VICKSBURG, Miss. --- Mississippi College softball head coach Brooke O'Hair won her 400th career game in capturing a series win over Delta State on Sunday afternoon at the Sports Force Park.

The Lady Choctaws (3-5, 2-1 GSC) bounced back from a 6-0 loss to the Lady Statesmen (6-5, 1-2 GSC) in the first game of the doubleheader, coming back to get a 2-1 victory in the final game of the series.

O'Hair, an Academic All-SEC selection as a second baseman at Mississippi State, earned her first career collegiate victory on February 20, 2007 in a 4-1 win over William Carey. She has led the Lady Choctaws to an NCCAA National Championship (2016), a Gulf South Conference championship (2017) and five NCAA Tournament appearances (2007, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019).

The Lady Choctaws have had eight 30-win seasons in school history and O'Hair has seven of them, including the only 40-win season in school history in 2019.
 

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GAME ONE: DELTA STATE 6, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 0
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Statesmen wasted no time getting on the board in the 1st as Kailyn Lofton singled home a pair of runs with a two-out single.
  - They would then add two unearned runs in the 3rd inning and push the lead out to 4-0.
  - DSU scored a run in the 4th and in the 7th to pick up the 6-0 victory.
 
KEY STATS
  - The Lady Choctaws tallied just four hits, led by a single and a walk from Brooke Fagan.
  - Lofton led the DSU offense with three hits and three RBI, while Mary Sweatt notched a couple of hits off the bench.
  - Avery Barnett (1-2) took the loss for MC, giving up three hits and two earned runs with three strikeouts over 3.0 innings.
  - Shelby Carlson pitched the final 4.0 innings and gave up just three hits and two earned runs.
  - Lacey Coats (4-1) gave up four hits and struck out three in the complete-game effort for DSU.
 

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GAME TWO: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2, DELTA STATE 1

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The first three innings were scoreless before DSU broke through with a two-out, RBI double from Julie Scheuermann to score Jenny Griggers and take a 1-0 lead.
  - Jordan LaFosse wasted no time getting the score tied, leading off the bottom of the 4th with a solo home run on the first pitch.
  - The Lady Choctaws used some two-out magic in the 5th inning as Morgan Bradford tripled and scored on an infield single from Rayne Minor.
  - Avery Sanders made the lead stand up, allowing just one baserunner over the final two innings and retiring the side in order in the 7th.

KEY STATS
  - Sanders (2-3) collected her second win of the weekend, striking out nine batters and allowing just four hits and two walks over the complete-game effort.
  - LaFosse and McCall Lee each had a pair of hits for the Lady Choctaws, including a double for Lee.
  - Coats (4-2) took the loss for the Lady Statesmen, giving up six hits and two earned runs in her second complete game of the day.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action next weekend in Southeast Georgia when they travel to #10 Valdosta State for a three-game series (Feb. 27-28).
 

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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.