MEMPHIS – Mississippi College used timely hitting, including 11 for extra bases in a doubleheader sweep of the Christian Brothers University softball team, on Saturday at Bland Field. MC took the opener 9-2 and the nightcap 19-0 in five innings.  
 
GAME ONE: Mississippi College 9 (30-10, 12-7 GSC), CBU 2 (9-29, 1-18 GSC)
 
GAME CHANGER:
- In the second, MC sent 10 batters to the plate scoring five runs on six consecutive hits. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Lady Choctaws finished the game with an 11-4 edge in hits.
- Mackenzie Puckett led CBU at the plate finishing 1-for-3 with a two-run home run. 
- Three other players recorded hits for the Lady Bucs. 
- MC pitchers Cori Cooper (5) and Maddi Lancaster combined for nine strikeouts.
- The Lady Bucs finished the game with eight runners left on base.
- Sierra Anderson took the loss, allowing five runs, on five hits, in 1.1 innings. Macy Cumming and Rachel Whitley combined for 5.2 innings of relief. Whitley surrendered just one hit in three  
  innings of relief. 

KEY PLAYS:
- The Lady Choctaws jumped out to a 1-0 lead, in the top of the first, on a solo home run by Alexia Harmon. 
- The Lady Bucs responded in the bottom half of the inning when Mackenzie Puckett smacked a two-run home run.  
- In the second, MC sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs on six hits.  
- MC added to its lead, in the third, on Harmon's two-RBI single, with two outs.  
- The Lady Choctaws scored the final run of the game in the top of the fourth, on a sac fly by Morgan Bradford.   
 

NOTEWORTHY:
- Puckett's home run was her second of the season. She is now 14 of her last 20 at the  plate. 
 
GAME TWO: Mississippi College 19 (31-10, 13-7 GSC), CBU 0 (9-30, 1-19 GSC) (5)
 
GAME CHANGER:
- MC pounded out 13 hits, including seven for extra bases.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Lady Choctaws outhit CBU 13-2.
- Puckett and Marquisha Sanders had the hits for CBU. 
- MC capitalized on three CBU miscues. 

KEY PLAYS:
- The Lady Choctaws jumped out to a 1-0 lead, in the top of the first, on a leadoff home run by Anne Marie Peavy and added a run on an RBI single. 
- MC batted around in the second, and capitalized on an error to plate five runs.  
- The visitors piled on eight runs in the third, using a grand slam and a two-RBI triple.  
- MC added to its lead, in the third, on Harmon's two-RBI single, with two outs.  
- The Lady Choctaws scored the final run of the game in the top of the fourth, on a sac fly by Morgan Bradford.   
 

UP NEXT:
- The Lady Bucs are scheduled to return to action on Saturday, April 13 when they travel to Valdosta, Ga., for a three-game Gulf South Conference series against Valdosta State. 
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