JACKSON, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader over Lane College on Wednesday afternoon at Muse Park.

The Lady Choctaws improved to 14-10 on the season, while the Dragons dropped to 4-9.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 14, LANE 5 (GAME ONE)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lady Choctaws got the offense going early as junior Kristen Qualls singled to center field to score freshman Kayla Murphy and grab a 1-0 lead.
- The Dragons answered in the bottom of the first with a two-run home run from Ericka Webster to give Lane their lone lead of the day.
- MC would take the lead for good with a five run second inning as sophomore Carly Crawford and junior Brianna Caldwell each doubled home a run and Qualls singled home the fifth of the frame.
- The teams traded runs over the next few innings, but the Lady Choctaws would put the game away with six runs in the sixth inning.
- After an RBI single by junior Makenzie Nieto to start the scoring, freshman Jessica Aron hit her first career home run, a three-run shot to make the score 12-5.
- Junior Alexia Harmon was the next batter and hit her second home run of the season, while senior Katherine Lee drove in the final run of the game.

KEY STATS
- Aron went 3-for-3 in the contest with a triple and a home run, driving in a team-high four RBI in the contest.
- Crawford, Caldwell and Qualls also had multiple-hit games, while Qualls and Harmon drove in a pair of runs.
- Aron would also score three runs in the contest, leading a group of four Lady Choctaws that scored multiple times.
- Senior Kristen Gardner (2-3) picked up the win in the circle for MC, tying a career-high with eight strikeouts over 6.0 innings.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 7, LANE 0 (GAME TWO)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first inning, Nieto gave MC all the offense they would need in the second inning with a solo home run.
- Freshman Madi Lancaster (1-2) took it from there by tossing her first career shutout in her first career win, allowing just one hit in the victory.
- MC would add four more runs in the third inning as Crawford hit her second home run of the season, a three-run shot.
- Qualls would then step in and hit her fifth long ball of the season to make the score 5-0. It would be her 26th career home run, which is just one away from tying they all-time school record, set by Brooke Smitherman.
- Harmon extended the lead in the fourth with her third home run of the season and second of the day, making the score 6-0.
- The final run came by way of a Murphy sac fly that would score sophomore Shayla McKissock.

KEY STATS
- Lancaster struck out a season-high seven batters and gave up her lone hit of the game in the fifth inning.
- Only two batters reached base as Whitney Knight had a base-hit and Lancaster hit one batter.
- McKissock led the Lady Choctaws with two hits and two runs scored in the contest, while Crawford drove in a team-high three runs.
- Aron had her third extra-base hit of the day, doubling in the nightcap.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back in action this weekend when they travel to Florence to face #4 North Alabama in a three-game series. The series is now scheduled to start on Friday with a doubleheader at 3:00 p.m., followed by a single game on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The games were moved up a day due to possible inclement weather in the area this weekend.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and started 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.