CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team opened the "Falcon Frenzy" with an 8-4 win over the University of Montevallo on Friday night at Montevallo Softball Stadium at Orr Park.

TURNING POINT
- The Lady Choctaws (3-2) jumped out to an early lead with five runs in the second inning, highlighted by RBI singles from senior Megan Everett and junior Katherine Lee.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first inning, MC grabbed the game's first run as freshman Carly Crawford drove in senior Tylan Buckley on a fielder's choice in the second.
- Sophomore Makenzie Nieto scored on a groundout before the RBI singles by Lee and Everett. Senior Lauren Mulligan also came home to score on a throwing error by the Falcons (3-5).
- Montevallo would cut the score to 5-3 with two runs in the third and one in the fourth, highlighted by an RBI double from Darbi Duke.
- Crawford busted the game open in the fifth inning with a two-run single to score Buckley and Nieto as MC grabbed the 8-3 lead.
- The Falcons would get a run back in the fifth on a solo home run, but it was the game's final score.
- Junior Kristen Gardner finished things off for MC in the circle, pitching two perfect innings to close the game for freshman Marley Peagler (2-0), who went 5.0 innings, scattering 10 hits and four earned runs.

KEY STATS
- Four Lady Choctaws finished the night with two hits apiece, led by senior Haley Thompson, Lee, Nieto and Mulligan.
- Buckley and Nieto each scored a team-high two runs, while Crawford led the way with three RBI.
- Holly LaForce, Kelsey Vining and Darbi Duke each had two hits for Montevallo.
- Abbey Pratt (1-2) took the loss for the Falcons, giving up 11 hits and eight earned runs over the complete game effort.

NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will play twice in Montevallo on Saturday, facing #16 Indianapolis (11:15 am) and Miles (8:15 pm).
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC is recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
 
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
 
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.