CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team will wrap up non-conference play on Wednesday when they host Spring Hill for a doubleheader. First pitch for the twin-bill is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at the MC Softball Complex.
 

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MATCHUP INFORMATION
Matchup: Mississippi College (25-14) at Spring Hill (30-15)
Location: Clinton, Miss.  |  MC Softballl Complex
Time: Wednesday - 4:00 pm (DH)
 

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ALL-TIME SERIES
MC and SHC have met three previous times with the Badgers winning two times. The first contest took place in Pensacola in 2003 with Spring Hill winning, 8-0. This season, the teams played a doubleheader in Mobile, splitting the two games. SHC won the first game 8-0, while Makenzie Nieto's first career home run lifted the Lady Choctaws to a 3-2 win in the nightcap.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE INFORMATION
Head Coach: Brooke O'Hair  |  303-192 (.612), 11th Season at MC

ROSTER  |  SCHEDULE  |  STATISTICS

THE LATEST
- The Lady Choctaws are coming off a series win over defending Division II national champions North Alabama, including a doubleheader sweep on Saturday afternoon in Clinton.
- The pitching duo of freshman Jordan Holifield and sophomore Adrianna Morgan held the Lions to 15 hits and five unearned runs over 21 innings pitched.
- After the series win, MC is now in a tie for third in the Gulf South Conference standings at 16-8 in league play. The Lady Choctaws have won each of the last five series, including sweeps against Christian Brothers and West Georgia.
- Junior Katherine Lee (.406) is the team's leading hitter, ranking 7th in the conference and 54th nationally with 54 hits. She also ranks 2nd on the team with 25 stolen bases behind senior Haley Thompson (38), who leads the GSC and ranks 4th in the country.
- Freshman Carly Crawford (.355) is the team-leader in RBI (33) and doubles (8), while senior Tylan Buckley (.348) has a team-high 34 runs scored and 28 walks.
- Sophomore Kristen Qualls (.300) leads the team with seven home runs, followed closely by Buckley and Crawford with six apiece.
- Holifield (4-1, 2.37 ERA) has tossed four complete games in the last two weeks and held UNA to no earned runs in 14.0 innings pitched last weekend.
 

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SPRING HILL INFORMATION
Head Coach: Alison Sellers-Cook  |  326-262 (.554), 12th Season at SHC

ROSTER  |  SCHEDULE  |  STATISTICS

THE LATEST
- The Badgers are coming off a three-game sweep against LeMoyne-Owen last weekend, finishing up Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 17-2 record. Due to their transition to Division II, SHC is ineligible for postseason play.
- Spring Hill has faced five Gulf South Conference schools this season, going 3-6 in the contests with wins over MC and Christian Brothers.
- Kali Clement (.381) is the team's leading hitter, pacing the squad with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 48 RBI, 28 more than any other Badger.
- Jenna Charnock (.349) is one of two players to start all 45 games this season, leading the team with 42 runs scored and 25 stolen bases and tying for a team-high with 51 hits.
- Danielle Clark (19-9, 2.09 ERA) leads the team in starts (28), complete games (21), shutouts (8), innings pitched (180.2) and strikeouts (118).
 

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GAME NOTES
- The Lady Choctaws have won 15 of their last 18 games, thanks in part to their ability to hold onto a lead once they grab it. MC has yet to lose a game this season when they have held a lead at the end of an inning. Only once has MC had a lead at any point in a game and lost, a defeat at Union (16-6) after grabbing a 1-0 advantage in the top of the first. The Lady Choctaws are 16-1 on the season when they score first and 9-2 when they score in the first inning.
- The Lady Choctaws have been off and running in the 2017 season, leading the Gulf South Conference and ranking 3rd nationally with 114 stolen bases through 39 games, which already ranks 2nd in school history for most in a single season. Senior Haley Thompson has swiped 38 bases in 41 attempts in 2017, which is the 3rd-highest total in school history.
- The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to play just 19 home games out of 50 contests in 2017, but the next eight games are to be played at the MC Softball Complex. MC is 8-3 in Clinton this season, including winning the last five. Since opening the complex in 1998, the Lady Choctaws are 216-110 (.663) in the friendly confines.
- On Monday, March 13th, the Lady Choctaws secured the 700th victory in program history with a 13-8 win over Union. The first win for MC came on March 22, 1986 with a 6-2 win over Tennessee-Martin. On Friday, February 10th, the Lady Choctaws played at Montevallo, which was the 1,200th game in Mississippi College softball history. The first game on record was on March 14, 1986 when MC played Troy State in Columbus, MS (L, 13-14).
- Brooke O'Hair is in her 11th season as MC's head softball coach,  and secured her 300th career victory in a 10-9 victory in 11 innings over #9 Valdosta State last Saturday. She is already MC's all-time winngest softball coach and is heading towards her sixth 30-win season. O'Hair led the Lady Choctaws to an NCCAA national championship and a school-record 39 wins in 2016, being named NCCAA National Coach of the Year.
 

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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.