ROME, Ga. --- The Mississippi College softball team rolled to a Sunday sweep of Shorter, extending their winning streak to a season-high five games, at Alto Park.

The Lady Choctaws (15-7, 6-3 GSC) opened the day with a 6-0 victory and took down the Hawks (2-13, 1-8 GSC) in the series finale 12-3 to pick up the three-game sweep.
 

---

GAME ONE: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6, SHORTER 0

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - Sophomore Baylee Freundenberg, who hit three home runs on Saturday, put the opening game away in the 1st inning with a grand slam.
  - It was the first grand slam for a Lady Choctaw since Morgan Bradford and Annemarie Peavy each hit one against Christian Brothers last season.
  - Morgan Bradford's RBI double to score Rayne Minor in the 2nd tacked on a run to push the lead to 5-0.
  - The final run of the game game in the 6th when Ashley Elsensohn singled home Bradford to give the game a score of 6-0.

KEY STATS
  - It was the sixth straight game the Lady Choctaws have shut out Shorter, sweeping the series without allowing a run last season and sweeping Saturday's game, 7-0.
  - Freshman Avery Barnett (7-2) tossed the shutout, giving up just three hits with four strikeouts and two walks.
  - Minor, Shayla McKissock and Freudendberg each had multi-hit games, while Bradford drove in a pair of runs.
  - Freudenberg led the way with four RBI on the first-inning grand slam.
  - Courtney Pinkston (1-5) took the loss for the Hawks, giving up 11 hits and six earned runs with six strikeouts and six walks over 7.0 innings.
  - Sydney Poston had a team-high two hits for Shorter.
 

---

GAME TWO: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 12, SHORTER 3

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaw offense wasted no time getting after the series sweep with three runs in the opening inning.
  - Carly Crawford drove in a run with a groundout and Peavy brought home a pair of runs with a single.
  - The Hawks grabbed their first run against MC since 2018 in the 1st inning, but MC responded with five in the top of the 2nd.
  - Four different run-scoring hits drove in the five runs, highlighted by an RBI double from Jordan LaFosse and a two-run single by Kendal Daniels.
  - The Lady Choctaws would push across four more runs in the 4th as Peavy singled home another run and Gracie Trahan brought home a run with a sac fly.
  - The Hawks were able to score a couple in the 5th, but MC held on for the 12-3, run-rule victory.

KEY STATS
  - The 13 hits and the 12 runs were tied for the second-most in a single game for the Lady Choctaws this season.
  - Four Lady Choctaws tallied multi-hit games with Peavy and LaFosse leading the way with three apiece.
  - Minor, McKissock, Peavy and LaFossee each scored twice, while Peavy drove in a team-high three runs.
  - Hannah Creel (6-4) grabbed her second win of the weekend, giving up three hits and an earned run over 3.0 innings.
  - Avery Sanders pitched the final two innings, giving up no hits over the final six outs.
  - Paytn Cripps led the Shorter offense with a hit and a pair of runs scored.
  - Shellby Young (1-7) took the loss for the Hawks, giving up 11 hits and and seven earned runs over 1.2 innings.
 

---

NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to travel to Arkansas to face Ouachita Baptist on Tuesday for a doubleheader at 3:00 p.m.
  - MC is set to travel to Carrollton, Ga. to face West Georgia in a three-game GSC series next weekend.
 

---

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.