OXFORD, Ala. --- The No. 24 Mississippi College baseball team fell 14-4 in an elimination game against Valdosta State University on the second day of the Gulf South Conference Championship Tournament.
 
Hunter Sykes collected a multiple hit effort going 2-for-3 with a run. Dylan Duplechain garnered a multi-RBI performance.
 
Zack Ingram (6-4) took the loss on the mound. Ingram tossed 2.2 frames in the start and gave up six runs on nine hits with one strikeout.
 
Score: Mississippi College 4 | Valdosta State 14
Date: Saturday, May 4, 2019
Location: Oxford, Ala. | Choccolocco Park
Records: Choctaws 28-17 | Blazers 28-20
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Blazers posted a six spot in the third highlighted by a pair of home runs. DJ King connected on a two-run homer to left center and Aaron Haughton followed with a solo.
• Chauncey Callier broke up the Blazer perfect game with a solo home run to left center.
• The Choctaws added three in the sixth as Dylan Duplechain tripled to score Hunter Sykes and Payton Yawn. Duplechain later scored on a wild pitch.
• VSU responded with two in the bottom of the sixth as Josh Broughton drove in two with a single to third base.
• The Blazers added five runs in the bottom of the seventh to secure the contest.

 
ON THE MOUND

• Ryan Lane allowed four runs on five hits in 3.1 innings with three strikeouts and two walks.
• Brandon Kennedy allowed four runs on three hits with three walks.

 
NOTEABLES

• Callier's home run was the eighth of the season. He sits second on the team.