Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
CLINTON – Senior \#Jennifer McKinley\# had a career-day for the Millsaps College softball team by going deep three times in a 7-1 victory over No. 10 ranked and previously unbeaten Mississippi College but the Majors could not keep the momentum falling to Huntingdon College 6-5 later Friday afternoon.
McKinley becomes the first Millsaps player to hit three home runs in a game finishing the opening game 3-for-3 with five RBIs.
\#Emily Spicer\# started the game with a double to left center and later scored on a Lady Choctaws' error before McKinley hit a two-run home run to center field to give the Majors an early 3-0 lead.
Millsaps would add a run in the third with a solo shot from McKinley to go ahead 4-0.
Starting pitcher \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# cruised through her first three innings of work allowing just two hits before MC finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth trailing 4-1.
The Majors responded by scoring two in the top of the fifth when McKinley again went deep driving home \#Brooke Lee\# for a 6-1 advantage.
\#Laura Litton\# joined the attack with a deep blast to straight away center field as the Majors shut down the Lady Choctaws 7-1.
As a team, Millsaps finished the game with four home runs for the first time in over a decade.
Thibodeaux was stellar in the circle for the Majors giving up just one run off six hits while striking out five to earn the victory and improve to 2-3 on the year.
Kim Mason took the loss for MC allowing four runs –three earned—in 2 1/3 innings of work and falls t 5-1 on the season.
Coming off its most impressive victory in recent history, the Majors could not put up a repeat performance against Huntingdon, falling 6-5.
Millsaps again got things started early by scoring two runs in the first inning as \#Allison Tarbox\# doubled home McKinley and \#Megan Yglesias\# before \#Josie Matthews\# was thrown out at the plate.
Huntingdon answered right back tying the score 2-2 in the bottom of the first off starter \#Brittney McAllister\#.
Spicer gave the Majors a 3-2 advantage in the second driving home \#LeAnn Williams\# with a single.
The Hawks would rebound to take a 4-3 lead with two runs in the third inning taking advantage of two walks and a wild pitch.
In the fifth inning, it was the Majors who reclaimed a 5-4 lead when Yglesias brought home Lee and Spicer with a two-run single.
Head coach Roland Rodriguez turned to Thibodeaux for the sixth inning with a one-run lead but Huntingdon scored the tying run on a Millsaps error before taking a 6-5 lead on a wild pitch.
The Majors had a chance to score in the sixth but stranded McKinley at first base as the Hawks closed out the game for the 6-5 victory.
Thibodeaux took the loss for Millsaps allowing two unearned runs while Kayla Bratcher earned the complete game win.
McKinley led the Majors offensively for the day finishing 5-for-7 from the plate with five RBIs while Spicer went 4-for-8 on the day with one RBI.
With Friday's split, Millsaps moves to 2-6 on the year and will be back in action Saturday when they face Huntingdon at 11:00 a.m. and Mississippi College at 3:00 p.m. The Hawks and Lady Choctaws will do battle around 1:00 p.m.
