Emory 9, Maryville 1


Mississippi College 11, Emory 3


The Emory softball team split a pair of Sunday home games at Cooper Field, dropping an 11-3 decision to Mississippi College before roaring back to claim a six-inning 9-1 triumph over Maryville in the second contest.  The Eagles of head coach Penny Siqueiors now stand 3-5 overall.

Emory pounded out 12 hits in the win over the Scots of Maryville while sophomore pitcher Bridget Holloway tossed all six innings to earn the win on the mound, allowing seven hits and striking out three.    Five Emory players finished with two or more hits including freshman first baseman Ellen Kocoloski who slapped out three safeties while scoring twice.  Freshman Dana Goodenough picked up two hits and totaled four RBIs, two coming on a triple that was the big blow in a five-run sixth inning when the game was decided.  Emory snapped a 1-1 tie in its half of the fourth inning when it scored a pair of runs after two were out.  Goodenough socked a two-run single that scored Jessica Boni and Michelle Geannakakes. 

In the opener, Mississippi College roughed up three Emory pitchers for 13 hits and scored in four of the five innings that were played.  The Choctaws led 1-0 after the first inning of action and then put four on the board in the second frame with a three-run triple by Morgan Harpole the key hit.  Mississippi College three more times in the top half of the fourth before Emory responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning.  Freshman Stephanie Horn knocked in two of the runs with a single.  Sophomore Jen Haag and Kocoloski each came through with a pair of hits in the contest.