CHICKASHA, Okla. — Holding the third seed in the Chickasha Regional of the 2025 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Rounds, the Laday Lions of Freed-Hardeman University fell to the second-seeded Grand View (Iowa) University Vikings 8-0 in five innings.
Chloe Carter started the Lady Lions' (20-16) day promisingly enough with a leadoff single. The base running was short-lived as FHU's next 14 batters were retired in order.
Grand View (38-13) connected for a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning before scoring at least one run in three of the next four innings to end the game in five innings.
Chloe Carter's leadoff single was the lone Lady Lion base hit.
Kylee Brown (13-11) had the start, but
Katy Gartrell faced four innings worth of batters where she struck out three.
Scoring Summary
Bottom 1
The Vikings struck a mighty blow to start the game with a grand slam.
FHU 0, GVU 4
Bottom 3
GVU added another run with a set of doubles.
FHU 0, GVU 5
Bottom 4
A two-run big fly put Grand View on top by seven.
FHU 0, GVU 7
Bottom 5
An pair of errors in the inning allowed the game-winning run to cross.
FHU 0, GVU 8
Up Next
The Lady Lions have their backs against the wall and will need to fight and win four consecutive games in order to continue their season to the final site in Columbus, Georgia. The journey continues on May 13 when the Lady Lions face the Stillman (Ala.) College Tigers at 3:00 p.m.
*Story edited 5/12 for updated start time against Stillman.
