CLINTON, Miss. --- Junior Alexia Harmon hit a walk-off home run to cap a 6-run comeback for the Mississippi College softball team, clinching a doubleheader sweep with an 8-7 win over Union University on Friday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (18-11, 11-8 GSC) won the first game in five innings over the Bulldogs (11-20, 5-14 GSC) by a score of 9-1.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 9, UNION 1 (GAME ONE)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lady Choctaws got things going quickly in the twin-bill as a pair of RBI groundouts by sophomore Carly Crawford and junior Brianna Caldwell gave MC the early 2-0 in after one inning.
- MC would break things open in the second inning, starting with an RBI triple from freshman Jessica Aron, her third of the season, to score junior Makenzie Nieto.
- Harmon would hit her first home run of the day to push the lead to 5-0 as Aron would come home to score.
- Crawford put an exclamation point on the frame with her third home run of the season, driving in freshman Kayla Murphy to make the score 7-0 after two innings.
- After Union put a run on the board in the third with their lone hit of the night, Harmon answered right back with an RBI single to score Aron.
- An RBI single by senior Katherine Lee in the third would give the Lady Choctaws the final advantage of 9-1.

KEY STATS
- Junior Cori Cooper (5-1) collected the win by striking out five over 4.0 innings, allowing just the one hit and one earned run.
- Freshman Madi Lancaster closed out the game by tossing a perfect fifth inning out of the bullpen.
- Aron and Harmon led the MC offense with two hits apiece, while Harmon and Crawford each had three RBI in the win.
- Aron, Harmon and Murphy also scored twice in the contest.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 8, UNION 7 (GAME TWO)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The second game did not get off to a great start as the Bulldogs scored twice in the first inning with the help of one of four MC errors.
- Junior Kristen Qualls drove in her 28th run of the season in the bottom of the first to cut the lead in half, scoring Murphy.
- Union broke the game open in the second inning, scoring five unearned runs to grab a 7-1 lead, highlighted by a two-run single from Gabby Morris.
- MC began to chip away at the lead on an RBI groundout by Murphy that scored Harmon in the second inning.
- An RBI single by Aron and an RBI groundout by Harmon would cut the score to 7-4 through four innings.
- MC would then cut the lead to 7-6 in the fifth as sophomore Shayla McKissock and Lee singled home runs, each with two outs.
- The game-tying run came home to score in the sixth on a bloop single by Nieto that brought home Lancaster, who came on to pinch-run for Caldwell after she singled and moved up to second on an error.
- Harmon delivered the heroic blast over the left field wall on the first pitch of the seventh inning to give the Lady Choctaws the improbable comeback win.

KEY STATS
- Four Lady Choctaws (Lee, Nieto, Aron and Harmon) had two hits in the game, while Harmon drove in a pair of runs, giving her five RBI on the day.
- Nieto and Harmon each scored twice, while Lee swiped a pair of bases.
- Cooper (6-1) would come out of the bullpen to get her second win of the day, allowing just one baserunner over the final 2.0 innings with three strikeouts.
- Junior Penny Nichols kept the Lady Choctaws in the game by pitching 3.2 innings off the bench, striking out three with no earned runs allowed.
- Morris led the Union offense with two hits, two runs scored and two RBI in the contest.
- Taylor Manley (1-3) took the loss in the circle for Union, giving up eight hits and four earned runs over 3.2 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws and Bulldogs will wrap up the series on Saturday at noon.
 

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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.