COLUMBUS, Ga. –
McKenna Armantrout delivered five RBIs and four hits while
Sarah Abramson picked up her 27th win of the season in the circle as Oregon Tech won its 12
th straight game 11-5 over Mount Mercy (Iowa) in the Owls' NAIA World Series opener on Friday night at the South Commons Softball Complex.
"That was a nice way to start the World Series with a good offensive performance," said head coach
Greg Stewart. "I am really proud of how these ladies responded to some adversity early and hit a lot of balls hard tonight."
The Mustangs scored two runs in the top of the first on three hits to take an early lead.
Tech answered in a big way with eight runs in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of three errors combined with 5-hits, including three RBI singles by
Jensen Becker,
McKenna Armantrout, and
Kaila Mick, all with two-outs.
MMU chipped away at the OIT lead with 2-runs in the 3
rd, taking advantage of a leadoff double by Payton Bruner and an Owl error to cut the lead to 8-4.
The Owls made it a 9-4 game with one run in the 5
th on an
Olivia Lethlean double, followed by an Armantrout RBI single.
The Mustangs added a run in the 6
th but OIT answered with two-runs in the bottom of the inning on another two-run single by Armantrout.
Oregon Tech will next face Madonna (Mich.) Saturday at 4:00 pm (Pacific)
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