CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College softball team dropped the series finale at Lee on Saturday afternoon at Butler Field.

The Lady Choctaws (16-19, 12-14 GSC) lost 4-2, and the Flames (17-18, 14-13 GSC) swept the three-game home series.
 

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LEE 4, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws struck first with an RBI groundout from Annemarie Peavy that scored Jordan LaFosse in the 2nd inning.
  - The Flames responded in their half of the 2nd, taking advantage of an MC error to tie the score at 1-1.
  - Lee took the lead in the 4th inning on a sacrifice bunt from Annalyn Ornsby that scored Laney Harris.
  - The big blow came on the next hitter as Shelby Cole hit a two-run home run to push the lead to 4-1.
  - MC was unable to break through until the 7th inning when Gracie Trahan doubled to lead off and Paige Hulin singled to put runners at the corners with no outs.
  - Rayne Minor came up and hit a lined shot to third the deflected off of third baseman Taylor De Adder and led to a line drive double play.
  - McCall Lee doubled to drive Trahan in and cut the deficit to 4-2 with two outs.
  - Brooke Fagan hit a line drive to center field, but it went right to center fielder Lily Hatcher to end the game.

KEY STATS
  - Three Lady Choctaws had multiple hits, led by LaFosse with two and a run scored.
  - Lee had a double as part of her two hits, and Shelby Carlson had a pair of hits to give MC 11 hits in the contest.
  - Avery Sanders (9-13) took the loss for MC, giving up two hits and three earned runs over 3.2 innings.
  - The Flames had just four hits, but Cole's two-run home run was the difference.
  - Madison Barnett (6-5) tossed her second complete game of the weekend, giving up 11 hits and two earned runs over 7.0 innings.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws will wrap up the regular season next weekend with a home series against West Georgia, opening Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the MC Softball Complex.
 

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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.