YOUNGSVILLE, La. --- Mississippi College opened up the 2023 softball season in the win column with two huge victories to begin the weekend.

MC went toe to toe with Harding in game one, winning by a final score of 4-3 in 11 innings. In game two, the Lady Choctaws dominated #6 ranked Texas A&M-Kingsville by a final of 10-0.

Mississippi College totaled four hits in game one, with Alexis Lauglin, Brooke Fagan, McCall Lee and Jordan LaFosse each tallying a hit. Lee had a team best two runs batted in with Fagan and Lafosse adding one RBI a piece.

Camryn Bailey picked up the win, going 5.0 innings pitched, striking out two opposing hitters, as she improved to 1-0 after the win. 

In game two, MC scored three runs in the third, four in the fourth and three more runs in the seventh, on their way to defeating #6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 10-0.

The Lady Choctaws had 12 hits and held Kingsville with just two hits on the night. MC had four batters with double-digit hits with Laughlin, Jordan Moore, Lafosse, and Rigney each tallying two hits. Laughlin and Moore paced the Lady Choctaws with two and three runs batted in a piece on the night. 

MC improved to 2-0 on the season with the Friday night double-header sweep. MC is back in action tomorrow afternoon versus Oklahoma Baptist (4:30 pm) and Southeastern Oklahoma (7:00 pm)

GAME ONE SCORING SUMMARY

	MC	1st	Jordan Moore reached on a fielder's choice; Brooke Fagan advanced to second; Alexis Laughlin scored.	1	0
	MC	2nd	Alexis Laughlin grounded out to p, RBI; Ashley Lightcap advanced to second; Shelby Samples advanced to third; Jordan LaFosse scored.	2	0
	HU	7th	J. Cabana doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Blankenship scored; E. Curry scored.	2	2
	MC	10th	Ashley Lightcap grounded out to ss, RBI; Brooke Fagan scored.	3	2
	HU	10th	H. Jones popped up to lf, RBI; L. Harris scored.	3	3
	MC	11th	McCall Lee singled to left field, RBI; Brooke Fagan advanced to second; McCall Lee scored.	4	3

GAME ONE STATS

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
CF	Alexis Laughlin	3	1	0	1	1	1	0
2B	Brooke Fagan	4	1	1	0	1	1	2
C	McCall Lee	5	1	2	1	0	0	0
1B	Jenna Ergle	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
3B	Jordan Moore	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
SS	Jordan LaFosse	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
RF	Shelby Samples	3	0	2	0	1	0	0
LF	Ashley Lightcap	3	0	0	1	1	2	0
DH	Kamryn Eaton	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Totals	36	4	6	3	4	5	6

GAME TWO SCORING SUMMARY

MC	TAM
	MC	3rd	Alexis Laughlin stole home.	1	0
	MC	3rd	Jordan Moore homered to left field, 2 RBI; M. Lee scored.	3	0
	MC	4th	Alexis Laughlin singled, advanced to third, 2 RBI; E. Rigney scored; K. Eaton scored.	5	0
	MC	4th	Brooke Fagan popped up to cf, RBI; A. Laughlin scored.	6	0
	MC	4th	Jordan Moore grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; J. Ergle advanced to second; M. Lee scored.	7	0
	MC	7th	Kamryn Eaton singled to third base, advanced to second; J. Dill advanced to third; J. LaFosse scored.	8	0
	MC	7th	Emily Rigney singled to left field, advanced to second, RBI; K. Eaton advanced to third; J. Dill scored.	9	0
	MC	7th	Hannah Tauzin singled, advanced to second, RBI; E. Rigney advanced to third; K. Eaton scored.	10	0

GAME TWO STATS

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
CF	Alexis Laughlin	4	2	2	2	1	0	0
2B	Brooke Fagan	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
2B	Hannah Tauzin	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
C	McCall Lee	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
1B	Jenna Ergle	4	0	1	0	1	1	1
3B	Jordan Moore	5	1	2	3	0	1	5
SS	Jordan Lafosse	4	1	2	0	0	0	1
RF	Shelby Samples	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
RF	Jaycee Dill	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
DH	Kamryn Eaton	1	2	1	0	2	0	0
DH	Caylee Comer	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
LF	Emily Rigney	3	1	2	1	0	1	2
LF	Ali King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	33	10	12	8	7	5	10