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#theGAC 2022 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS - QUARTERFINAL UPDATE

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GAME 4: No. 3 Harding 8, No. 6 Southeastern Oklahoma State 6
Harding hit three home runs in the first two innings of its 8-6 victory against Southeastern Oklahoma State. Emma Curry homered in both innings and GAC Freshman of the Year Leigha Harris slugged a second inning grand slam,

After surrendering four runs to the Savage Storm (30-25) - including home runs by Marilyn Alvarado and Kady Fryrear - the Lady Bisons (38-17) responded with three in their half of the first inning on a Harris single and Curry's first home run of the game.

An inning later, Harris put the Lady Bisons in front, 7-4, with the grand slam, her ninth home run of the season. Curry made it back-to-back home runs when she deposited her 10th home run of the season over the center field wall.

Maegan Pistokache entered in relief of Harding starter Lily Tanski and went on to throw 4.2 innings to pick up the win. Abby Burch retired the final five batters to earn her seventh save. || Harding Recap || SE Recap ||
 
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GAME 3: No. 2 Southern Arkansas 5, No. 7 Ouachita 1
Kiana Pogroszewski threw 5.0 innings of scoreless relief and the Southern Arkansas offense took advantage of three Ouachita errors en route to a 5-1 victory.

Pogroszewski entered in relief after Mulerider (36-15) starter Sydney Ward allowed the first two to reach in the third inning. She limited the Tigers (18-29) to just two hits. She struck out five in improving to 14-5.

The Muleriders pushed across two unearned runs in their half of the third inning and benefitted from another error and a wild pitch in scoring twice more in the fourth. Jaxynn Dyson and Alyssa Miller each collected two hits Dyson scored a run and drove in another. || SAU Recap || Ouachita Recap ||
 
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GAME 2: No. 1 Arkansas Tech 6, No. 8 Arkansas-Monticello 0
Great American Conference Pitcher of the Year Shannon Lasey threw a five-hit shutout as top-seeded Arkansas Tech defeated No. 8 Arkansas-Monticello, 6-0, in Saturday's second Under Armour GAC Championships quarterfinal contest.

Lasey struck out six and lowered her ERA to a GAC-leading 1.37. She picked up her third win against the Blossoms (17-33) this season.

GAC Player of the Tymber Riley opened the scoring for the Golden Suns (37-17) when she led of the bottom of the first with her 15th home run of the season. In the fifth, Tech plated five runs as  Sydney Keaton, Kassie Mayberry and Shelby Chavers drove in a run and scored a run in the inning. || Tech Recap || UAM Recap ||


 
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GAME 1: No.4 Southern Nazarene 1, No. 5 Oklahoma Baptist 0
In the opening quarterfinal contest of the 2022 Under Armour Great American Conference Softball Championships, Southern Nazarene's Jennifer Romero threw a four-hit shut out as the Crimson Storm defeated rival Oklahoma Baptist, 1-0, at the Tiger Athletic Complex.

Romero allowed multiple base runners in each of the first two innings but retired 17 of the final 19 Bison (33-22) to earn her 17th victory of the season. He struck out eight as she continued her season-long dominance of the Bison. In three starts against Oklahoma Baptist, she went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA across 21.0 innings of work. She held the Bison to a .160 batting average.

The Crimson Storm (25-24) pushed across the lone run of the contest on a Caitlyn Curlee sacrifice fly in the third inning.

In the defeat, Bison pitcher Kayleigh Jones became the third pitcher in GAC history to record 300 strikeouts in a season. || SNU Recap || Oklahoma Baptist Recap ||