OXFORD – The Oxford varsity softball and baseball teams both landed a home game against Walton in the first round of the MAC mini Tournament, each walking away with a win at 13-8 and 14-3 respectively.

Softball

After Walton jumped on the board first in the game with a run, it was The Lady Blackhawks who would explode onto the scene right out of the gates with an five run first inning to answer, followed by an eight run second inning.

Kylie Roys started out with double in the first, followed by an a double, a triple and two singles and that brought in the first five runs for Oxford.

It was Rachel Seiler who got things started in the second inning for Oxford when she hit a solid single to center field, ultimately sending home Raigen Ehly.

“We just were connecting with her early on. They had a long trip and we were ready to play off the bat,” said Oxford head coach Heather Pizza. “We had a little trouble hitting after the first two innings, but we had quite a few batters that fouled a lot of balls off.”

Oxford failed to score any runs past the second inning in the game, but did manage to hold onto the win due to the excellent pitching from Karly Marshman, as well as her defensive play backing her up.

“Karly Marshman did a great job for us, she stayed in for 5.1 innings had seven strikeouts and got the win,” said Pizza. “Our defense played very well, we gave up a few runs here and there and they did have to surrender an out every ninth batter, because they only had eight players.”

Oxford batters: Kylie Roys 1-3 with two runs, Lauren Cobb 1-3 with three runs and two RBI's, Allison Beckwith 2-3 with with three RBI's and a run, Raigen Ehly 3-4 with two runs and two RBI's, Rachel Seiler 2-14 with two runs and two RBI's, Karly Marshman 1-4 with a run, Layla Kris 0-4 with an RBI, Emilee Eldred 0-3 with a run, Destiny Oralls 0-1 with a run.

“They played hard, I was getting a little nervous at the end,” said Pizza of the late runs that Oxford surrendered to Walton.

With the fourth win under their belt Oxford softball is one step closer to their season goal of five wins and will now head to UV Tuesday May 10, to take on the Storm at 4:30 p.m. in the second round of the MAC mini tournament.

O: 5 8 0 0 0 0 0– 13

W: 1 0 1 0 0 4 2– 8