Lee (UAM)
Aaron Boersma
3
Mississippi College MC 0-1
5
Winner Missouri Western MWSU 3-1
Mississippi College MC
0-1
3
Final
5
Missouri Western MWSU
3-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi College MC 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 0
Missouri Western MWSU 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 5 6 2

W: Smith,Janie (0-0) L: Patterson, Lacie (0-1)

2
Winner Mississippi College MC 1-1
1
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 1-1
Winner
Mississippi College MC
1-1
2
Final
1
Arkansas-Monticello UAM
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi College MC 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 2
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: Sargent, Carlie (1-0) L: Katie Slaughter (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | David Nichols --- Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Macey Lee's Late Blast Lifts Lady Choctaws to Win at Ronnie Hawkins Invitational

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- Senior Macey Lee came up big with a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth innings to give the Mississippi College softball team a 2-1 win over Arkansas-Monticello at the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational, hosted by Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist.

The Lady Choctaws (1-1) began the day with a 5-3 loss to Missouri Western State before coming back with the dramatic victory on the opening day of the season.

MC was being held scoreless by the Boll Weevils over the first five innings, but senior Tori Bankston singled up the middle, and Lee capitalized with a shot over the left field fence. The Pearl native notched her sixth career home run with the blast.

It was all the run support junior Carlie Sargent would need as she would toss a complete game with 10 strikeouts and just three hits allowed. The only run UAM could muster was of the unearned variety in the second inning.

Senior Shay Mickens led the MC offense in the game with two hits and a stolen base.

In the season opener against the Griffons, the Lady Choctaws would open up a two-run lead in the first on RBI singles by junior Ashley Subervielle and senior Brooke Smitherman. The two combined to go 4-for-6 with the two RBI and a run scored.

MWSU cut into the lead in the second with a solo home run by Janie Smith, but freshman Katherine Lee came in to pinch-run in the fourth, stealing second and third and scoring on an error to push the lead back to 3-1.

The Griffons got another solo home run in the fourth, but the big blow came in the fifth inning when Morgan Rathmann nailed a two-run shot to put Missouri Western ahead, 4-3. They would tack on another run in the inning on an RBI double by Paige Shifflett.

The Lady Choctaws would put two runners on base in the sixth and seventh innings, but they could not convert and the Griffons held on for the victory.

Senior Lacie Patterson took the loss for MC, allowing just four hits over 4.1 innings pitched. Senior Ashley Vann finished the game in the circle, giving up just two hits over 1.2 innings.

Mickens had another two hits in the season-opener, going 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Janie Smith went the distance for Missouri Western, scattering eight hits over 7.0 innings and striking out seven.

The Lady Choctaws will wrap up the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational on Sunday when they face Lincoln (9:00 am) and Missouri Southern State (11:00 am).
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