MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College softball team split a doubleheader with Christian Brothers on Saturday afternoon at St. Benedict at Auburndale.

The Lady Choctaws (13-12, 11-8 GSC) had their 9-game winning streak snapped with a 6-5 loss in the opener, but they came back to get a 7-4 win over the Lady Bucs (7-20, 7-12 GSC).
 

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GAME ONE: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 6, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 5

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - MC got on the board quickly in the first with a pair of runs as each of the first three batters reached base and grabbed a 2-0 lead.
  - The Lady Bucs took advantage of two walks and three hit-by-pitches in the first to make it a 2-2 score through a frame.
  - McCall Lee gave the Lady Choctaws a 5-2 lead in the second with a three-run home run, her team-leading fourth of the season.
  - CBU bounced back again in the 2nd with a two-run double from Bree Brady to make the score 5-4.
  - The scored remained 5-4 as the pitchers settled in a sent the game to the 6th with the one-run difference.
  - In the bottom of the 6th, the Lady Bucs drew four straight walks to tie the game and the game-winning run scored on a sacrifice fly.

KEY STATS
  - Lee led the MC offense with a pair of hits and four RBI, including the three-run home run.
  - Rayne Minor joined Lee with a team-high two runs scored.
  - Avery Sanders (8-9) took the loss, giving up just three hits, but walking nine with six earned runs over 5.1 innings.
  - Josie Bond led the CBU offense with two hits, while Brady drove in a team-high three runs.
  - Macy Cumming (5-5) went all 7.0 innings to get the win, giving up five hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
 

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GAME TWO: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 7, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 4

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws struck first in the second contest with three runs in the 2nd inning on RBI from Annemarie Peavy and Paige Hulin.
  - CBU scored twice in their half of the second, including a solo home run from Brady, to cut the score to 3-2.
  - Shelby Carlson had one of her four hits in the 3rd inning to score Brooke Fagan and push the lead to 4-2.
  - After the Lady Bucs scored an unearned run in the 3rd, MC responded with a pair of runs in the 5th, including an RBI single from Peavy.
  - CBU cut the score to 6-4 with an RBI groundout from Brady in the 5th.
  - Carlson had her final hit of the contest and drove in Fagan in the 7th with two outs to give the game its final score.
  - Avery Barnett retired the side in order in the 7th to clinch the doubleheader split.

KEY STATS
  - The Lady Choctaws put up 11 hits in the second game, with 10 of them coming from Fagan, Carlson and Peavy.
  - Carlson went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
  - Fagan and Peavy each had three hits with Fagan scoring three times and Peavy driving in a pair.
  - Barnett (5-2) went the distance for MC, giving up four hits and two earned runs with just one walk.
  - Bond led the way with two hits and two runs scored, while Brady drove in two runs.
  - Mackenzie Puckett (2-4) took the loss for CBU, allowing five hits and three earned runs over 2.1 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a single game 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.

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.