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West Alabama UWA 3-7, 0-1 GSC
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Winner Mississippi College MC 5-3, 1-0 GSC
West Alabama UWA
3-7, 0-1 GSC
4
Final
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Mississippi College MC
5-3, 1-0 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Alabama UWA 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 10 0
Mississippi College MC 3 0 1 3 0 0 X 7 12 3

W: Hannah Creel (2-2) L: Wallace, Caleigh (2-4) S: Avery Barnett (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Choctaws Use Explosive Inning to Grab Win over Tigers

CLINTON, Miss. – Offense was no issue for University of West Alabama softball team and the Mississippi College Choctaws with over 20 hits for both squads, but in the end MC scored enough runs using a big third inning to grab a 7-4 victory Friday night in Gulf South Conference action at Rene T. Warren Field on the campus of Hinds Community College.
 
UWA falls to 3-7 overall and 0-1 after dropping the season opening conference contest. The Choctaws improve to 5-3 and 1-0 in league play.
 
Mississippi College put up 12 hits in the game while West Alabama had 10 hits. 
 
The Tigers struck in the top of the first thanks to a double steal situation where Kendall Johnson stole second to help Cassie Matlock score the small ball run to put the Tigers up 1-0. 
 
However, MC responded with three consecutive RBI at-bats capped by a single by Carly Crawford to take a 3-1 lead.
 
West Alabama put up two runs in the third starting with an RBI double to left center as Hayes Fulford came around to score. Chrissy Tubbs followed with a single in the very next at-bat netted an RBI as Craft came around to score and tied the game 3-3.
 
In the bottom of the third, Jordan LaFosse used a single to bring in Crawford as Mississippi College recaptured the lead 4-3. In the very next innings, Morgan Bradford hit a three-run homer to right field to extend the lead to 7-3.
 
UWA added one more run in the fifth when Matlock scored as Fulford reached on a fielder's choice for RBI to get the score to the 7-4 final.
 
Both teams combined to leave 13 runners on base with as the Tigers left eight runners on base and the Choctaws left five runners stranded. 
 
Caleigh Wallace (2-4) pitched 3.1 innings and posted two strikeouts along with seven hits and four earned runs allowed in the loss. Kamree Lay gave up four hits and three earned runs allowed. Haley Thorpe went 2.2 innings and struck out two batters as well as allowed a hit and walked two batters.
 
Hannah Creel (2-2) received the win, but the Tigers were able to get nine hits and four runs off the reigning GSC Pitcher of the Week. She struck out two batters. Avery Barnett (1) earned her first save with five strikeouts and only one hit allowed.
 
West Alabama returns to action tomorrow in a doubleheader against MC starting at 2 p.m. Live stats link is available on uwaathletics.com.
 
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