CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team will play their final non-conference home games of the season on Wednesday when they host Miles College for a doubleheader at 3:00 p.m. at the MC Softball Complex.
 

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THE SERIES

MC and Miles have met seven previous times with the Lady Choctaws winning all seven contests, including a doubleheader in Pleasant Grove, Ala. earlier this season. This will be just the second time the Golden Bears have made the trip to Clinton with the Lady Choctaws winning both ends of a doubleheader (10-2, 11-7).

On February 27th, MC traveled to Alabama and grabbed a pair of wins (11-1, 7-2). Junior Penny Nichols allowed just two hits in the first contest, while junior Cori Cooper struck out a school record 13 in the finale.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
Record: 19-11, 12-8 GSC
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The Lady Choctaws, led by 12th-year head coach Brooke O'Hair, just finished off a series sweep of Union last weekend, outscoring the Bulldogs 25-8 over three games. Two contests ended in run-rule victories, while the second game required MC to come back from a 7-1 deficit to grab an 8-7 win on a walk-off home run by junior Alexia Harmon.

Harmon (.296) was named GSC Player of the Week after going 6-of-8 (.750) with two home runs, seven RBI and five runs scored in the three wins. She had at least two hits, two RBI and one run scored in all three games, also recording the walk-off RBI single in the series finale.

Sophomore Shayla McKissock (.354) leads the team in batting average, followed closely by junior Makenzie Nieto (.345), who has a team-best five doubles. Junior Brianna Caldwell (.323) has a team-high eight home runs, followed by Harmon and junior Kristen Qualls with five apiece.

Senior Katherine Lee (.333) has stolen a team-high 20 bases and became the first player in school history with over 100 swipes following the weekend sweep of Union. Freshmen Jessica Aron (.315) and Kayla Murphy (.258) and McKissock join Lee with double-digit totals in stolen bases.

In the circle, junior Cori Cooper (7-1, 2.03 ERA) collected the win in all three games last weekend, allowing just five hits and one earned run over 10.0 innings. Freshman Madi Lancaster (1-2, 4.29 ERA) tossed a mid-week contest against Lane College two weeks ago, allowing just one hit in the complete game victory.
 

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MILES
Record: 8-22, 8-2 SIAC
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The Golden Bears, led by head coach Patrick Peasant, have won eight of their last 12 games after opening the season 0-18. They are hitting .255 as a team with a 7.62 earned run average and .920 fielding percentage.

Davis Watkins (.342) and Ombreyah Daly (.338) are the team's leading hitters with Watkins pacing the squad with six doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI. Zakierra Webb (.288) has a team-high 18 stolen bases, while Kristie Looney (.302) has swiped 17 bases. Kendruena McPherson (.224) has scored a team-best 22 runs.

McPherson (5-8, 4.63 ERA) is also the team's leading pitcher, posting a team-best 77 strikeouts and nine complete games in 87.2 innings pitched. Magen Rich (2-11, 10.12 ERA) has thrown five complete games in 65.0 innings pitched.
 

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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.