CLINTON, Miss. --- The 25th-ranked Mississippi College baseball team fell 4-1 in its first midweek contest of the season to second ranked Southern Arkansas University. MC moved to 7-6 on the campaign while the Muleriders improved to 13-2.
 
MC's bats were held in check for much of the contest as the Navy and Gold managed just three hits on the afternoon. Chauncey Callier posted the only multiple-hit performance of the day going 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI. Callier recorded the only MC run of the game with a solo home run. Grant Barber provided the lone other hit for the Choctaws.
 
Bryce Lewis (2-1) received his first loss on the mound. Lewis tossed seven frames as he allowed four runs – two earned – on eight hits. The Moody Ala., native struck out six in the start.
 
Mississippi College returns to action on Wednesday, Feb. 26 as it hosts Miles College. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
 
SCORE: Mississippi College 1 | Southern Arkansas 4
DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020
LOCATION: Clinton, Miss. | Frierson Field
RECORDS: Choctaws 7-6 | Muleriders 13-2
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Southern Arkansas struck first in the contest as it posted a pair of runs in its first trip to the plate. Kobe Morris delivered his third home run of the season over the right field wall to plate Austin Baker, who reached as the lead-off hitter on a Choctaw miscue.
- Lewis settled in following the first as he held the Muleriders scoreless through the next three innings and allowed just two hits.
- After SAU extended its lead to 3-0, Callier deposited his team-leading, fifth home run of the season over the left field fence to place the Choctaws on the board. The hit was the second of the game for the Mobile, Ala., native as he doubled back in the third.
- The Muleriders added their final run of the game in the seventh as Riley Orr scored on a Baker groundout.
- Callier was robbed of his second home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh as he lifted a possible, two-run home run deept to left center, but SAU centerfield Ty Manning claimed the ball before it passed over the fence.
 
ON THE MOUND
- Jackson Bridges and Sam Ciaccio each made relief appearances in the game. Bridges tossed a scoreless eighth allowing one hit along with a pair of walks.
- Ciaccio closed out the game as he pitched a spotless ninth while recording a strikeout.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- The setback marked the fourth straight in the series to the Muleriders and the eighth overall.
- With Callier's home run, the Choctaws have posted a home run in each of the last three contests and eight of the 13 games this season.
- The two runs in the first inning marked the first runs surrendered by Lewis this season. He had tossed nine scoreless frames in four appearances this season and had only allowed four base runners to that point.