MONTEVALLO, Ala. --- The Mississippi College softball team closed out the "Falcon Frenzy" with 2-1 extra innings loss to Truman State University on Sunday afternoon at the Montevallo Softball Stadium at Orr Park.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the low-scoring contest, the Bulldogs (1-3) grabbed an early lead on a sacrifice fly by Lex Van Nostrand to score Christa Reisinger in the first inning.
- The lead remained for TSU until the fourth inning when the Lady Choctaws (5-4) tied things up on a squeeze bunt by sophomore Alexia Harmon to score senior Tylan Buckley.
- With the score still tied 1-1 after seven innings, the Lady Choctaws would load the bases in the eighth but came up empty.
- Truman State got a walk-off double from Ashley Murphy to score Michaela Mooney in the bottom of the eighth to win 2-1.

KEY STATS
- The pitcher's duel featured sophomore Adrianna Morgan (1-1), who gave up just five hits and two unearned runs over 7.1 innings.
- Lauren Dale (1-0) grabbed the victory for TSU, pitching around five walks with three hits in the 8.0 inning effort.
- Senior Megan Everett and Buckley each drew two walks for MC, while senior Haley Thompson had two stolen bases.

NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back on the road Wednesday when they face Spring Hill in a doubleheader at 12:00 p.m. in Mobile.
 

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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.