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Ole Miss Sweeps Kentucky in Softball Doubleheader
3/23/2002 | Softball
March 23, 2002
Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score
Game One Box Score in PDF Format | Game Two Box Score in PDF Format
OXFORD, Miss. - Andrea Brahs homered and drove in five runs in guiding Ole Miss to a doubleheader sweep of Kentucky Saturday, 5-2 and 9-4, in the Rebels' first SEC homestand of the season. The two victories run the current Ole Miss winning streak to six games, second-longest in school history, and push the Rebels to their best 25-game start ever at 17-8 (2-3 SEC).
Freshman DeDe Justice belted her eighth and ninth home runs in the twin bill. Down 2-0 in game one, she ripped a solo shot in the third inning to ignite the Rebel offense. Two innings later, Brahs, a sophomore from Boynton Beach, Fla., smashed a three-run round-tripper, her fourth of the season, to give Ole Miss its first lead.
A Justice RBI-sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and a strong finish by righthander Leslie Day secured the Rebels the series-opener, 5-2. Day (6-3) allowed eight hits, but only three after the Wildcats' third-inning outburst.
UK hurler Meghan Cooper (7-4) also surrendered eight hits in the complete-game loss.
Offensively, Lyndsey Angus hit 3-for-4 and batted in a run to lead Kentucky (15-13, 1-4 SEC). The junior catcher collected six hits and four RBI in the doubleheader.
Angus sparked the Cats to another quick start in game two, singling home a pair of runs in the first inning. Andy Eilertson doubled in another run in the third to pump the Kentucky lead up to 3-0 before the UM bats awoke.
The Rebels responded with six runs in the bottom of the third, kickstarted by a Brahs two-run single. Nicole Alger and Megan Kozar followed with RBI baseknocks, and that duo later scored on Phyllis Manley's two-run double to put Ole Miss ahead 6-3.
The Rebel barrage continued with a Britte Hardy two-run triple in the fifth inning and a Justice solo homer in the sixth. Justice totaled three hits and three RBI in the two games.
UM junior Lindsay Price (5-2) scattered 13 hits in her sixth complete game of the season. Jennifer Howland (5-4) yielded 10 hits and six walks in the loss.
Ole Miss has locked up its first SEC series win in two years, and will be looking for the three-game sweep Sunday at 1 p.m. CST in the finale at Ole Miss Softball Complex.
Ole Miss 5, Kentucky 2 (Mar 23, 2002 at Oxford, Miss.) (Game 1)----------------------------------------------------------------------Kentucky............ 002 000 0 - 2 8 3 (15-12, 1-3 SEC)Ole Miss............ 001 031 X - 5 8 2 (16-8, 1-3 SEC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Kentucky - Cooper. Ole Miss - Day.Win-Day(6-3) Loss-Cooper(7-4) T-1:50 Att-45HR: UM - Justice (8), Brahs (4).
Ole Miss 9, Kentucky 4 (Mar 23, 2002 at Oxford, Miss.) (Game 2)----------------------------------------------------------------------Kentucky............ 201 001 0 - 4 13 1 (15-13, 1-4 SEC)Ole Miss............ 006 021 X - 9 10 2 (17-8, 2-3 SEC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Kentucky - Howland. Ole Miss - Price.Win-Price(5-2) Loss-Howland(5-4) T-2:07 Att-61HR: UM - Justice (9).Game notes: Ole Miss leads series 2-0. Finale is Sunday at 1 p.m. CST.
