CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team used big-scoring innings to cap a four-game season sweep of Miles College with two wins on Wednesday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (36-11) cruised to a 12-0 win in the opener and came back to pick up a 6-4 win over the Golden Bears (7-36) in the nightcap.
 

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GAME ONE: #25 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 12, MILES 0 (5 INNINGS)

HOW IT HAPPENED

>> After a scoreless first inning, the Lady Choctaws got the offense going in the second with six runs, starting with a solo home run by senior Kristen Qualls, the 34th of her career.
>> Junior Morgan Bradford tripled in the next at-bat and scored on a bunt single by sophomore Ashley Elsensohn to push the lead to 2-0.
>> Sophomore Kayla Murphy and freshman Gracie Trahan tallied back-to-back RBI singles, and MC would tack on two more runs to take a 6-0 lead.
>> Bradford drove in a freshman Grace Hahn with a single in the third inning to give the Lady Choctaws a 7-0 advantage.
>> MC would pour it on in the fourth with five more runs as freshman Annemarie Peavy and senior Alexia Harmon drilled back-to-back RBI doubles to make the score 9-0.
>> After an RBI single by senior Brianna Caldwell, Qualls delivered the final blow with a two-run single that scored sophomore Paige Hulin and junior Carly Crawford.

KEY STATS

>> All the offense was plenty for sophomore Madi Lancaster (4-0), who allowed just two hits with two strikeouts and one walk in the complete game effort in the circle.
>> Qualls, Bradford and Trahan each had two hits in the game, Trahan and Harmon scored a team-high two runs.
>> The three RBI was a team-high for Qualls, while seven other Lady Choctaws brought home runs.
>> Zamiyah Williams (1-11) took the loss for the Golden Bears, allowing 11 hits and 11 earned runs over 4.0 innings.
 

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GAME TWO: #25 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6, MILES 4

HOW IT HAPPENED

>> The second game was much more up in the balance as Miles jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the second inning.
>> Kiana Terry and Zakierra Webb had RBI singles as the Golden Bears got things going in the second contest.
>> MC answered with a run of their own in the second as Trahan singled home Bradford to cut the score to 3-1.
>> The big inning came for the Lady Choctaws in the fourth as they put up five runs to grab a 6-3 advantage.
>> With the bases loaded, Trahan came up with a big-two run double that tied the game and gave her four hits on the day.
>> Peavy struck the big blow of the game with a three-run home run that gave MC their first lead of the contest.
>> Miles would double home a run in the seventh, but the Lady Choctaws would hold on for the victory.

KEY STATS

>> Peavy and Trahan led the MC offense with two hits and three RBI apiece, while Harmon and Bradford also had two hits each.
>> Bradford scored a team-high two runs, giving her four hits and three runs scored in the doubleheader.
>> Freshman Hannah Creel (16-3) struck out seven and walked just one over the complete game effort.
>> Magen Rich (2-17) took the loss for Miles, allowing 10 hits and six earned runs over 7.0 innings.
>> Yasmine Cottingham, Terry and Webb each had two hits apiece, while Webb drove in a pair.
 

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NEXT UP

>> The Lady Choctaws will wrap up the regular season this weekend when they host rival Delta State for a three-game series beginning on Saturday with a doubleheader at 3:00 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 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.