FLORENCE, Ala. --- Despite an 8-2 loss on Saturday, the Mississippi College softball team picked up a road series win over #4 North Alabama at the UNA Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws had a five-game win streak snapped, moving to 16-11 and 9-8 in Gulf South Conference play, while the Lions moved to 24-4 and 15-2 in the league. MC clinched the series with a doubleheader sweep of UNA on Friday.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lions cracked the scoreboard in the first inning on a two-out RBI single by Hannah Shollenberger to take a 1-0 lead.
- They would break things open in the third inning with four runs, three of which were unearned.
- The big blow of the frame was a two-out, two-run home run by Harley Stokes.
- MC would score their first run of the game in the fifth inning as sophomore Shayla McKissock singled home junior Makenzie Nieto with two outs to make the score 5-1.
- UNA would get the run right back in their half of the fifth as Stokes homered for the second time in the game and third time in the series.
- The Lions would add two more runs in the sixth on solo home runs, pushing the lead out to a 8-1.
- Nieto would hit her fourth home run of the season to lead off the seventh, but the Lady Choctaws would fall in the series finale.
 

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KEY STATS
- Junior Brianna Caldwell and Nieto each had two hits for the Lady Choctaws with Caldwell doubling and Nieto homering for MC's extra-base hits in the contest.
- Nieto would score both runs as she joined McKissock with the Lady Choctaws' RBI's.
- Junior Penny Nichols (3-5) took the loss for MC, giving up six hits and three earned runs over 3.1 innings.
- Stokes led the Lions with three hits and three RBI from her two home runs, while Bailey Nelson added two hits.
- Megan Garst (11-2) scattered seven hits over the complete game effort in the circle for the Lions.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back in action next Friday when they host Union for a three-game series.
 

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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.