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Arkansas
Rebels Rout Razorbacks In Double Header Sweep
3/7/2012 | Softball
March 7, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Ole Miss pounded out 31 hits in two games as the Rebels swept a double header at Arkansas to open Southeastern Conference action on Wednesday. Ole Miss run-ruled the Razorback 13-0 in five innings in the first game before winning game two 7-6 in extra innings. Senior Corrine Doornberg went 7-for-9 in the two games with four RBI and three runs, while freshman Allison Brown and senior Cali Overbeck each drove in four runs.
"What an awesome day," said Ole Miss head coach Windy Thees. "That was a total team effort out there day and that is want we strive for. We got some big, timely hits and Kendall (Bruning) was our workhorse in the circle and gave us a chance to win."
Next up, Ole Miss (10-7, 2-0 SEC) will travel to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic beginning on Friday. The Rebels will face Cal Poly, Colorado State, James Madison and the host Cardinal in the three-day tournament.
Game One
The Rebels pounded out a season-high 17 hits and senior Corrine Doornberg and freshman Allison Brown each drove in three runs, as Ole Miss routed Arkansas for a 13-0 run-rule victory in five innings at Bogle Park.
Ole Miss jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first after leadoff hitter Corrine Doornberg and center fielder RT Cantillo both reached on infield singles and stole second and third, respectively. Shortstop Allison Brown then smash a two-out, two-run double to left that plated both Doornberg and Cantillo. Brown scored later in the frame on a throwing error by Arkansas second baseman Serria Bronkey on a Kendall Bruning infield single for Ole Miss' third run of the inning.
The Rebels added four more runs in the fourth aided by another throwing error from Bronkey. With two down and nobody on, right fielder Amanda Hutcheson singled to center and moved to second after third baseman Cali Overbeck singled off the leg of Razorback starting pitcher Chelsea Cohen. After both runners moved up on a wild pitch, Doornberg singled to first base and an errant throw from Bronkey allowed Hutcheson and Overbeck to score and Doornberg to advance to second. Brittany Broome reached on an infield single and stole second to give the Rebels two runners in scoring position. Cantillo then singled up the middle and drove in both runners to give Ole Miss a 7-0 lead.
Ole Miss exploded for six more runs in the fifth highlighted by a two-RBI single from Lander and RBI singles from Brown, Doornberg and Overbeck. Ladner went 2-for-4 in the game with a single, a double and two RBI, while Doornberg was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with a career-high three RBI and three runs scored. Brown went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored and Cantillo was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Bruning (8-2) picked up the complete-game win after allowing just two hits and no runs in 5.0 innings of work. She struck out four and walked three in her seventh complete game of the season
Game Two
Sophomore center fielder RT Cantillo's bases-loaded RBI single in the top of the eighth inning lifted Ole Miss to a 7-6 extra-inning victory over Arkansas to complete the double header sweep of the Razorbacks on Wednesday at Bogle Park.
Ole Miss loaded the bases in the top of the eighth on a pair of singles from Cali Overbeck and Corrine Doornberg and Brittany Broome reached on a fielder's choice with no outs. Cantillo then laced her 2-2 pitch into right field to plate Overbeck for the game-winning run.
First baseman Londen Lander gave Ole Miss a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI single to center that scored Brittany Broome, who had reached on a bunt single earlier in the inning. Ole Miss extended its lead to 3-0 in the second on an RBI single to center from third baseman Cali Overbeck and a Corrine Doornberg RBI double to center.
Doornberg was 3-for-5 at the plate with a RBI, while Overbeck went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI. Ladner added two hits and two walks with an RBI in three at-bats and Broome had two hits and two runs scored.
Arkansas struck back in the bottom of the second with an RBI double to left center from third baseman Chloe Oprzendek that cut the Ole Miss lead to 3-1. However, designated player Natalie Nimmo responded for the Rebels in the top of the third with an RBI double off the wall in left that scored pinch runner Dallas Hardin and put Ole Miss back on top 4-1.
Ole Miss added another run in the fourth on a bases-loaded, RBI groundout by Cantillo that scored Overbeck, who had reached on a booted ground ball by Razorback shortstop Clarisa Navarro. Arkansas designated player Devon Wallace hit a three-run home run to straight away in the bottom of the fifth that cut the Rebel to 5-4 after five innings.
Shortstop Allison Brown roped a RBI double over the right fielder's head in the sixth that scored Broome, who had walked earlier in the inning, and extended the Ole Miss lead to 6-4. Razorback first baseman Jennifer Rambo tied the game at six in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run homer to center that fell just out of the outstretched glove of Ole Miss center fielder RT Cantillo.
Freshman Lauren Lindsey earned her first career win after allowing two runs, both earned, on three hits in 2.2 innings. She struck out two and walked two. Bruning started for Ole Miss and gave up four runs, all earned, on six hits in 5.1 innings. She struck out three and issued three walks.
