CARROLLTON, Ga. --- The Mississippi College softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader at West Georgia on Saturday afternoon at University Softball Field.

The Lady Choctaws (5-7, 2-4 GSC) lost the first game in five innings by a score of 14-2, while the Wolves (10-5, 3-3 GSC) came back with a 4-3 win in the series finale.
 

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WEST GEORGIA 14, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Wolves wasted no time putting the game out of reach with seven runs in the first two innings.
- The Lady Choctaws would get their lone runs of the game in the second inning as junior Brianna Caldwell hit one of her three home runs on the day, a two-run shot in the second inning.
- UWG would go on to score seven runs in the fourth inning to put the game away.

KEY STATS
- Caldwell led the Lady Choctaw offense with two hits and two RBI on the home run.
- Junior Kristen Qualls and freshman Jessica Aron also tallied hits in the loss.
- Freshman Madi Lancaster (0-2) took the loss in the circle, giving up six hits and six earned runs over 1.0 inning.
- Ashley Ellison led the UWG offense with four hits, while Sydney Smith drove in four runs.
- Lindsye Jefferson (1-1) tossed a complete game for UWG, allowing just four hits and two earned runs.
 

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WEST GEORGIA 4, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 3

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Wolves got off to another fast start, putting up two unearned runs in the first inning to grab an early lead.
- Caldwell answered with a solo home run in the second inning to cut the lead in half.
- The junior hit her third home run of the day in the third inning to give the Lady Choctaws their first lead of the day at 3-2.
- UWG responded with a two-out RBI single in the third to tie the game and the score remained deadlocked until the sixth inning.
- Madison Chambers came up with two outs in the sixth and hit a solo home run that proved to be the game-winner.

KEY STATS
- Caldwell again led the MC offense with two hits, two runs scored and three RBI.
- Senior Katherine Lee and junior Alexia Harmon also tallied hits in the defeat.
- Junior Penny Nichols had her second solid outing in as many days, going all six innings and scattering six hits and two earned runs.
- Sierra Stella led the UWG offense with two hits.
- Danielle Easterly (1-1) came out of the bullpen to get the win for the Wolves, tossing four scoreless, hitless frames to close things out.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will play their first home games of the season on Tuesday afternoon when they host Miles College at 2:00 p.m. at the MC Softball Complex.
 

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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.