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Litton, McKinley Pace Majors to Sweep at Sewanee

• Official Stats (Game 1) • Official Stats (Game 2)

SEWANEE, Tenn. -- Sophomore outfielder \#Laura Litton\# had a career day at the plate in going 6-for-8 with eight RBIs and a pair of home runs and junior Jennifer McKinley went 5-for-8 with seven RBIs and three doubles as visiting Millsaps swept a Saturday doubleheader at Sewanee to improve to 7-7 in league play and 15-20 overall.

The Majors exploded for a season-high 16 runs off 19 hits to win the opener with ease, 16-0, as \#Brittney McAllister\# and \#Lindsay Drane\# combined for a three-hit shutout.  McAllister earned the win to move to 6-6 while tossing a career-high seven strikeouts.

Millsaps scored in its opening at-bat for a quick lead, sending 12 batters to the plate and plating six runs off eight hits.  They would follow with a five-run fourth and four-run fifth to earn the run-rule victory.

Litton was a career high 4-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBIs, while five other Majors chipped in multiple hits, including McKinley who had a game-high four RBIs.

In the nightcap, an eight-run first inning allowed the Majors to cruise to another run-rule victory, 16-1, and earn the Saturday sweep.

Litton followed up a career-high four hits in Game 1 with a career-high six RBIs in Game 2, including a grand slam in the fifth inning.  Junior outfielder \#Morgan Ladner\# also had a game-high 3-for-3 outing in earning her sixth start of the season in left.

Drane (1-2) won her first game as a Major in tossing 2.0 innings and allowing one run off one hit, while \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# scattered three hits, three strikeouts and no runs in throwing the final 3.0 innings.

Millsaps and Sewanee will close out a four-game series tomorrow at Noon.

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