OXFORD, Ala. --- The Mississippi College softball team advanced to Saturday's Gulf South Conference championship game with an 8-0 win over West Georgia on Friday night at Choccolocco Park.

The Lady Choctaws (21-19) will face #4 Auburn Montgomery (38-5) on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. with the winner earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II South Regional in Valdosta, Ga.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 8, WEST GEORGIA 0 (5 INNINGS)

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - Both teams were scoreless through the first two innings with MC having the best chance, loading the bases in the 2nd before coming away scoreless.
  - The Lady Choctaws broke through in the 3rd when Jordan LaFosse singled home Rayne Minor and McCall Lee.
  - Annemarie Peavy pushed the lead to 4-0 on an RBI double that scored Brooke Fagan and LaFosse.
  - Avery Barnett continued to shut down the UWG offense, only allowing one baserunner over the final three innings.
  - The Lady Choctaws broke the game open in the 5th with an two-run doubles from Shelby Carlson that drove in Fagan and LaFosse.
  - The last two runs of the game scored on a UWG error that brought home Morgan Bradford and Danielle Williams.

KEY STATS
  - Barnett (11-5) tossed a complete-game shutout, giving up just two hits with three stirkeouts and one walk.
  - LaFosse had her third two-hit game of the tournament, scoring twice and driving in a pair of runs.
  - Carlson also drove in two runs, while Fagan scored twice.

NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws will play in the Gulf South Conference championship game on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Choccolocco Park.
 

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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.