ROME, Ga. --- Sophomore Baylee Freudenberg became the first Mississippi College softball player since 2014 to hit three home runs in a game in Saturday's 8-0 win over Shorter University at Alto Park.

The Lady Choctaws improved to 13-7 on the year with a 4-3 Gulf South Conference mark, while the Hawks fell to 2-12 with a 1-6 league record.
 

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GAME NOTES
  - Freudenberg became the first Lady Choctaw to hit three home runs in a single game since Brooke Smitherman against Texas-Dallas on March 7, 2014.
  - She is the first MC player to have a multi-home run game since Annemarie Peavy against Christian Brothers last season (April 6).
  - The Lady Choctaws had four home runs in the game, making it the second time this season they have turned the trick (Miles, Feb. 26).
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws wasted no time scoring the eventual game-winning run as senior Carly Crawford hit her third home run of the season, a two-run shot in the first inning.
  - The lead remained 2-0 until the 4th inning when Freudenberg ripped her first home run of the game to lead off the frame.
  - Getting in on the action, sophomore Gracie Trahan and senior Shayla McKissock each singled home runs to push the lead to 5-0.
  - Freudenberg then blasted her second long ball of the game in the 5th inning to extend the MC lead to 6-0.
  - After MC tacked on a run in the 6th, Freudenberg gave the game its final score with her third home run of the contest in the 7th inning.
 

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KEY STATS
  - If not for Freudenberg's big offensive day, sophomore Hannah Creel would have stolen the show with her effort in the circle.
  - Creel (5-4) gave up just three hits and no walks with four strikeouts over 5.0 innings.
  - Avery Sanders tossed the final 2.0 innings, retiring the final six Hawk hitters in order.
  - Seven different Lady Choctaws tallied hits, led by Freudenberg with three and Crawford with a pair.
  - Senior Hayden Claypool also notched a pair of doubles tying her for a team-high with five on the season now.
  - Shellby Young (1-6) took the loss for the Hawks, giving up 11 hits and eight earned runs over the complete game effort.
  - Three different players had the three hits for Shorter in the contest.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a doubleheader at 11:00 a.m. (Central) at Alto Park.
 

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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.