Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
JACKSON – Opening a pivotal SCAC series with visiting Southwestern University, the Millsaps College softball team took game one of the Saturday afternoon doubleheader 5-2 before dropping game two 4-2 to earn the split.
Starting game one, pitcher \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# continued her dominance in the circle for the Majors holding the Pirates to five hits and two runs –one earned – while throwing a complete game for the victory.
\#Emily Spicer\# got the game started offensively for Millsaps with a single to lead off the game.
A double by \#LeAnn Williams\# moved Spicer to third before a walk to \#Jennifer McKinley\# loaded the bases for \#Josie Matthews\#.
Matthews came through with a two-run single as the Majors jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after one complete inning.
Millsaps would add a run in the third when Williams scored on a throwing error by the first baseman for a 3-0 advantage.
Southwestern would cut into the lead in the fourth inning with two-run home run by Kaitlyn Pavlicek.
The Majors added two insurance runs in the sixth inning on a two-run home run by \#Megan Yglesias\# to increase their lead to 5-2.
Thibodeaux retired the side in order in the top of the seventh to record her eighth win of the season.
Southwestern evened the series with a 4-2 victory in game two.
Beginning the second half of the doubleheader, Spicer again led the game with a single and McKinley drove her home with a two-run blast to center field for her conference leading tenth home run of the season.
Behind 2-0, the Pirates would come back to even the score 2-2 in the top of the third inning off starter \#Brittney McAllister\#.
Southwestern took advantage of a walk to lead the inning by following it up with two singles and a fielding error by Millsaps to tie the game.
Taking advantage of an error by McKinley to start the top of the fourth, Southwestern's Bre Lewis made the Majors pay with an RBI double to the gap in right center to take their first lead of the day, 3-2.
The Pirates added another run in the fifth when Haley Hughes doubled-home Katelyn Gola for a 4-2 lead.
After allowing two runs in the first, the Pirates' starter Gola settled down to give up only three hits in the next six innings to improve to 8-2 on the season.
Millsaps and Southwestern remain tied atop the SCAC's West Division with similar 4-2 conference records while the Majors move to 11-9 overall and the Pirates go to 16-7 overall.
The teams will be back in action tomorrow afternoon to conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.
