Southwest's softball team hosted Hinds on Wednesday in a doubleheader that saw the Lady Bears win Game One, 4-0, and lose Game Two, 7-2.
Allie Ladnier pitched all of Game One, shutting out Hinds. Ladnier pitched all seven innings with no runs or walks allowed to go along with six strikeouts.
SMCC scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, and those would be the only runs of the game for either team.
Corin Talbot hit a solo home run to start the scoring and put Southwest up 1-0.
After a walk to Ladnier, North Pike's Kate Clements hit a homer to left field to put the Lady Bears up 3-0.
A bases-loaded walk would bring in the next run to put the Lady Bears up 4-0 over Hinds.
Talbot, Clements, Tristan Allen, Alexis Dejean and Jana Phillips each had a hit.
Talbot and Clements each had a homer as well, while Allen had a double.
Clements had two RBIs, with Talbot and Madalyn Ashford each recording one.
Lauryn Roebuck also had a stolen base in Game One.
In Game Two, Talbot started on the mound for Southwest and pitched 0.1 innings while picking up the loss.
Ballard Kraft pitched the next 1.1 innings bewfore Mary Claire Salley pitched the final 5.1 innings with two strikeouts and three hits allowed.
The Lady Bears only had two hits and two runs scored in Game Two.
Bailey McLin scored the first Lady Bear run on a Dejean fielder’s choice.
The other run scored when Ladnier singled to score McLin.
Ladnier and Salley each had a hit while Roebuck had a stolen base in Game Two.
“Another great outing by Allie [Ladnier] in the circle. She gets a big win holding up a four-run lead from the first inning. We swung it pretty well early,” head coach Shea Johnson said. "The reset and refocus is that we have to continue to push and get better and not get complacent toward the end. It’s that part of the season, it’s long and this is what you build for. Our kids are up for that challenge 100%."
“Anytime you get a ranked win in our conference, you have got to really be excited about that,” Johnson added. “To be 10-4 in our conference after 14 games, I am super excited. That’s a big deal. We have several big games left and a big week next week.”
The Lady Bears (23-7, 10-4) travel to Senatobia on Friday to play Northwest in a doubleheader.
