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MONTICELLO – Southeastern Oklahoma State completed a three-game Great American Conference sweep over the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team by defeating the Blossoms twice on Saturday in Monticello by scores of 4-2 and 18-3.

In the first game, the Savage Storm (26-10, 19-6 GAC) plated all four of its runs in the top of the sixth innings, featuring a three-run homerun by Courtney Riddle following an RBI single from Haley Strawn.

UAM (22-20, 13-16 GAC) opened the scoring with a line drive homerun over the center field fence from sophomore Kali Piha in the bottom of the second inning. Senior Channing Tharpe gave UAM its second and final run on a solo homerun to right center in the bottom of the seventh.

Junior Katie Slaughter (11-10) took the loss after giving up four runs off seven hits with three strikeouts and four walks in 5.2 innings of work. Mindy McElroy (14-4) earned the win for Southeastern and Jacee Bennett picked up her sixth save of the year by inducing a popup for the final out of the game with the potential tying run at bat.

In the second game, Southeastern took advantage of 10 errors committed by the Blossoms for multiple runs in all but one inning of the run-rule shortened game, including six runs in each of the first and second innings. UAM scored its runs on a solo homerun by junior Lacy Blanchard in the second, a Southeastern error in the fourth and an RBI groundout in the fifth.

The Blossoms are back in action on Tuesday, April 8 with a trip to Magnolia to face off against rival Southern Arkansas for the second time this season. UAM and SAU split a double-header in Monticello on March 25. This Tuesday's double-header is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start in Magnolia.