DURANT, Okla. — Southern Nazarene dropped its first game of the 2017 season with a tough 3-2 loss to Central Missouri in the Southeastern Regional Tournament Friday afternoon.

In the opener Katelyn Brown took the loss. Brown gave up just three runs, one earned, and three hits in 6.0 innings of work. She walked five and struck out six.

UCM struck first as they scored two runs in the bottom of the first Allie Dishinger reached first on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded. One run scored on the fielder's choice and a second run came into score because of a throwing error by Kriston Shumaker...