Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Opening Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play Friday afternoon at Trinity University, the Millsaps College softball team started the day with a 5-0 victory in game one highlighted by a grand slam off the bat of \#Josie Matthews\# but dropped game two 7-4 to split the doubleheader.
Senior \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# pitched a complete game shutout scattering four hits in seven innings while striking out seven to record the victory in the opening game.
The Majors scored all five of the game's runs in the top of the third inning as \#Jade Hewitt\# led off with a double.
\#Emily Spicer\# moved Hewitt to third while reaching on an error before \#LeAnn Williams\# singled Hewitt home for a 1-0 advantage.
\#Jennifer McKinley\# followed with a single to load the bases for Matthews who emphatically sent the ball over the left field fence for a grand slam, her second home run of the season, as Millsaps built a 5-0 lead.
Thibodeaux kept the Tiger hitters in check the rest of the way as the Majors cruised to the 5-0 victory to open SCAC play.
In game two, Trinity took an early lead scoring two unearned runs in the bottom of the first inning, taking advantage of a Millsaps error.
The Majors got one in the second inning with a sacrifice fly by Spicer to cut the deficit to 2-1 but the Tigers added to their lead with two runs in the third to take a 4-1 lead.
After \#Brooke Lee\# scored on an error in the fourth inning, Millsaps turned around and gave it right back by committing three errors in the fourth inning leading to three Trinity runs.
Williams and Matthews added RBIs in the top of the seventh inning but it was not enough as the Tigers held on to earn the split, winning game two, 7-4.
Thibodeaux took the loss in game two to go to 5-6 on the season while Trinity's Sarah Rabaey earned the victory.
Millsaps remains .500 on the season at 8-8 overall and 1-1 in the SCAC while the Tigers move to 8-10 overall and 1-1 in the SCAC.
The teams will return to action tomorrow afternoon to conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.
