MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College softball team wrapped up a three-game sweep of Christian Brothers University with an 11-0 win on Sunday afternoon at Bland Field.

The Lady Choctaws (17-11, 9-6 GSC) outscored the Lady Bucs (4-24, 0-15 GSC) by a count of 31-1 in the three contests on the weekend.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior Tylan Buckley was the offensive star for MC and gave the Lady Choctaws all the runs they would need with a two-run home run in the first inning.
- Her fifth long ball of the season scored senior Haley Thompson, who led off the game with a single and stole second base, her 30th swipe of the season.
- Buckley would add two more RBI in the second inning, giving the Lady Choctaws a 4-0 lead with a double to score senior Lauren Mulligan and Thompson.
- Mulligan would drive in two runs of her own in the third inning with a two-out single to score freshman Carly Crawford and sophomore Alexia Harmon.
- MC pushed the lead to 7-0 in the fourth inning as sophomore Kristen Qualls drove in sophomore Katherine Lee with a sacrifice fly.
- The Lady Choctaws closed the game out in five innings with four runs in the fifth, starting with an RBI single from Thompson that scored Harmon.
- Buckley drove in her fifth run of the day with a sacrifice fly, while Qualls singled home two more runs to give the game its final score.
 

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KEY STATS
- Sophomore Penny Nichols (9-6) collected her first shutout of the season, giving up just three hits and one walk over 5.0 innings.
- The MC defense was on full display on Sunday getting all 15 outs as the Lady Bucs did not strike out once.
- Buckley led the MC offense with three hits and five RBI, finishing just a triple shy of the cycle.
- Thompson, Crawford, Harmon and Mulligan each had two hits on the day, while Thompson scored a team-high three runs.
- Harmon and Mulligan also scored two runs, while Qualls (3) and Mulligan (2) joined Buckley with multiple RBI.
- Thompson's 30th stolen base of the season makes her the fifth player in school history to have at least 30 in a single season.
 

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GAME NOTES
- The Lady Choctaws are now 11-1 all-time against CBU, winning six straight with two consecutive sweeps in the series.
- Senior Megan Everett ranks 2nd in school history in games played (182) and at-bats (559), sitting just one shy of the record in each category.
- Head coach Brooke O'Hair is just five wins away from 300 after MC's seventh straight victory on Sunday.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will head to Hattiesburg on Wednesday for a doubleheader at William Carey. They will then return home next weekend for a three-game series against West Georgia.
 

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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.