MCC Softball Sweeps Past Coahoma

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College softball team finally had an opportunity on Wednesday afternoon to return to the field after battling weather issues as of late. The Lady Eagles took full advantage of a small window of dry weather to travel to battle Coahoma Community College for another pair of conference games.

The Lady Eagles cruised to a pair of impressive conference wins over CCC by winning Game One 20-0 and easily securing the sweep in Game Two by a final count of 22-1. MCC improved to 13-25 overall and 10-14 in conference play, while Coahoma dropped to 0-32 overall and 0-24 in league play.

MCC will conclude the 2016 regular season with a four-game home stand this weekend at Tommy McDonald Field against Northwest Mississippi Community College and East Central Community College. MCC will take on Northwest this Saturday in a doubleheader beginning at noon and will battle ECCC on Sunday in a twin bill beginning at 2 p.m.

The Lady Eagles rolled in Game One behind 21 hits and a great pitching performance to easily slip past Coahoma 20-0. MCC built a 9-0 lead after two innings of play and never looked back in securing the victory over the Lady Tigers. Anna Lloyd led MCC at the plate in Game One with three hits and four RBI's, while Mycahla Howard smashed a homer and collected three RBI's. Former Clarkdale star Alex Riser finished the opening game with a pair of doubles and three RBI's. Mia Johnson, Chelsea Robinson, Keelee Ladnier, and Kandler Flora each finished the game with an RBI hit.

Payton Fox picked up the pitching win in Game One by tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings and collecting six strikeouts for the Lady Eagles.

MCC finished off the sweep in Game Two over Coahoma by winning in run-rule fashion by a final count of 22-1. MCC finished the second game of the doubleheader with 15 total hits and the Lady Tigers only managed two hits in the loss.

Brianna Duquette led the Lady Eagles with three hits and five RBI's, while Keelee Ladnier knocked in four runs on three base hits. Mycahla Howard added a pair of base hits and one RBI, while Anna Lloyd notched a pair of RBI's on a single. Kandler Flora scored four runs in the win and Josie Anderson collected an RBI base hit for the Lady Eagles.

Chasity Shepherd picked up the pitching win in Game Two by working five innings and finished the game with five strikeouts for MCC.