The University of Mississippi Athletics
Tuesday, February 25
Oxford, Miss.
6 PM
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Softball Storms Back to Defeat North Alabama, 6-2
2/25/2020 | Softball
Back-to-Back Bombs in the Sixth Propel Rebels to Victory
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss scrapped its way out of an early hole on Tuesday, charging back to defeat North Alabama 6-2 at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
Molly Jacobsen was awarded the win, allowing a pair of runs on two hits in a complete game effort, striking out four along the way.
The Rebels' 3-7 hitters did the work offensively, with Jessica Puk, Abbey Latham, Paige Smith, Sydney Gutierrez and MIkayla Allee combining for all of Ole Miss' seven hits in the affair, taking four for extra bases.
The Lions (9-5) got off to a quick start, taking a 1-0 lead after the first inning on Meleah Hargett's solo home run to right-center. Hargett used her speed and hustle to extend the lead in the fourth, scoring all the way from second on a deep fly in foul territory.
Soon after, the Rebs (6-10) started to mount a comeback. Paige Smith halved the deficit in the bottom half of the fourth, shooting a single up the middle to bring Katelin Cooper in from second. Sydney Gutierrez followed with a double in the left-center gap, scoring Taylor Bachmeyer to tie the game.
After a quiet fifth frame, Ole Miss returned with the noise in the sixth. After an Autumn Gillespie walk and a Puk single, Abbey Latham parked a tank in center field, pushing the Rebels ahead with a three-run bomb. Paige Smith made it back-to-back jacks during the next at-bat, going opposite field and over the wall. In no time, the 2-2 tie had become a 6-2 Rebel advantage.
With a lead in tow, Jacobsen came back out to the circle and collected the three necessary outs, capping the comeback over the Lions.
QUICK HITS
• Ole Miss has now won 20-consecutive non-conference home games during the regular season, with the last non-league loss at the Ole Miss Softball Complex coming in 2018.
• Ole Miss is 4-0 in 2020 when scoring at least six runs.
• The Rebels have registered a home run in six-straight games for the first time since leaving the park in seven-straight games in 2012.
• Abbey Latham's third home run of the season puts her in a tie with Autumn Gillespie for the most on the team, while Paige Smith's sixth-inning bomb was the second of her freshman season.
• Latham, Gillespie and Smith are all tied for the team lead with nine RBIs in 2020.
• Molly Jacobsen has gone the distance in three of her seven starts, leading the team with 52.0 innings of work in the circle.
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.
Molly Jacobsen was awarded the win, allowing a pair of runs on two hits in a complete game effort, striking out four along the way.
The Rebels' 3-7 hitters did the work offensively, with Jessica Puk, Abbey Latham, Paige Smith, Sydney Gutierrez and MIkayla Allee combining for all of Ole Miss' seven hits in the affair, taking four for extra bases.
The Lions (9-5) got off to a quick start, taking a 1-0 lead after the first inning on Meleah Hargett's solo home run to right-center. Hargett used her speed and hustle to extend the lead in the fourth, scoring all the way from second on a deep fly in foul territory.
Soon after, the Rebs (6-10) started to mount a comeback. Paige Smith halved the deficit in the bottom half of the fourth, shooting a single up the middle to bring Katelin Cooper in from second. Sydney Gutierrez followed with a double in the left-center gap, scoring Taylor Bachmeyer to tie the game.
After a quiet fifth frame, Ole Miss returned with the noise in the sixth. After an Autumn Gillespie walk and a Puk single, Abbey Latham parked a tank in center field, pushing the Rebels ahead with a three-run bomb. Paige Smith made it back-to-back jacks during the next at-bat, going opposite field and over the wall. In no time, the 2-2 tie had become a 6-2 Rebel advantage.
With a lead in tow, Jacobsen came back out to the circle and collected the three necessary outs, capping the comeback over the Lions.
QUICK HITS
• Ole Miss has now won 20-consecutive non-conference home games during the regular season, with the last non-league loss at the Ole Miss Softball Complex coming in 2018.
• Ole Miss is 4-0 in 2020 when scoring at least six runs.
• The Rebels have registered a home run in six-straight games for the first time since leaving the park in seven-straight games in 2012.
• Abbey Latham's third home run of the season puts her in a tie with Autumn Gillespie for the most on the team, while Paige Smith's sixth-inning bomb was the second of her freshman season.
• Latham, Gillespie and Smith are all tied for the team lead with nine RBIs in 2020.
• Molly Jacobsen has gone the distance in three of her seven starts, leading the team with 52.0 innings of work in the circle.
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.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jacobsen, Molly (3-4)
L: M. Garst (3-3)
Batting:
HR: M. Hargett 1
RBI: M. Hargett 1 ; H. Stokes 1
SH: M. Hargett 1 ; E. Latham 1 ; D. de Ruiter 1
SF: H. Stokes 1
Base Running:
RUNS: M. Hargett 2
Batting:
2B: Puk, Jessica 1 ; Gutierrez, Sydney 1
HR: Latham, Abbey 1 ; Smith, Paige 1
RBI: Latham, Abbey 3 ; Smith, Paige 2 ; Gutierrez, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gillespie, Autumn 1 ; Puk, Jessica 1 ; Cooper, Katelin 1 ; Latham, Abbey 1 ; Smith, Paige 1 ; Bachmeyer, Taylor 1
SB: Loftin, Kelsha 1
Game Leaders
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2
RBI
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AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
rf/ph
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
3
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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