Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
JACKSON – In its final tune-up before the SCAC Championships, the Millsaps College softball team split a doubleheader with the University of West Alabama, a Division II school, dropping the first game 8-2 before claiming game two, 7-3 on a perfect Tuesday afternoon.
All five graduating seniors for the Majors saw significant playing time while taking the field for the final time at the Millsaps softball complex.
The Tigers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning taking advantage of a Millsaps error as Kelli Hartley hit an RBI double.
The Majors threatened in the third inning as \#Brooke Lee\# stepped up to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded but struck out to end the threat.
However, it did not take long for Millsaps to even the score 1-1 as \#Allison Tarbox\# used one swift swing of the bat and drove the ball deep over the left field fence for her fourth home run of the season to lead off the fourth inning.
\#Jade Hewitt\# followed with a single and \#Emily Spicer\# drove her home with an RBI double to put the Majors in front, 2-1.
In the top of the sixth, the Tigers reclaimed the lead scoring four runs off reliever \#Lindsay Drane\# highlighted by a three-run home run by Ashley Frost.
Behind 5-2, the Majors again loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the sixth but Katie Ford struck out \#Josie Matthews\# to keep the lead in tact.
\#Brittney McAllister\# entered to pitch the seventh and after getting the first two batters out, gave up a walk that ignited the UWA attack as the Tigers built an 8-2 lead with three runs in the final inning.
The Majors had their chances to put up some runs but could not find a clutch hit as they stranded a total of 12 runners in the ballgame and 22 on the afternoon.
Ford picked up her 25th win of the season for UWA going six innings allowing two earned runs on eight hits while Drane took the loss scattering three hits and four runs (three earned) over three innings.
In the regular season-finale, Millsaps opened a 2-0 lead in the second inning using a two-out rally as Spicer hit an RBI single and Lee later scored on a Tiger error.
Back-to-back solo home runs by Matthews and Thibodeaux leading off the bottom of the third gave the Majors a 4-0 advantage and Tarbox scored later in the inning after reaching on a walk.
After breezing through the first four innings, McAllister ran into trouble in the fifth allowing two hits but was able to get out of the inning unscathed with the Majors in front, 5-0.
Millsaps added two runs in the bottom of the fifth as Williams hit an RBI double while Matthews followed with a sacrifice fly for a 7-0 lead.
The Tigers loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth but Lee and Williams turned a perfect double play and McAllister struck out Ashley Frost looking to end the threat holding UWA to only one run.
UWA threatened again in the seventh recording four hits on McAllister but could only come up with two runs as the Majors held on for the 7-3 victory to close the regular season.
McAllister evened her record on the season at 5-5 with the complete-game win scattering eight hits and three runs across seven innings pitched.
Tarbox led the way for the Majors in the doubleheader going 5-for-7 from the plate with three runs scored while Spicer drove a team-high three runs home.
The Majors finish the 2010 regular season with a 22-16 overall record and 12-4 record in the SCAC.
Entering the SCAC Softball Championships as the No. 1 seed from the West Division, Millsaps will be back in action on Friday evening as it faces the winner between Rhodes College and Trinity University at 6 p.m. at Warrior Field in Conway, Ark.
