BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Three BSC pitchers combined for complete game performances, including Melissa Muehlenfeld who allowed just one run and struck out 10 in 14 innings, and freshman Ashley Bice went 7-for-12 with eight RBIs on the weekend as the host Panthers swept a four-game series from Millsaps to improve to 29-3 on the year.
BSC shutout Millsaps in Thursday's doubleheader by 5-0 and 11-0 scores, using a two-hitter from Muehlenfeld in Game 1 and a five-hitter from Tori Harris in Game 2. Muehlenfeld scattered eight strikeouts and didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning, whereas Harris needed just 72 pitches to grab her seventh win of the year.
\#Erica Douglas\#, \#Amanda Berry\# and \#Tiffany Ladnier\# picked up two hits apiece on the day, with \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# recording the Majors' seventh hit.
The Panthers finished off a four-game sweep of the Majors with a pair of victories on Friday as part of Senior Day, winning 5-1 and 6-1.
Muehlenfeld led BSC at the plate and in the circle in Game 1, going 2-for-4 and earning the win after giving up just one run in a complete-game, six-hitter. Muehlenfeld also stole three bases in addition to two from Kayla Backlund and another from Ronni Ferris.
Millsaps scored its first run of the weekend in their half of the first, using an RBI-groundout from \#Karoline Kremers\# to score Ladnier after the senior reached on a leadoff walk and stole second.
BSC responded right back with two runs in its half to take a 2-1 lead, tying the game on a sac fly from Jena Franks that scored two runs after a throwing error from Ladnier. The Panthers added a single run in the third and two more in the sixth to make the final 5-1.
A three-run first and second inning, highlighted by Bice's three-run homer, knocked Millsaps back on its heels in Game 2 and allowed BSC to cruise to a 6-1 win.
The Majors scored their lone run in the fifth off Douglas' RBI-single before stranding the bases loaded on a popup and strikeout.
Millsaps will return home on Tuesday, playing host to Mississippi College in a 2 p.m. doubleheader for its final home games of the 2009 season.