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Rebel Offense Posts Big Day
OXFORD,
Miss. – The Ole Miss offense pounded out 20 hits and scored 15 runs, as
the Rebels split a doubleheader against Belmont and Murray State on
Sunday at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. The Rebels (4-3) run-ruled
Belmont 9-1 in five innings in the first game before dropping the
second game 11-6 to Murray State.
Game One
Senior
Kendall Bruning collected three hits, including her first career
homerun, drove in three runs and picked up the complete-game victory in
the circle, as the Rebels run-ruled Belmont 9-1 in five innings.
Ole
Miss raced out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first thanks to a
two-run double from Bruning and a two-run single from catcher Marina
Parra. Bruning extended the Rebel lead in the third with a solo homer
to center that put Ole Miss on top 5-0.
The Rebels tacked
on four more runs in the fourth aided by four walks in the frame and a
pair of RBI singles from Bruning and second baseman Corrine Doornberg.
Bruning
(3-2) went the distance for the Rebels striking out five in five
innings of work. She scattered five hits and allowed one run, while
walking only two.
Bruning also paced Ole Miss at the dish
with three hits, including her homerun, four RBI and two runs
scored. Parra added a hit and two RBI, while Brittany Broome
scored twice and got a hit.
Game Two
Ole Miss
pounded out 12 hits, including three hits each from Kendall Bruning and
freshman Dallas Hardin, but it wasn’t enough as Murray State knocked
off the Rebels 11-6 in game two on Sunday.
The Racers
jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning aided by three walks and
two hit-by-pitches from Ole Miss starter Kelly Chandler. Ole Miss
responded with five runs in the third inning to grab a lead 5-4,
highlighted by an RBI single from Bruning and a bases-loaded walk of RT
Cantillo.
Murray State answered back with four runs in the
fourth, highlighted by a two-run double to left by catcher Ellyn Troup
to take an 8-4. The Racers tacked on three more runs in the sixth
courtesy of a three-run double by leftfielder Megan Glosser. The Rebels
added their final run in the seventh on a Londen Ladner fielder’s
choice that cut the Murray State lead to 11-6.
Bruning
paced the Rebels to the plate once again with three hits and an RBI,
while Hardin collected three singles, an RBI and scored once. Senior
Cali Overbeck added two hits and a run scored and senior Corrine
Doornberg singled twice and scored once.
Chandlers
started for Ole Miss and allowed four runs, all earned, on three hits
in 1.1 innings. She walked three and hit one batter. Erinn Jayjohn
pitched two innings and gave up one run on three hits and struck out
one. Bruning took the loss after allowing six runs, all earned, on six
hits in 2.2 innings. Freshman Lauren Lindsey pitched the final inning
and gave up no runs and two hits.
Next up, Ole Miss will
travel to Corpus Christi, Texas for a tournament hosted by Texas
A&M Corpus Christi beginning on Friday. The Rebels will face
Texas-San Antonio, Texas Southern and the host Islanders.
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