Archrivals pay visit to No. 13 MGCCC
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Pearl River Community College | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Pearl River Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 3 | 2 |
PERKINSTON — No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast faces archrival Pearl River in a softball doubleheader Wednesday at Ross-Smith Field.
First pitch in the doubleheader is set for 4 p.m. The games will be streamed at https://livestream.com/MGCCCBulldogs/events/8632106.
The Lady Bulldogs will be trying to avenge a sweep by Pearl River.
Records
- MGCCC: 17-9/9-3 MACJC, 4th place in conference
- PRCC: 14-12/4-6, 10th place in conference
Last Time Out
- MGCCC split on the road Wednesday at East Central, winning 6-4 and losing 4-3. Mya Hopson (So., Madison Central/Madison) had a big day, going 5-for-7 with two doubles and a home run.
- PRCC swept a pair of five-inning games against Meridian on Wednesday 10- and 14-1. Elizabeth Taggard had four hits, including three home runs, and drove in 10 runs.
Previous Meeting
Pearl River swept a pair of games at Poplarville on March 26, 2018, winning 14-8 and 9-7. Madison Wall had three hits in the first game, including a grand slam, and Kaylynn Garrett had three hits in the second.
Quotable
"It's always going to be a big rivalry because we're so close. I know it's just conference games we have to win. They're going to play hard, we're going to play hard and it's going to be a good doubleheader." – Gulf Coast coach Kenneth Long
Notes
- Camryn Williams (So., White Hall/White Hall, Ark.) has a three-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 14 of her last 16 games.
- Kristen Cade (Fr., Harrison Central/Saucier) is fifth in NJCAA Division II with 10.42 strikeouts per seven innings. She's seventh in strikeouts with 114.
- Shelby Archer (Fr., Pearl River Central/Picayune) is third in the country with 12 home runs (Cheyenne Anderson, Iowa Central, 14).
Three Ahead
- Friday, April 12, vs. Northeast, 2 p.m., Perkinston
- Monday, April 15, at Hinds, 3 p.m., Raymond
- Thursday, April 18, at LSU Eunice, 1 p.m., Eunice, La.
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