ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College softball team could muster only 10 total hits in a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ouachita Baptist on Tuesday afternoon at Sully Anderson Field.
 
The Lady Choctaws (15-9) dropped the opening game on a walk-off hit by a score of 3-2, while the Tigers (5-19) picked up a 5-2 win in the finale.
 

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GAME ONE: OUACHITA BAPTIST 3, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2
 
HOW IT HAPPENEND
  - The Tigers were able to string together a pair of two-out, run-scoring hits in the opening inning to grab an early 2-0 lead.
  - The lead remained 2-0 until the 4th when MC took advantage of two Ouachita errors to put runners on first and second with two out.
  - Gracie Trahan drew a 10-pitch walk and Rayne Minor doubled to right-center field to score Ashley Elsensohn and Kendal Daniels to knot the game at 2-2.
  - The Lady Choctaws would load the bases again in the 5th, but a line drive double play ended the threat and the game would remain tied.
  - The game would stay tied until the 7th when the Tigers put together a pair of two-out hits, the second of which was a run-scoring double to grab the walk-off win.
 
KEY STATS
  - Minor led the MC offense with three of the team's four hits and both RBI.
  - Hannah Creel (6-5) took the loss in the circle, despite holding OBU to just three earned runs with three strikeouts over 6.2 innings.
  - Sloan Precure and Callie Jourdan led the Tigers with two hits apiece, including the game-winning double by Precure.
  - Madison Miller (4-6) tossed the complete game for OBU with seven strikeouts and four walks.
 

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GAME TWO: OUACHITA BAPTIST 5, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  - It was the Lady Choctaws that would strike first in the second game as Morgan Bradford hit her third home run of the season, a solo shot to right field to take a 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning.
  - The Tigers responded with a run of their own in the 2nd on a two-out bunt single.
  - A turning point of the game came in the top of the 4th when Baylee Freudenberg led off with a walk and pinch-runner Paige Hulin moved up to second on a wild pitch.
  - Bradford singled to right field, but Hulin was called out at the plate, despite appearing to beat the throw.
  - They would add a go-ahead run in the 4th and put up another run in the 5th to push the lead to 3-1.
  - OBU snatched two more runs in the 6th to extend the advantage to 5-1 going to the 7th.
  - Shelby Carlson gave MC a lift off the bench with a double and Minor drove her in with a single, but the Tigers held on for the 5-2 win.
 
KEY STATS
  - Bradford had a team-high two hits in the game and one of the RBI on the solo home run.
  - Minor had her fourth hit of the day in the nightcap, also driving in a run in the final inning.
  - Avery Barnett (7-3) took the loss in the circle, giving up 11 hits and three earned runs over 6.0 innings.
  - Nicole Arreola (1-5) got the win for OBU, giving up six hits and two earned runs over 7.0 innings, inducing 12 ground-ball outs in the game.
  - Offensively, Tally Turnbow led the way with two doubles and an RBI, while Precure and Heather Brown also had two hits in the contest.
 

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NEXT UP
-The Lady Choctaws will be back in action this weekend in Carrollton, Ga. when they travel to face West Georgia in a three-game series.
-The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday at noon with a single game on Sunday at noon. All times are Central.
 

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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 contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.