This past weekend, the Lady Bisons finished conference play by winning three of their four games against Ouachita Baptist University (OBU).
On Sunday, the softball team played two of their four games against OBU. The Lady Bisons pulled away with two wins, 6-2 and 7-2. Sophomore infielder Emily Jones led the Lady Bisons in scoring in the first game with two runs. In the second game senior utility player Jessica Greene and sophomore infielder Marley Edwards led in scoring, both with two runs.
Sophomore Kaylie McFadden attended both games on Sunday in Arkadelphia to support several friends.
“I love going to the away games, especially OBU,” McFadden said. “I feel like there is a different feel to them than the home games. I also have several friends on OBU’s team so it was fun to see the rivalry between them.”
In the last two games of the series, the Lady Bisons suffered a 2-1 loss in the first game but were able to finish with a 6-4 win in the second on Monday afternoon. These were the softball team’s final games in regular season conference play.
The team traveled to Cleveland, Miss., on Tuesday, April 21 to take on Delta State University (DSU) in non-conference play. The Lady Bisons won the first game 6-4, but failed to take the lead in the second game losing 1-4.
Junior infielder Kinsey Beck, who was 2014 Academic All-Great American Conference, was one of the leading scorers in the game. Beck had five at-bats and two runs.
“We finished our conference against OBU winning three out of four and went straight into playing DSU the next day, so we were ready to compete and on a high from winning,” Beck said. “We prepared well by having good approaches at the plate and we gave it all we had.”
The team finished the conference season with a record of 15-15. So far their overall record is 22-26, winning 11 games at home. They will head to the GAC Tournament on April 30 in Bentonville, Ark. Sophomore catcher Kimmy Hendricks and the rest of the Lady Bisons are looking forward to the tournament.
“There’s always an anxious feeling when it comes down to the tournament, “Hendricks said. “We’ve worked all season to get there and now it’s time to just give it all we’ve got.”
