MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- Freshman
Baylee Freudenberg came off the bench and drove in the game-winning run in the seventh inning with a two-out RBI double to give the Mississippi College softball team a 4-3 win over Christian Brothers on Friday afternoon at Bland Field.
The Lady Choctaws improved 29-10 on the season with an 11-7 mark in the Gulf South Conference, while the Lady Bucs fell to 9-28 with a 1-17 league record.
HOW IT HAPPENED
>> The Lady Choctaws scored two early runs as senior
Brianna Caldwell stroked a two-out, two-run single in the first that scored freshman
Annemarie Peavy and junior
Carly Crawford.
>> The Lady Bucs responded with a solo home run in the second inning to cut the lead in half.
>> CBU would tie the game in the third on an RBI single, but Peavy turned a double play to end the threat and keep the score tied.
>> No more runs would score until the sixth when junior
Abbey Salvo led off with a single, stole second and scored on a two-out RBI single by senior
Alexia Harmon.
>> The Lady Bucs would not go away, however, as they tied the game with an RBI single of their own in the sixth, but junior
Shayla McKissock threw out the go-ahead runner at the plate to keep the score 3-3.
>> The game-winning run scored for MC in the seventh when Freudenberg stroked a pinch-hit double to right-center field that brought junior
Hayden Claypool across home plate.
>> Senior
Cori Cooper earned her third save of the year by retiring CBU in order in the seventh to clinch the victory.
KEY STATS
>> Freshman
Hannah Creel (13-3) pitched the first 6.0 innings, striking out nine batters and scattering nine hits with two earned runs.
>> Two of Creel's strikeouts came in the fifth inning as CBU put runners on second and third with one out before the rookie shut the door.
>> Cooper struck out a pair and gave up an infield pop-up to open the GSC series with a victory.
>> Peavy, Caldwell and junior
Morgan Bradford had two hits apiece for the Lady Choctaws, while Caldwell had a team-high two RBI.
>> Mackenzie Puckett (2-5) took the loss for the Lady Bucs despite tossing a complete game, allowing 11 hits and four earned runs with six strikeouts.
>> Puckett led CBU with three hits, while Maddi Welch added a pair.
NEXT UP
>> The teams are currently scheduled to wrap up the series on Saturday with a doubleheader at 11:00 a.m. at Bland Field.
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.
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