CLINTON, Miss. --- Sophomore Rayne Minor robbed a home run in the seventh inning of a 3-2 win over West Alabama on Wednesday night at the MC Softball Complex.

The win gave the Lady Choctaws (16-16) a doubleheader split with the Tigers (18-20), who won the opener by a score of 8-4.
 

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GAME ONE: WEST ALABAMA 8, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 4

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The teams traded runs in the second inning, including a two-out RBI double from Gracie Trahan that scored Morgan Bradford after she doubled to open the frame.
  - The Tigers took off from there, scoring in every inning the rest of the way.
  - After a run in the 3rd, LP Trammel hit a two-run home run in the 4th inning and West Alabama had a 4-1 lead.
  - They would score twice more in the 5th and take a 6-1 lead after an RBI single from Grace Self.
  - McCall Lee cut into the lead in MC's half of the 5th, hitting her team-leading fifth home run of the season to cut the score to 6-2.
  - Kendall Johnson doubled home a run with two outs for the Tigers to push the lead back out to 7-2.
  - Trahan struck again in MC's 6th with a two-run home run, her third of the season, to cut the deficity back to 7-4.
  - The Tigers would tack on another run in the 7th to give the game its final score.

KEY STATS
  - Both teams had double-figures in hits with MC putting up 10 and West Alabama posting 11.
  - Minor and Trahan each had a pair of hits with Trahan driving in a team-high three runs.
  - Avery Barnett (7-4) took the loss in the circle, giving up 10 hits and seven earned runs over 5.2 innings.
  - Self had a team-high three hits and was joined by Trammel with a team-high two RBI.
  - Kacy Noland (8-9) picked up the win for UWA, tossing a complete game and striking out five with no walks.
 

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GAME TWO: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 3, WEST ALABAMA 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws took their first lead of the day in the 1st inning as Minor led off with a single, stole second and came in to score on a sac fly from Brooke Fagan.
  - The Tigers scored both of their runs in the 3rd inning, taking a 2-1 lead and chalking up a pair of unearned runs on two MC errors in the frame.
  - MC finally was able to tie the score in the 5th inning as Fagan drove Minor in again, this time with a groundout.
  - The Lady Choctaws scored the game-winning run in the 6th, putting together a pair of two-out singles from Paige Hulin and Minor to load the bases.
  - Lee was able to draw a bases loaded walk on a 3-2 count to bring Annemarie Peavy home with the game-winning run.
  - The first batter of the 7th for UWA, Trammell, sent a shot to the left-center field wall the Minor skied to haul in and keep MC with the lead.
  - Avery Sanders was able to get two groundouts to end the game and finish off the complete-game effort.

KEY STATS
  - Sanders (9-11), allowed just four hits with two unearned runs over 7.0 innings with six strikeouts.
  - Minor led the way with three hits and two more stolen bases, giving her four in the doubleheader.
  - Fagan drove in a pair of runs, while Jordan LaFosse had two hits for MC.
  - Cassie Matlock had two hits to lead the West Alabama offense.
  - Kaeleigh Crutchfield (5-2) took the loss in the circle for UWA, allowing nine hits and three earned runs over 6.0 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Friday when they face Lee in a doubleheader at 2:00 p.m. (CT).
  - The series was moved up a day due to rain expected in the area over the weekend.
 

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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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