HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- Junior Kristen Qualls hit her 28th career home run on Friday afternoon, setting a new Mississippi College career record as the Lady Choctaws dropped a pair of road games to #22 UAH at Charger Park.

MC dropped to 24-13 on the season with a 15-10 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Chargers improved to 28-12 with an 18-8 mark in the league.
 

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#22 UAH 8, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 4 (GAME ONE)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The game started out as a pitcher's duel with both teams being held scoreless for the first three innings.
- The Chargers finally broke through on the first pitch of the fourth inning as Alaina Hampton homered down the left field line.
- MC would answer in the top of the fifth, however, as sophomore Carly Crawford came up with a two-out, RBI single to score senior Katherine Lee and tie the score, 1-1.
- UAH broke the game open in their half of the fifth with seven unearned runs, aided by an error and four MC walks, to make the score 8-1.
- The big blow of the inning was a two-out, bases clearing double by Jada Hayes that made the score 6-1.
- MC would put up a fight in the sixth as junior Kristen Qualls led off with a double and moved to third on a single by junior Makenzie Nieto.
- Pinch-runner Haley Muller would score on a groundout by freshman Jessica Aron, and Nieto would score on a single by junior Alexia Harmon to cut the lead to 8-3.
- The Lady Choctaws would score another one on a UAH error to make the score 8-4, but that would be the final run of the contest.
 
KEY STATS
- Nieto had a team-high two hits for the Lady Choctaws, who lost for just the second time this season when out-hitting their opponent.
- Junior Adrianna Morgan (7-1) took her first loss of the season, giving up five hits and just one earned runs over 4.2 innings.
- Amber Hammonds led UAH with two hits, while Hayes had a game-high three RBI.
- Kiara Akles (8-3) picked up the victory in the circle for UAH, pitching around eight hits and two walks over 5.1 innings.
 

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#22 UAH 7, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6 (GAME TWO)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
- The Lady Choctaws got off to a fast start in the second game with three runs in the first inning as Qualls singled home a run and two more runs came home on a UAH error.
- The teams would exchange runs to give MC a 4-1 lead, but the Chargers cut the lead to just one with two runs in the fifth inning.
- UAH would score three more in the sixth to grab a 6-4 lead, aided by an MC error and two sacrifice flies.
- With two outs in the seventh, Qualls stepped up and hit her seventh home run of the season and 28th of her career, passing Brooke Smitherman (2011-15) for most in school history.
- The joy was short-lived, however, as the Chargers responded in their half of the seventh with two-out RBI single to sweep the doubleheader. 

KEY STATS
- Qualls finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored to lead the MC offense.
- Katherine Lee also had two hits in the contest, while Carly Crawford scored twice.
- Junior Cori Cooper tossed 5.2 innings in the circle for MC, scattering 10 hits with three strikeouts.
- Freshman Madi Lancaster (2-3) took the loss for the Lady Choctaws, giving up just two hits with two strikeouts over 1.0 inning.
- Ashley Cornell led all hitters with four hits and scored the game-winning run in the seventh.
- Jada Hayes (6-2) picked up the win for UAH, getting the final out of the seventh inning.
 

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NEXT UP
The teams will wrap up the three-game set on Saturday with a single game at 8:00 a.m. at Charger Park.
 

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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.