opposition to four-year competitors, and his whole stands second solely to Mike Candrea, who had 1,858 wins mixed at Arizona and Central Arizona. McSpadden notched profession victory No. 1,800 on Feb. 19 in opposition to McPherson (Kan.) 9-0 in Chickasha, Okla. 

“Every sport these younger girls have discovered a technique to grind out the win,” mentioned Bobbi Bridges, OCU assistant coach. “They’re calm below stress and by no means hand over even with the nice groups that now we have performed. Every workforce has been powerful differently, and so they have discovered a technique to maintain grinding. We’re so happy with how they will focus three seconds at a time.”  

OCU threatened as soon as extra when Rally Radacy smashed a double off the third baseman Chloe Buck’s glove with one out within the sixth inning. Butts obtained a few groundouts to snuff out the Stars’ rebellion. 

Cell had the tying run on when Paul collected the ultimate out backpedaling in heart area. 

Jones, a junior from Edmond, Okla., went 2-for-3 with an RBI.  

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