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Early Runs Pay Dividends as Softball Tops Vols on Senior Day
4/27/2019 | Softball
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Jacobsen Dominates as Rebs Claim Sixth SEC Series
OXFORD, Miss. – For the sixth time this season, No. 17 Ole Miss (36-12, 13-6 SEC) has clinched an SEC series after defeating No. 9 Tennessee (36-12, 11-9 SEC) 4-1 on Senior Day Saturday.
Ole Miss honored its three seniors during pregame festivities as Kylan Becker, Brittany Finney and Izzy Werdann compete in their final regular season games in Oxford. 1,678 fans packed the stands to pay homage, breaking the regular-season attendance record and ranking as the second largest crowd in the history of the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
The Rebels take solo-possession of second place in the SEC standings at 13-6, one game behind current conference leader Alabama.
One day after locking in the save in Game One, Molly Jacobsen earned the win in the circle with a dazzling performance, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings complete, fanning six with just one walk.
Most of the offensive action in the game came early on as Ole Miss jumped out to a three-run lead after one. After leadoff singles from Becker and Abbey Latham, a passed ball from Vol catcher Kaili Phillips allowed Becker to scurry home and get the Rebs on the board. Kaylee Horton followed with a walk and Jessica Puk drilled a double to the wall in right-center to clear the bases and put Ole Miss up by three.
With run support behind her, Jacobsen went to work. The Vols didn't put up a serious threat until the fifth, putting a pair of runners on. However, the Rebel lefty got Aubrey Leach to fly out to left to snuff out the threat.
After coming in to play at first at the start of the top of the sixth, Gabby Alvarez gave Ole Miss some insurance in the bottom half of the frame, tagging a double to right-center to bring Gillespie all the way around from first.
The Volunteers finally broke through in the seventh and brought the tying run to the plate but Whitley finished things off with a highlight reel catch, diving into foul territory to clinch the series for the Rebels.
Ole Miss and UT will conclude the series on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT. The game will be available for viewing to a national TV audience on ESPNU.
Quick Hits
• The announced attendance of 1,678 broke the regular-season record at Ole Miss, standing as the second largest crowd in the history of the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
• The Rebels clinch just their second-ever series win over Tennessee, with the first coming back in 2009.
• Ole Miss improves on its program record with its 13th SEC win, taking solo-possession of second in the league standings.
• Autumn Gillespie has now reached base in each of her last seven games, while Kylan Becker, Abbey Latham and Whitley have all reached in six-straight contests.
For all Ole Miss softball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissSoftball, on Facebook at Ole MissSoftball and on Instagram at Instagram.com/olemisssoftball. Fans can also follow head coach Mike Smith on Twitter at @msmithsb16.
Ole Miss honored its three seniors during pregame festivities as Kylan Becker, Brittany Finney and Izzy Werdann compete in their final regular season games in Oxford. 1,678 fans packed the stands to pay homage, breaking the regular-season attendance record and ranking as the second largest crowd in the history of the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
The Rebels take solo-possession of second place in the SEC standings at 13-6, one game behind current conference leader Alabama.
One day after locking in the save in Game One, Molly Jacobsen earned the win in the circle with a dazzling performance, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings complete, fanning six with just one walk.
Most of the offensive action in the game came early on as Ole Miss jumped out to a three-run lead after one. After leadoff singles from Becker and Abbey Latham, a passed ball from Vol catcher Kaili Phillips allowed Becker to scurry home and get the Rebs on the board. Kaylee Horton followed with a walk and Jessica Puk drilled a double to the wall in right-center to clear the bases and put Ole Miss up by three.
With run support behind her, Jacobsen went to work. The Vols didn't put up a serious threat until the fifth, putting a pair of runners on. However, the Rebel lefty got Aubrey Leach to fly out to left to snuff out the threat.
After coming in to play at first at the start of the top of the sixth, Gabby Alvarez gave Ole Miss some insurance in the bottom half of the frame, tagging a double to right-center to bring Gillespie all the way around from first.
The Volunteers finally broke through in the seventh and brought the tying run to the plate but Whitley finished things off with a highlight reel catch, diving into foul territory to clinch the series for the Rebels.
Ole Miss and UT will conclude the series on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT. The game will be available for viewing to a national TV audience on ESPNU.
Quick Hits
• The announced attendance of 1,678 broke the regular-season record at Ole Miss, standing as the second largest crowd in the history of the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
• The Rebels clinch just their second-ever series win over Tennessee, with the first coming back in 2009.
• Ole Miss improves on its program record with its 13th SEC win, taking solo-possession of second in the league standings.
• Autumn Gillespie has now reached base in each of her last seven games, while Kylan Becker, Abbey Latham and Whitley have all reached in six-straight contests.
For all Ole Miss softball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissSoftball, on Facebook at Ole MissSoftball and on Instagram at Instagram.com/olemisssoftball. Fans can also follow head coach Mike Smith on Twitter at @msmithsb16.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jacobsen, Molly (13-5)
L: Caylan Arnold (8-6)
Batting:
RBI: Cailin Hannon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaitlin Parsons 1
Batting:
2B: Alvarez, Gabby 1 ; Puk, Jessica 1
RBI: Alvarez, Gabby 1 ; Puk, Jessica 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Becker, Kylan 1 ; Loftin, Kelsha 1 ; Gillespie, Autumn 1 ; Horton, Kaylee 1
SB: Loftin, Kelsha 1 ; Horton, Kaylee 1
Game Leaders
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