VICKSBURG, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team opened Gulf South Conference play with a 6-2 win over rival Delta State on Saturday afternoon at Sports Force Parks.

The Lady Choctaws (2-4, 1-0 GSC) and the Lady Statesmen (5-4, 0-1 GSC) moved their series to Vicksburg following the winter weather that barreled through the area earlier in the week.

The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. at Sports Force Parks.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6, DELTA STATE 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws took advantage of five DSU errors, starting in the first inning when McCall Lee drove home Rayne Minor with a sacrifice fly to score an unearned run.
  - Annemarie Peavy extended the lead in the second inning with an RBI triple that scored Gracie Trahan, and Peavy came home to score on another error.
  - Peavy again brought a pair of runs home in the third inning as a dropped fly ball scored Ashley Elsensohn and Lee to make the score 5-0.
  - DSU was able to get on the board in the sixth inning as Jenny Griggers singled home Summer Cryder to make ths score 5-1.
  - The Lady Statesmen had two runners on with just one out, but Avery Sanders was able to keep MC with the four-run advantage.
  - MC got the run right back in their half of the sixth, taking advantage of another DSU error as Minor scored on a sacrifice bunt from Jordan LaFosse.
  - The Lady Statesmen added a run with three straight two-out hits in the seventh, but Sanders got a groundout to clinch the GSC-opening victory.

KEY STATS
  - Minor, LaFosse and Lee each had two hits for the Lady Choctaws, while Minor scored a pair of runs.
  - Trahan drew a pair of walks and scored a run in three plate appearances in the contest.
  - Sanders (1-3) allowed just five hits and two earned runs over the complete game effort.
  - She struck out seven Lady Statesmen with four walks.
  - Olivia Burns (1-3) took the loss for DSU, giving up seven hits and two earned runs over 4.0 innings.

NEXT UP
  - The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. at Sports Force Parks.
 

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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 18 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Men's and Women's 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.