Softball | 4/26/2019 8:49:00 AM
Goodwell, Okla. – Oklahoma Panhandle State University softball will close out its regular season this weekend, hosting Bacone College in a two-day, four-game series at the Aggie Softball Field. Friday's doubleheader begins at 2 p.m., with a Saturday twinbill slated to begin at 12 p.m.
Two special recognitions will be taking place, as well. On Friday,
Jewell Lee will be honored for being named as an All-American in 2018. On Saturday it will be Senior Day, with the Aggies' lone senior –
Lindsay Jacobs – being feted.
The Aggies (25-19, 16-16 SAC) enter the weekend having won eight of their last 12 games. Panhandle State currently sits in sixth in the Sooner Athletic Conference standings and SAGU in third, with just percentage points separating the Nos. 3-6 slots.
Live statistics links can be found at:
opsuaggies.com
NOTES:
IN THE CLINCH: Panhandle State locked up a berth in the SAC post-season tournament last week with a win over SAGU in the first game of its series versus the Lions. It marks the second-consecutive SAC tourney bid for OPSU.
ADD SAC TOURNAMENT: SAC post-season tournament is scheduled for May 2-4 at a site to be announced.
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS: Bacon (2-30, 1-27 SAC) has struggled in 2019. The Warriors have dropped four in a row entering the weekend in Goodwell.
LAST TIME THEY MET: The Aggies swept the Warriors in 2018, but three of the games were one-run affairs. OPSU topped Bacone by scores of: 10-9, 15-7, 7-6 and 9-8.
NAIA TOP-40 STATS: OPSU ranks in the NAIA top-40 teams in fi9ve categories: total batters struck out (#20/2139), total triples (#35/14), total runs scored (#34/257), at-bats per game #38/27.67) and total RBI (#40/221).
SUPER SAVER: OPSU junior pitcher
Kaylor Battiest is the NAIA national leader in saves, with 10 thus far in 2019. Battiest also is the Aggies' team leader in wins at 13 and strikeouts with 146 (7.03 per game).
ADD BATTIEST: Kaylor is also among a handful of players nation-wide who have yet to commit a fielding error this season.
"AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM": For the second-consecutive season, the Aggies' team batting leader is a freshman. Currently,
Brittany Thomas tops the team with a lofty .408 average (342-102). She also is first in slugging percentage (.583), thanks to her seven doubles, 1 triple and three home runs, driving in 27 runs and scoring 17. In 2018, sophomore All-American
Jewell Lee led most of the OPSU's offensive categories.
