ROME, Ga. --- The Mississippi College baseball team scored seven runs over the final three innings of a 9-5 come-from-behind victory on Sunday over Shorter University, completing a three-game sweep at the Ledbetter Baseball Complex.

The Choctaws improved to 13-2 with a 5-1 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Hawks fell to 9-10 and 2-4 in league play.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Hawks jumped out to a quick lead with three runs in the first inning and one in the second to grab a 4-0 advantage.
- The Choctaws started their comeback in the fourth inning with a pair of runs, highlighted by an RBI single from senior Kyle Smith.
- Heading to the seventh down 4-2, MC would cut the lead in half with an unearned run scored on a Hawk error.
- The Choctaws would tie things up in the eighth inning as Hunter Wilson and Billy Cameron led off with singles and Blaine Crim drove in Wilson with a single to make the score 4-4.
- Luke Yancey would give the Choctaws their first lead of the day with a sacrifice fly to score Cameron, and Fulton Johnson pushed the lead to 6-4 with an RBI single.
- After the Hawks cut the lead to 6-5 with a run in the eighth, Smith would lead off the ninth with a triple and come home to score on a sac fly by Wilson.
- Cameron dealt the big blow in the ninth with a two-run home run to give the game its final score of 9-5.
 

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KEY STATS
- Cameron went 4-for-5 with a home run, double, two runs scored and two RBI, leading a group of five Choctaws with multiple hits in the game.
- Christian Bellew (1-0) picked up the win for MC, tossing 1.0 inning in relief.
- Ryan Lane picked up the save by retiring all five of his batters faced over the last 1.2 innings.
- The Choctaw pitching staff struck out 15 Hawks in the game, led by seven from starter Zack Ingram.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will be back in action next weekend when they will host Lee University for a three-game series, beginning Saturday with a doubleheader at 2:00 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 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.