MONTEVALLO, Ala. --- Junior Katherine Lee singled home senior Haley Thompson with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to finish off a doubleheader sweep of Miles College on Saturday night at Stephens Park.

The Lady Choctaws (5-3) opened the twin-bill with an 8-2 win before coming from behind to get a 5-4 victory in the night cap. The two contests closed out a long day that saw MC go 2-1 at the "Falcon Frenzy" after a 6-2 loss to #16 Indianapolis earlier Saturday.

MC 8, Miles 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bears got on the board in the first inning thanks to an MC error and took the 1-0 lead into the second inning.
- Junior Shelby Miller got the scoring going for the Lady Choctaws in the second with an RBI single to score sophomore Makenzie Nieto and tie the game at 1-1.
- MC took the lead for good in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by senior Megan Everett to score Thompson.
- Senior Tylan Buckley extended the lead with a rocket to center field that scored Lee on a double to make the score 3-1.
- MC put up three runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by a two-run double from freshman Carly Crawford to score Buckley and sophomore Alexia Harmon.
- Buckley added a two-run single in the sixth to make the score 8-1 as Thompson and senior Lauren Mulligan came in to score.

KEY STATS
- The Lady Choctaws had a season-high 13 hits, led by five players with two hits apiece.
- Buckley drove in a team-high three runs, while Crawford had two RBI.
- Seven different players touched home for MC, as Thompson led the way with two runs scored.
- Junior Kristen Gardner (1-1) earned her first win for the Lady Choctaws, striking out eight and giving up just one earned run over the complete game effort.
 

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MC 5, Miles 4

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Miles jumped out to another early lead as Kathryne Lambert hit a two-run home run to center field, grabbing a 2-0 lead headed to the bottom of the first.
- Everett cut the lead in half with an RBI single that scored Thompson.
- The Bears added runs in the second and third innings to jump out to a 4-1 lead, including a solo home run by Lambert in the third.
- After three straight scoreless innings, Mulligan got the Lady Choctaws within two in the fifth with her second solo home run of the day.
- Trailing by two in the sixth, Crawford came up with a big two-out, two-run double to score Everett and Buckley to tie the game 4-4.
- After sophomore Penny Nichols (1-1), who came out of the bullpen and held Miles scoreless over the final 4.0 innings, shut the Bears down in the seventh, it set up the heroics in the seventh.
- Following two quick outs for MC, Thompson singled on the infield and stole second base, setting up the two-out single up the middle by Lee to score the game-winning run.

KEY STATS
- Thompson led the Lady Choctaws with two hits and two runs scored, giving her three hits and four runs scored over the doubleheader.
- Crawford had the team-high two RBI, while Buckley drew two walks.
- Nichols gave up just one hits and struck out two over 4.2 innings to get her first victory of the season, and 17th of her career.

NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will wrap up the "Falcon Frenzy" on Sunday morning when they face Truman State at 11:15 a.m. at Orr Park.
 

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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.