CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College softball team capped off a three-game series sweep of Shorter with an 8-0 victory in five innings on Sunday afternoon at the MC Softball Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (8-11, 8-7 GSC) won their sixth straight game and have now taken 11 straight from the Hawks (4-16, 0-12 GSC).
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 8, SHORTER 0 (5 INNINGS)

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws wasted no time scoring the eventual game-winning run as Rayne Minor singled, stole second and came home to score on a pair of groundouts.
  - MC would take a 3-0 lead after an inning thanks to an RBI double from Shelby Carlson and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch from Gracie Trahan.
  - Trahan drove in another run in the 3rd and came home to score in a three-run inning to extended the lead to 6-0.
  - Annemarie Peavy singled home a run in the 4th and the Lady Choctaws sat just one run away from the run-rule victory.
  - Trahan left no doubt as the leadoff hitter in the 5th, sending a ball over the left-center field wall for her second home run of the season.

KEY STATS
  - Trahan led the offense with a pair of hits and three RBI, while Jordan LaFosse went 2-for-2 with three runs scored.
  - MC had nine hits overall from seven different batters, while five different players scored runs.
  - Avery Sanders (6-8) gave up just two hits and struck out three over her second shutout in as many days.
  - Madison Pettigrew (2-6) took the loss for Shorter, giving up five hits and five earned runs over 2.1 innings.

NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on next weekend in Jackson, TN when they play a three-game series against Union (TN).
 

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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.