CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team has run their winning streak to seven games after a doubleheader sweep of Shorter on Friday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws improved to 32-10 on the season with a 15-7 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Hawks dropped to 15-26 with an 8-17 league record.
 

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GAME ONE: Mississippi College 6, Shorter 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

>> The game was a pitcher's duel outside of a six-run third inning for the Lady Choctaws.
>> The eventual game-winning run scored on a fielder's choice by senior Alexia Harmon that brought home freshman Gracie Trahan and junior Abbey Salvo.
>> Junior Carly Crawford and senior Brianna Caldwell put a couple more runs on the board with RBI singles as freshman Annemarie Peavy and Harmon scored.
>> Salvo also had an RBI singled in the inning to score senior Kristen Qualls, while freshman Grace Hahn came home on one of Shorter's three errors in the frame.
>> The Hawks had their best chance to score in the fourth with a pair of singles to open the inning, but senior Cori Cooper got a couple of strikeouts to end the threat.

KEY STATS

>> Cooper (10-6) collected the shutout win, allowing just three hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.
>> Payton Lippert (11-11) took the tough-luck loss for Shorter, giving up seven hits and three earned runs, but just one hit came outside of the third inning.
>> Crawford and Salvo each had multi-hit games for the Lady Choctaws, while six different players scored runs.
 

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GAME TWO: Mississippi College 11, Shorter 0 (5 Innings)

HOW IT HAPPENED

>> The Lady Choctaws put up a 10-spot in the first inning to put the second game away early.
>> It was the first 10-run inning for an MC softball team since scoring 11 against Hiwassee back in 2014.
>> The eventual game-winning run scored when Harmon doubled to left-center field, bringing home Peavy.
>> Freshman Baylee Freudenberg got the start as the designated player and was robbed of a home run in the inning, but Crawford came home to score on the sacrifice fly.
>> Sophomore Kayla Murphy drove in a pair of runs with a double, while Salvo brought a run in with a single to make the score 7-0.
>> The big blow of the frame came when Crawford hit her 7th home run of the season, a three-run shot to score Salvo and Peavy.
>> The final run of the game scored in the second inning when Peavy singled to center field and Salvo crossed home.

KEY STATS

>> Peavy and Crawford each had a pair of hits in the game, while Crawford drove in three runs and Murphy brought in a couple.
>> Peavy, Crawford and Salvo all scored two runs in the victory.
>> Freshman Hannah Creel (14-3) allowed just three hits with four strikeouts and one walk over 5.0 innings.
>> Julie Sanderlin (3-10) took the loss, giving up three hits and five earned runs over 0.1 innings.
 

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NEXT UP

>> The Lady Choctaws and Hawks will finish up the series on Saturday with a single game at 11:00 a.m. at the MC Softball Complex.
 

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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 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.