PENSACOLA, Fla. --- The Mississippi College softball team struggled to get the bats going in a 4-0 loss to West Florida on Friday afternoon at the UWF Softball Complex.
The Lady Choctaws (3-9, 2-5 GSC) held the Argonauts (10-5, 5-2 GSC) to just five hits but could only muster three base-knocks themselves.
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WEST FLORIDA 4, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The game was a scoreless pitching duel between
Avery Sanders and Grace Gilbert.
 - The Argos were able to break through in the 4th as they took advantage of five MC walks to drive in a pair of runs and take a 2-0 lead.
 - They would add a solo home run in the 5th inning from Kara Wilson and an RBI single from Teala Howard in the 6th gave the game its final score.
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McCall Lee doubled to open the 7th inning, but the Lady Choctaws were unable to push a run across.
KEY STATS
 - Lee had two of MC's three hits with
Paige Hulin coming up with the third.
 - Sanders (2-7) took the loss, despite allowing just one hits with four strikeouts over 3.2 innings pitched.
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Avery Barnett tossed the final 2.1 innings and allowed four hits and two earned runs.
 - Gilbert (2-3) gave up just three hits with six strikeouts over the complete game effort.
 - Five different Argos tallied hits, while Wilson scored a pair of runs.
NEXT UP
 - The teams will wrap up the three-game series on Saturday with a doubleheader at 1:00 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contactÂ
David Nichols atÂ
601-925-3234Â orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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