MONTICELLO, Ark. --- The Mississippi College baseball team extended its win streak to seven games as it rallied to top the University of Arkansas at Monticello, 11-8, at Weevil Field on the campus of UAM. MC improved to 8-1 on the season while the Weevils fall to 7-3.
 
Turning Point
Trailing 8-6 with two outs and the bases loaded, Dylan Duplechain delivered a two-run single down the left field line to tie the contest.
 
Inside the Box Score

• The trio of Hunter Wilson, Billy Cameron and Hunter Sykes each collected a pair of hits to lead MC at the plate.
• Grant Barber and Cameron paced the squad with three RBI each while Sykes and Duplechain each drove in two runs.
• Ryan Lane pitched the final 1.2 frames to claim the win on the mound. Lane allowed one run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts.
• Cameron hit his second homerun of the season in the fourth inning.

 
Inside the Flow

• Mississippi College rallied twice in the game before taking the lead in the top of the ninth on a Grant Barber triple that plated three runs.
• The Choctaws trailed 4-0 early, but drew even for the first time in the sixth inning as Brandon Broussard scored on a wild pitch following a Sykes RBI single earlier in the frame.
• UAM responded with two runs in the seventh and added two more in the eighth to take an 8-4 lead into the final at-bat for the Choctaws.
• Cameron started the scoring for the Navy and Gold with a two-run, double to left center - his third RBI of the game – to pull MC within two runs.
• The Choctaws hit .462 with two outs and posted a clip of .455 with runners in scoring position.

 
Noteworthy

• Cameron's homerun was his second of the season and second in as many days.
• The win on the mound was the first for Ryan.
• Five Choctaws took the mound in the contest.
• The game was the first of eight consecutive contests on the road for Mississippi College.
• The win was the second straight over Arkansas-Monticello and the 18th in the series.
• The victory was the first at UAM since Apr. 6, 2004 – the last meeting in Monticello, Ark.

 
Next Up
Mississippi College returns to action this weekend as it travels to Carrollton, Ga., for the opening series of Gulf South Conference action. First pitch of the Saturday, Feb. 24 doubleheader against the University of West Georgia is set for 12 p.m. central. The series finale is slated for Sunday, Feb. 25 at 12 p.m. central.