Softball drops a pair to Pensacola

The Meridian Community College softball team dropped a home doubleheader yesterday against Pensacola State College to run their record to 2-4.

“We knew coming in they would bring a team in that would put pressure on us by putting the ball in play from the hitting aspect of the game. We would have to communicate and defend. We didn’t a good job of that on yesterday. Also offensively we made too many mistakes (both mental and physical) to compete at this level,” said Lady Eagle head coach Robert Eakins.

“The things we made mistakes on are the things we reinforce and practice on daily.”

Pensacola defeated the Lady Eagles 8-0 in game one.

Mallory Lowe took the loss on the mound to drop her record to 1-1. The Lady Eagles collected 6 hits but they were stranded out over the 7-inning contest. For MCC Marlena Clayton went 2-for-3 with two singles. Whitnee Jenkins, Nakkia Moore, Briana Gosselin, Taquita Collier, and Heather Reed also reached base with singles.

Game two saw the Lady Eagles put the ball in play better offensively but still lost the contest 10-4.

“We made extremely too many offensive mistakes to run us of a chance to win. We stranded on in every inning except the 7th. Doesn’t matter who play performances like that just not going to allow you to win,” added Eakins.

The Lady Eagles collected 7 hits in the contest as PSC committed 6 errors and walked 4 batters. Clayton, who went 2-for-4, again had 2 singles, with Brooke Dew, Iyeshia Thomas, Nakkia Moore, Erin Adcock, and Heather Reed adding singles for MCC. Erin Adcock (1-2) took the loss on the mound.

“It is unfortunate that we were not able to gain a split in the nightcap, but as I told them before the game the next 6 games would go a long way into building some game character for them. Hopefully we will learn from it and not make those mistakes again,” said Eakins.

The Lady Eagles now prepare to host the annual Rush Invitational Tournament this Friday and Saturday at the Northeast Softball Complex. MCC is slated to play two games each day. Friday MCC will play Region 23 foe- LSU-Eunice at 10:15 a.m., and then the Lady Eagles challenge Central Alabama at 2:45 p.m. On Saturday, MCC faces in-state rival Northeast Mississippi at 9:30 a.m. and then wraps up their action vs. L.B. Wallace at 2:00 p.m.