TROUTVILLE, Va. --- The Mississippi College softball team advanced to the NCCAA National Championship game with a 5-1 win over Judson University on Thursday afternoon at the Botetourt Sports Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (38-19) have now tied the school record for single-season wins, while senior Kimmie Conley set a new school record with her 182nd game played, passing Macey Lee (2012-15).

MC will face the winner of the Belhaven / Southern Wesleyan game that started at 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday.

Freshman Alexia Harmon got the scoring going early with an RBI single that plated sophomore Katherine Lee, who led of the game with a single.

With a 1-0 lead, MC's first two batters of the third inning were retired, but junior Megan Everett singled and Harmon tripled her home to take a 2-0 lead.

Freshmen Kristen Qualls and Cheyenne Mathews also singled home runs and MC took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the third.

It was all the support senior Carlie Sargent (20-11) would need as she became the first pitcher since Kayla Watkins in 2007 to win 20 games in a single season.

Sargent gave up just five hits and one earned run over the complete game effort. The Oxford, Ala. native struck out two batters, giving her 191 in 2016, extending her school record.

The Eagles (34-22) would cut into the lead in the third inning as Murielle Vansach singled home a run, putting runners on second and third with just one out. Sargent was able to get a groundout and a stirkeout to end the threat.

The senior lefty did not allow more than one baserunner in the final four innings to finish off the victory.

Sophomore Katherine Lee gave the game its final score with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to score pinch-runner Haley Thompson.

Harmon, Mathews and junior Lauren Mulligan led MC with two hits apiece, while Harmon had a team-high two RBI in the contest. Mulligan is hitting .700 (7-for-10) with a double, triple and three RBI in the tournament.

The MC offense has shined in the tournament, scoring 43 runs and hitting .417 with 18 stolen bases. Lady Choctaw pitchers have allowed just four earned runs over 27.0 innings, posting a 1.04 ERA over the four wins.