CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team picked up their eighth straight victory, finishing off a three-game sweep of Christian Brothers with two wins on Sunday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (24-11, 15-8 GSC) won the opener by a score of 8-5, and went on to take three games from the Lady Bucs with a 5-2 win in the finale.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 8, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 5 (GAME ONE)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lady Choctaws got off to another fast start with four runs in the opening inning, highlighted by a pair of RBI singles from freshman Kayla Murphy and junior Brianna Caldwell and a run-scoring double from junior Kristen Qualls.
- MC would tack on a run in the second as sophomore Carly Crawford doubled to left-center field, scoring Murphy and making the lead 5-0.
- The Lady Bucs would look to get back in the game in the fourth, taking advantage of an MC error to score three runs, two of which were unearned.
- The Lady Choctaws responded in their half of the fourth as Crawford singled home Murphy to make the lead 6-3.
- Caldwell hit her 11th home run of the season to make the score 8-3 after four frames.
- CBU made things interesting with a couple runs in the seventh, but MC would hold on for the victory.

KEY STATS
- Murphy was the offensive star for the Lady Choctaws, going 4-for-4, with three runs scored, a double and an RBI. It is only the second four-hit game for a Lady Choctaw this season.
- Crawford, Caldwell and Qualls also had multi-hit games, while Caldwell scored a pair of runs.
- Caldwell drove in a team-high three runs and Crawford had a couple RBI.
- Junior Adrianna Morgan (7-0) allowed just one earned run and five hits over 6.1 innings to get the victory.
- Sierra Anderson (2-14) took the loss for CBU, allowing four hits and three earned runs over 2.2 innings.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 5, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 2 (GAME TWO)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The series finale saw both offenses go scoreless through two innings, but Caldwell came up big with a two-run single to score senior Katherine Lee and sophomore Shayla McKissock in the third.
- The Lady Bucs cut the lead in half in the fourth inning with an RBI single by Anderson, but it was another unearned run allowed by the MC pitching staff after an error in the frame.
- MC responded with a pair of runs in their half of the fourth as junior Alexia Harmon and freshman Alexis Jones each drove in scores with sacrifice flies.
- Junior Makenzie Nieto drove in the final run of the day for MC with a single to right field that scored pinch-runner Haley Muller.
- CBU hit a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning, but senior Kristen Gardner (4-3) made the lead stand up with a complete game performance.

KEY STATS
- Caldwell and Nieto had multi-hit days for the Lady Choctaws, while five different MC players scored a run.
- Gardner collected the victory by going all 7.0 innings, allowing seven hits and just one earned run with four strikeouts and no walks.
- Anderson (2-15) took the loss for CBU, giving up four hits and four earned runs over 4.0 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back in action next weekend in Huntsville, Alabama to face UAH for a three-game set.
 

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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.