No. 13 Indians Rally for Split at Southwest
No. 13 Itawamba split Saturday’s doubleheader at Southwest Mississippi, dropping the opener after leading by four before answering with an 8-3 win in Game 2.
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SUMMIT, Miss. - No. 13 Itawamba split Saturday's doubleheader at Southwest Mississippi, dropping the opener after leading by four before answering with an 8-3 win in Game 2.
Game 1: Southwest Mississippi 12, No. 13 Indians 6
ICC grabbed control early.
Victoria Fields opened the scoring with a two-run homer to left in the first, and Kaylin Lynch followed with a solo shot later in the inning to give the Indians a 3-0 lead. Southwest answered with a solo home run in the bottom half, then added another solo homer in the third to cut the margin to 3-2.
ICC pushed the lead back out in the fifth. AB Marlar drove a three-run homer to center, scoring Skylar Partlow and Alana Dossey and stretching the lead to 6-2.
Southwest turned the game in the bottom of the fifth.
The Bears scored five runs on four hits to move in front 7-6. The biggest hit of the inning was a three-run homer from Southwest added five more runs in the sixth on four hits, using a three-run homer from No. 21 and a two-run homer to break it open.
Game 2: No. 13 Indians 8, Southwest 3
Southwest landed the first blow in the opener with a three-run double in the first, but ICC answered in the fourth and never gave the lead back.
Kaylin Lynch put the Indians on the board with an RBI single to left that scored Dossey. Marlar followed with a two-run single to center, bringing home Lynch and Fields to tie the game at 3-3. Macie Starling then grounded out to first, scoring Emarie Boddie and giving ICC a 4-3 lead.
That inning gave Lizzie Meeks the edge she needed.
The right-hander went the distance, allowing seven hits and three runs over seven innings while striking out eight and walking three.
ICC created separation in the seventh. Alanee Wheeler drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run. Taylar Shands followed with another bases-loaded walk to make it 6-3. Gracyn Snell drew a third straight run-scoring walk, and Neely Hodum reached on an error that brought home the final run.
"I'm proud of the fight we showed in Game 2," coach Carson Owens said. "Southwest is a tough place to play, so I thought our response was really positive. On the other side of it, we have to start putting together 14 full innings of good softball. I think we have all the tools to do that. Now it's about executing."