MOBILE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College softball team rebounded from a tough loss to Spring Hill College to grab a 3-2 victory in the finale of a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon at Murray Field.

The Lady Choctaws (6-5) dropped the first game by a score of 8-0 in six innings but responded with the win over the Badgers (8-4) in the nightcap.
 

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GAME ONE: Spring Hill 8, MC 0

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior Haley Thompson singled to open the game and stole her 15th base of the season, but the Lady Choctaws were unable to convert the scoring opportunity in the first.
- The Badgers took advantage of a couple MC errors in the first inning to score two unearned runs and take a 3-0 lead through one inning.
- Spring Hill would add three more runs in the third inning to take a 6-0 lead after another Lady Choctaw error.
- The Badgers would close out the game early with a run in the fifth and sixth innings.

KEY STATS
- The Lady Choctaws were only able to muster four hits in the first game as seniors Tylan Buckley and Lauren Mulligan and junior Katherine Lee joined Thompson with a base-knock.
- Sophomore Adrianna Morgan (1-2) took the loss for MC, scattering 12 hits and five earned runs over 5.1 innings.
- Danielle Clark (6-2) tossed the complete game shutout, giving up just four hits with one strikeout.
- Four Badgers finished the game with two hits, while Kali Clement drove in three runs. Katelyn Wilson and Rene Krausin each drove in a pair of runs.
 

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GAME TWO: MC 3, Spring Hill 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The nightcap was a pitcher's duel between sophomore Penny Nichols (2-2) and Katelyn Wilson (2-2).
- After two scoreless inning, the Badgers got on the board in the third as Clement hit a two-run home run to left-center field to take the lead.
- The Lady Choctaws would answer back in the fourth inning as Lee singled to open the frame and stole second base with one out.
- Following a walk to Buckley, sophomore Kristen Qualls doubled to right field to drive in Lee and Buckley and tie the game before being cut down at third trying to stretch a triple.
- On the very next pitch, sophomore Makenzie Nieto hit her first career home run down the left field line to score the eventual game-winning run.
- The Badgers would threaten in their half of the fifth, putting runners on second and third with one out, but Nichols got out of the jam with a groundout and a fly-out to close the frame.
- MC would have another opportunity in the sixth to score as senior Megan Everett and Buckley walked to open the inning and moved up to second and third on a sacrifice bunt from Qualls.
- However, the Lady Choctaws would go scoreless after a pop-out and groundout.
- The score would remain 3-2 going to the bottom of the seventh, and the Badgers opened things up with a single.
- After a fielder's choice, freshman Carly Crawford cut down a runner trying to steal second to give MC two outs and nobody on.
- Following a two-out single, Nichols coaxed a foul-out to Buckley to snap a 7-game winning streak for the Badgers.

KEY STATS
- The Lady Choctaws had five hits and drew four walks in the win, while Lee stole her seventh base of the season.
- Nichols tossed her second complete game of the season, striking out five over 7.0 innings.
- The Orange City, Fla. native scattered seven hits and walked two in her 18th career victory.
- Jenna Charnock and Savannah Woodruff each had two of the seven hits for the Badgers.
- Wilson took the loss for Spring Hill, giving up four hits and three earned runs, striking out three with two walks over 5.0 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will open Gulf South Conference play this weekend when they travel to Pensacola to face West Florida. The teams will play a doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by a single game on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
 

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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.