OXFORD, Miss. – No. 21/19 University of Missouri softball (19-12, 0-5 SEC) fell at Ole Miss (24-7, 3-3 SEC) by a score of 5-1 in the series finale. The Tigers were swept in an SEC series for the first time since 2019 at Mississippi State.
Ole Miss took the lead right away in the first. With one out and runners on second and third, Abbey Latham's bloop single into left center put the first run of the game on the board. The Rebels left runners on first and third in the first frame.
Alex Honnold lined a single into right field for the Tigers' first hit of the afternoon, but Mizzou couldn't get on the board in the second.
The Rebels tacked on three more in the third inning. Whitley singled to left, Roper reached on catcher's interference and Smith reached on an infield single to quickly load the bases. A wild pitch and an error allowed two runs to score, making it 3-0 for Ole Miss. After a walk and a hit batter, the Rebels again loaded the bases with nobody out. Megan Schumacher then entered for Mizzou and struck out the first batter that she saw. A wild pitch allowed another run to score, but Schumacher prevented any further damage keeping it at 4-0.
Brooke Wilmes led off the fourth with a single up the middle, but she was ultimately stranded on base.
After two quick outs in the bottom half of the fourth, Schumacher ran into trouble with back-to-back walks. Latham singled into right center to score one run. The Rebels loaded the bases after a walk, but Kara Daly fielded a sharp grounder to her left and made the throw to close out the inning.
The Tigers had runners on the corners after Chantice Phillips was hit by a pitch and Kendyll Bailey singled to right, but a strikeout ended the inning.
Emma Raabe homered to left with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Mizzou could not make up the deficit.
NOTES
Emma Raabe became the 13th Tiger to homer during the 2022 season, marking the most Tigers to homer in a season since 2016.
Kendyll Bailey finished the weekend with a .556 batting average (5-for-9). She drove in four of the Tigers' five runs on the weekend with two homers.
Brooke Wilmes went 1-for-3 on the afternoon. Her single in the fourth inning snapped an 0-for-18 stretch.
Emma Nichols put up a scoreless frame for the Tigers with a strikeout. She has put together three-consecutive scoreless appearances.
UP NEXT
Mizzou will travel to Kansas for a midweek Border Showdown on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Ole Miss took the lead right away in the first. With one out and runners on second and third, Abbey Latham's bloop single into left center put the first run of the game on the board. The Rebels left runners on first and third in the first frame.
Alex Honnold lined a single into right field for the Tigers' first hit of the afternoon, but Mizzou couldn't get on the board in the second.
The Rebels tacked on three more in the third inning. Whitley singled to left, Roper reached on catcher's interference and Smith reached on an infield single to quickly load the bases. A wild pitch and an error allowed two runs to score, making it 3-0 for Ole Miss. After a walk and a hit batter, the Rebels again loaded the bases with nobody out. Megan Schumacher then entered for Mizzou and struck out the first batter that she saw. A wild pitch allowed another run to score, but Schumacher prevented any further damage keeping it at 4-0.
Brooke Wilmes led off the fourth with a single up the middle, but she was ultimately stranded on base.
After two quick outs in the bottom half of the fourth, Schumacher ran into trouble with back-to-back walks. Latham singled into right center to score one run. The Rebels loaded the bases after a walk, but Kara Daly fielded a sharp grounder to her left and made the throw to close out the inning.
The Tigers had runners on the corners after Chantice Phillips was hit by a pitch and Kendyll Bailey singled to right, but a strikeout ended the inning.
Emma Raabe homered to left with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Mizzou could not make up the deficit.
NOTES
Emma Raabe became the 13th Tiger to homer during the 2022 season, marking the most Tigers to homer in a season since 2016.
Kendyll Bailey finished the weekend with a .556 batting average (5-for-9). She drove in four of the Tigers' five runs on the weekend with two homers.
Brooke Wilmes went 1-for-3 on the afternoon. Her single in the fourth inning snapped an 0-for-18 stretch.
Emma Nichols put up a scoreless frame for the Tigers with a strikeout. She has put together three-consecutive scoreless appearances.
UP NEXT
Mizzou will travel to Kansas for a midweek Border Showdown on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
