WBU Falls to Blue Mountain to Conclude NAIA Tournament Run

OKLAHOMA CITY (5/12/26)  – The Williams Baptist University softball team rallied from a three-run deficit to tie the game before falling to Blue Mountain Christian 4-3 in eight innings on Tuesday afternoon at Ann Lacy Stadium in Oklahoma City, bringing the Lady Eagles' 2026 season to a close.

Taylor Youngblood (2-2), Ashlyn Michael (1-4), and Addison Foster (1-4, HR, RBI) led the way at the plate for WBU.

Blue Mountain Christian jumped on the board quickly in the bottom of the first inning, plating two runs on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead. The Toppers added another run in the bottom of the third to push the advantage to 3-0.

Williams refused to go quietly, chipping away at the deficit over the next three innings. The Lady Eagles got on the board in the fourth when Ashlyn Michael came home on a fielder's choice to make it 3-1. 

Addison Foster then delivered the biggest swing of the afternoon in the fifth, crushing a solo home run to left field to cut the deficit to 3-2. The blast set a new WBU single-season record, surpassing the mark of 14 home runs set by Shelby Anderson in 2014. 

The Lady Eagles completed the comeback in the sixth when IveyJo Perkins came through with a pinch-hit RBI single to score Kyrah Banister and knot the game at 3-3.

After a scoreless seventh, BMCU broke through in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single to left field that scored the winning run and ended the Lady Eagles' season.

Morgan Garner started in the circle for the Lady Eagles and turned in a strong outing, allowing just two earned runs on eight hits over five innings. Emberlin Caldwell (L, 22-7) came on in relief and tossed 2.1 innings.

Williams finished the 2026 season at 41-15 overall.  The Lady Eagles won the third-most games in a season in program history, surpassing 2016's 40-win campaign.