HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College softball team opened the Gulf South Conference Tournament with a 4-2 come-from-behind win over Lee University on Saturday night at Charger Park on the campus of Alabama Huntsville.

The Lady Choctaws (32-18) will now move on to the GSC semi-finals where they will face #10 West Florida at 12:30 p.m. at Charger Park.
 

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TURNING POINT
- Sophomore Kristen Qualls hit her 9th home run of the season with two outs in the fifth inning to give MC a 3-2 advantage, their first lead of the night.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Flames (33-18) got things going with the first batter of the game as Stevie Baird hit a leadoff home run to right-center field and grab a 1-0 lead.
- Brooklynn Frazier's two-out RBI single through the right side extended the Lee lead to 2-0 as MC went into the fourth trailing by two runs.
- The Lady Choctaws finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth with five straight singles, including an RBI infield single by sophomore Alexia Harmon to score sophomore Makenzie Nieto.
- Pinch-hitter Shelby Miller tied things up with a sacrifice fly to right field that scored pinch-runner Brister Curry.
- Qualls gave MC the lead for good in the fifth with a deep shot to right-center field that made the score 3-2.
- In the sixth inning, senior Haley Thompson added an insurance run with a single up the middle to score Harmon and give the game its final score of 4-2.
- Sophomore Adrianna Morgan retired the Flames in order in the seventh to close out the complete-game victory in the circle.
 

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KEY STATS
- The former Madison Central standouts, Harmon and Qualls, each had a team-high two hits for MC, while four different Lady Choctaws scored runs.
- Morgan (8-5) gave up just four hits and two earned runs with four walks and four strikeouts over 7.0 innings.
- Leigh Beatenbough (16-9) took the loss for Lee, giving up six hits and three runs over 5.0 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will face #2 seed West Florda in the semi-finals of the GSC Tournament at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. The winner moves on to the finals to be played at 3:00 p.m. against the winner of the UAH/Valdosta State game.
 

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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.