The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
1-0
Loyola Marymount
1-1
Rebels Shutout LMU; Rain Cancels Game vs. Cal State Fullerton
2/10/2017 | Softball
Game One - Ole Miss 2, Loyola Marymount 0
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FULLERTON, Calif. - Ole Miss softball shutout Loyola Marymount, 2-0, in its season opener Friday at the Easton Invitational. Game two against Cal State Fullerton was canceled due to rain in the area.
See below for a full recap from the win over the Lions.
Game One - Ole Miss 2, Loyola Marymount 0
Junior Kaitlin Lee dominated in her Division I debut against LMU, going the distance with just one hit allowed on 68 pitches.
Lee cruised through the first four innings without allowing a baserunner, and officially finished the contest facing just two hitters over the minimum. She finished with two strikeouts in the game, and gave up just the leadoff single in the fifth inning.
Offensively, the Rebels strung together nine hits including two each from Elantra Cox, Kylan Becker and Miranda Strother. Brittany Finney, Kaylee Horton and Alex Schneider also tallied one hit each, while Paige McKinney entered as a pinch runner and scored once.
Becker broke the scoreless tie in the third when she roped a solo home run to straightaway center, the first of her career, putting Ole Miss on top 1-0 in the third.
An inning later, Cox punched an RBI single up the middle, scoring McKinney who pinch ran for Courtney Syrett after she reached on a leadoff walk.
Quick Hits
- Kylan Becker hit her first career home run in the win over Loyola Marymount after a solo blast to straightaway center in the third inning.
- Junior transfer Kaitlin Lee dominated in game one against the Lions, allowing only one hit after carrying a perfect game to the fifth inning. Lee threw just 68 pitches in the victory in her first Division I appearance.
- Four newcomers made their Rebel debut in game one, including Finney, who started at designated player, Dylinn Stancil, who had seven assists at third base, Kaylee Horton, who started at second base, and Lee, who went the distance in the circle.
- Ole Miss evened up the series with the Lions, 1-1, after the first meeting between the two schools since 2009.
- The Rebels moved to 10-11 all-time in series openers.
On Deck
Ole Miss returns to action for their regularly scheduled games on Saturday at 1 p.m./3:30 p.m. CT against Pacific and North Dakota State, respectively.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lee, Kaitlin (1-0)
L: Bandimere (0-1)
Base Running:
HBP: Kutze 1
Batting:
HR: Becker, Kylan 1
RBI: Cox, Elantra 1 ; Becker, Kylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Becker, Kylan 1 ; McKinney, Paige 1
SB: Cox, Elantra 1 ; McKinney, Paige 1
HBP: Syrett, Courtney 1
