The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
28-14
UT Martin
23-18
Ole Miss Falls to UT Martin
4/13/2016 | Softball
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss softball team fell behind early and couldn't come back, falling to UT Martin, 9-6, Wednesday night at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
The Skyhawks (23-18) plated seven in the second and one in the third taking a very early 8-0 lead to chase senior Madi Osias in the circle.
From there, the Rebels (28-14) went on to tally six runs thanks to three in the third, a single run in the fourth and a pair in the sixth, but the comeback fell short in the non-conference midweek matchup.
Courtney Syrett was responsible for three Rebel runs thanks to her team-leading fifth home run of the season in the third. She drove in Ashton Lampton and Elantra Cox, who both reached earlier on singles.
Lampton collected the first of her two RBI in the next inning when she drove in Alex Schneider cutting the lead to 8-4. The freshman then pushed across Schneider again two frames later off another RBI single up the middle, before Kylan Becker crossed home on a double steal attempt.
Lampton led the Rebel offense tying her career high in hits in a 3-for-3 day, while seven other Rebels tallied a hit each.
Sophomore Elisha Jahnke pitched the final 5.2 innings for Ole Miss and allowed two earned runs off six hits.
On Deck
Ole Miss jumps back into SEC play this weekend with a road test at South Carolina. The three-game set begins Friday night in Columbia at 5 p.m. CT, with game two on Saturday set for 2 p.m. Sunday's series finale will be aired live on SEC Network at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.
For all Ole Miss Softball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissSoftball, on Facebook at Ole Miss Softball and on Instagram at Instagram.com/olemisssoftball. Fans can also follow head coach Mike Smith on Twitter at @msmithsb16. Additionally fans can get a behind the scenes look at Ole Miss Athletics on Snapchat under the handle, @WeAreOleMiss.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: KENNEDY, Brooke (12-8)
L: Osias, Madi (15-5)
S: WARRICK, Katie (1)
Batting:
2B: DUNCAN, Jodie 2 ; FULCHER, Alli 1 ; HANSEN, Alicia 1
HR: DODSON, Savannah 1
RBI: WARRICK, Katie 1 ; McBRIDE,Gracyn 2 ; DUNCAN, Jodie 1 ; HANSEN, Alicia 1 ; DODSON, Savannah 2
SH: HANSEN, Alicia 1
SF: WARRICK, Katie 1 ; DUNCAN, Jodie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GONZALES, Carly 1 ; MYERS, Lauren 1 ; WARRICK, Katie 1 ; McBRIDE,Gracyn 1 ; DUNCAN, Jodie 1 ; FULCHER, Alli 1 ; HANSEN, Alicia 1 ; DODSON, Savannah 2
SB: MYERS, Lauren 2 ; GRAHAM, Brooke 1 ; DODSON, Savannah 1
HBP: SMITH, Aeron 1
Batting:
HR: Syrett, Courtney 1
RBI: Syrett, Courtney 3 ; Lampton, Ashton 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Cox, Elantra 1 ; Syrett, Courtney 1 ; Schneider, Alex 2 ; Becker, Kylan 1 ; Lampton, Ashton 1
CS: McKinney, Paige 1
HBP: Syrett, Courtney 1 ; Matiko, Dakota 1
