CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team finished off a series sweep of Union with an 8-0 win in five innings on Saturday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws improved to 19-11 with a 12-8 mark in the Gulf South Conference, while the Bulldogs dropped to 11-21 and 5-15 in league play.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first inning, the Lady Choctaws would score the eventual game-winning run on a two-out RBI single by junior Alexia Harmon that drove in junior Brianna Caldwell in the second inning.
- MC would end up scoring four unearned runs in the second as sophomore Shayla McKissock doubled hom Harmon and senior Katherine Lee singled hom McKissock.
- Caldwell extended the lead to 5-0 in the third inning with her eighth home run of the season down the left field line.
- McKissock drove in another run with a single in the third as Qualls scored and Aron came home to score on an error by the Bulldogs.
- Harmon drove in the final run of the day with a walk-off single up the middle that brought home freshman Jessica Aron in the fifth inning. It was Harmon's second walk-off hit in as many games after she hit a walk-off home run in an 8-7 win on Friday night.
 

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KEY STATS
- Lee, Harmon and McKissock each had two hits for the Lady Choctaws, while Harmon and McKissock drove in a pair of runs.
- Caldwell, junior Kristen Qualls and Aron each scored twice for MC.
- Junior Cori Cooper (7-1) earned the win in all three games this weekend, allowing just three hits over 4.0 scoreless innings.
- Senior Kristen Gardner pitched a scoreless fifth inning in relief.
- Emily Bennett led the Union offense with two hits.
- Taylor Manley (1-4) took the loss in the circle, giving up three hits and four unearned runs over 1.2 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back home on Wednesday for a doubleheader with Miles College at 3:00 p.m.
 

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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.