MOBILE, Ala. --- The Mississippi College softball team traveled south for a doubleheader with Spring Hill College and came away with a split on Saturday afternoon at Murray Field.
The Lady Choctaws (7-5) opened the day with a 4-2 win in extra innings, while the Badgers (2-7) bounced back with a 2-1 win in the second game.
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GAME ONE: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 4, SPRING HILL 2 (8 INNINGS)
HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The Badgers got on the board in the 1st inning, putting together back-to-back two-out hits to grab a 1-0 lead.
 - The game remained with a 1-0 score until the 6th when
Ashley Elsensohn tripled to lead off the inning and came home to score on a double-steal.
 - The Lady Choctaws took their first lead of the day as
Hayden Claypool drove in LaFosse with a sac fly to make the score 2-1.
 - Morgan Kramer extended the game with a solo home run in the 7th inning, sending the game into extra innings.
 - The eventual game-winning run scored in the 8th as
Jordan LaFosse doubled home Elsensohn to make the score 3-2.
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Rayne Minor brought LaFosse home with a single to extend the lead to 4-2.
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Avery Barnett (4-1) retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to clinch the twin-bill opening win.
KEY STATS
 - Barnett allowed just five hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts and a walk over the complete game effort.
 - Hannah Brenton (0-6) took the loss for SHC, pitching around eight hits and six walks over 8.0 innings.
 - Minor and Claypool led the way with two hits apiece, while
Kendal Daniels drew a pair of walks.
 - Elsensohn and LaFosse each scored twice for MC.
 - Delaney Thomas led the Badgers with two hits and a run scored.
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GAME TWO: SPRING HILL 2, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The second game had three scoreless innings until the Lady Choctaws grabbed a lead in the 4th inning.
 - LaFosse came up big again for MC with an RBI single to score
Grace Hahn and take a 1-0 lead.
 - The Badgers broke through with a pair of runs in the 5th inning to give the game its final score.
 - The Lady Choctaws were retired in order over the final two innings as SHC picked up the doubleheader split.
KEY STATS
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Hannah Creel (2-3) took the loss for MC, giving up six hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts over 6.0 innings.
 - Olivia Brown (1-1) picked up the win, giving up five hits with one run and three strikeouts over the complete game effort.
 - Five different Lady Choctaws tallied hits in the second game.
 - Addison Grundmeyer led the Badgers with a pair of hits and a run scored.
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NEXT UP
 - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back at home on Wednesday to host Miles College for a doubleheader at 2:00 p.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 began 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 contactÂ
David Nichols at 601-925-3234 orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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