The University of Mississippi Athletics
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Softball Captures Ole Miss Classic Crown with 5-2 Win Over CBU
3/1/2020 | Softball
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Rebels Sweep Five-Game Weekend Slate in Oxford
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss jumped all over California Baptist early on Sunday, riding a four-run first inning to a 6-2 victory over the Lancers to capture the 2020 Ole Miss Classic Championship.
Molly Jacobsen earned the win in the circle, allowing two runs on nine hits with four strikeouts. Ava Tillmann came out of the pen for 1.2 frames, picking up her second save of the season.
Ole Miss (11-10) busted things open early, striking for four first inning runs to take control. With two runners in scoring position, Paige Smith opened scoring for the evening with a single down the left field line, bringing home Autumn Gillespie and Kelsha Loftin. In the very next at-bat, Abbey Latham sat back and pummeled a pitch over the fence in left for a two-run bomb, putting Ole Miss up 4-0 early.
After a pair of singles for CBU (7-13) in the third, Tate Whitley came up just shy on a diving attempt in center, bringing two runs across for the Lancers on Mackenzie Budinger's single.
The Rebels tacked on a run of insurance in the fifth, with Latham delivering a bases loaded single to score Puk from third, extending the lead to 5-2.
Ole Miss utilized some small ball in the sixth, using back-to-back sacrifice bunts to bring pinch runner Kinsey Kuhlmann across the plate to score. Tillmann collected the final five outs of the game, locking down the save to lift the Rebels to the tournament crown.
Ole Miss remains at home for a midweek tilt with Central Arkansas at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. The game will be broadcasted live on SEC Network +.
QUICK HITS
• Ole Miss extended its home non-conference winning streak during the regular season to 25 games, with the last non-league loss at the Ole Miss Softball Complex coming in 2018. The Rebels have also won six straight games overall in 2020.
• Ava Tillmann went 2-0 during the tournament, making three appearances with 9.1 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits.
• Sydney Gutierrez went 6-for-12 over the weekend with a triple and a double, driving in four runs. Gutierrez currently leads Ole Miss with a .387 batting average.
• Gutierrez and Jessica Puk have each reached base in nine straight games.
• With her 2-for-3 performance on Sunday, Puk picked up her sixth multi-hit game of the season, twice as many as any other player on the team.
• Abbey Latham belted her team-high fourth home run of the season against the Lancers. The junior leads the Rebels with 14 RBIs in 2020.
• Autumn Gillespie has drawn a walk in eight of the Rebels' last 10 games, tallying 12 free passes over that stretch.
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 earned the win in the circle, allowing two runs on nine hits with four strikeouts. Ava Tillmann came out of the pen for 1.2 frames, picking up her second save of the season.
Ole Miss (11-10) busted things open early, striking for four first inning runs to take control. With two runners in scoring position, Paige Smith opened scoring for the evening with a single down the left field line, bringing home Autumn Gillespie and Kelsha Loftin. In the very next at-bat, Abbey Latham sat back and pummeled a pitch over the fence in left for a two-run bomb, putting Ole Miss up 4-0 early.
After a pair of singles for CBU (7-13) in the third, Tate Whitley came up just shy on a diving attempt in center, bringing two runs across for the Lancers on Mackenzie Budinger's single.
The Rebels tacked on a run of insurance in the fifth, with Latham delivering a bases loaded single to score Puk from third, extending the lead to 5-2.
Ole Miss utilized some small ball in the sixth, using back-to-back sacrifice bunts to bring pinch runner Kinsey Kuhlmann across the plate to score. Tillmann collected the final five outs of the game, locking down the save to lift the Rebels to the tournament crown.
Ole Miss remains at home for a midweek tilt with Central Arkansas at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. The game will be broadcasted live on SEC Network +.
QUICK HITS
• Ole Miss extended its home non-conference winning streak during the regular season to 25 games, with the last non-league loss at the Ole Miss Softball Complex coming in 2018. The Rebels have also won six straight games overall in 2020.
• Ava Tillmann went 2-0 during the tournament, making three appearances with 9.1 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits.
• Sydney Gutierrez went 6-for-12 over the weekend with a triple and a double, driving in four runs. Gutierrez currently leads Ole Miss with a .387 batting average.
• Gutierrez and Jessica Puk have each reached base in nine straight games.
• With her 2-for-3 performance on Sunday, Puk picked up her sixth multi-hit game of the season, twice as many as any other player on the team.
• Abbey Latham belted her team-high fourth home run of the season against the Lancers. The junior leads the Rebels with 14 RBIs in 2020.
• Autumn Gillespie has drawn a walk in eight of the Rebels' last 10 games, tallying 12 free passes over that stretch.
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 (5-4)
L: Giana Lopez (2-5)
S: Tillmann, Ava (2)
Batting:
2B: Katelyn Mangrello 1
RBI: Mackenzie Budinger 2
SH: Amanda Argomaniz 1 ; Molly Kolander 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Abby Robertson 1 ; Molly Kolander 1
Batting:
HR: Latham, Abbey 1
RBI: Puk, Jessica 1 ; Smith, Paige 2 ; Latham, Abbey 3
SH: Gillespie, Autumn 1 ; Puk, Jessica 1 ; Alvarez, Gabby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuhlmann, Kinsey 1 ; Gillespie, Autumn 1 ; Puk, Jessica 1 ; Loftin, Kelsha 1 ; Cooper, Katelin 1 ; Latham, Abbey 1
SB: Gillespie, Autumn 2 ; Loftin, Kelsha 1 ; Jones, Nyomi 1
CS: Whitley, Tate 1
HBP: Latham, Abbey 1
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