EDMOND, Okla. – A single run in the first inning proved to be the difference between two of the top-ranked teams in the region and the country as Central Oklahoma slipped past Augustana 1-0 in game one of the NCAA Super Regionals on Thursday evening.
 
Ashton Dorman and Sidney Smart logged the lone two hits on the day for the Vikings as Andrea Cain and Desi Cuevas combined for a pair of walks. Dorman tallied 6 putouts and Norah Christiansen led with four assists.
 
In the circle, Grace Glanzer took the loss to move to 26-7 despite her strong effort in the circle. She allowed one run with four strikeouts, seven fly outs and seven groundouts against 27 batters faced.     

UCO is now 50-8 on the year as the No. 1 seed in the Central Region and No. 4 team in the country while Augustana is now 49-10 as the No. 3 seed in the region and No. 6 team in the country. 
 
Cain drew a walk off a full count to kick things off and soon advanced to second base off a sacrifice bunt. But she would go no further.
 
The Bronchos found base after being hit by pitch and a stolen base put a runner on second. A single far out to left field would score that runner to put the home team ahead 1-0 and officially open up scoring.
 
But neither team would score for the remainder of the game.
 
Smart logged her base hit in the top of the third inning and was joined on base by Cuevas, but both would be stranded. In the bottom half of that inning, Central Oklahoma would load the bases off its first three batters…until Glanzer went to work. The Vikings pulled three outs off the next three at-bats to strand three Bronchos.
 
UCO would proceed to leave three additional runners on base throughout the rest of the game as the Vikings struggled to move past second.
 
The Bronchos and Vikings will return to action tomorrow afternoon with a 2 p.m. game two and an if necessary game scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Gerry Pinkston Stadium.