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Bailey McLin breaks Southwest hit streak record

| By: by Cody Junkin
Southwest Softball traveled to Meridian on Wednesday, March 18th for a doubleheader against the Meridian Community College Eagles.

Southwest split the series losing game one 7-9 and winning game two 8-2.

In game one, Allie Ladnier started on the mound for the Bears.

Ladnier pitched 4.1 innings with 6 strikeouts.

Tye Boone faced 3 batters as well before Mary Claire Salley came in to finish the game.

Salley had 1 strikeout and 0 hits allowed in 1.2 innings pitched.

Southwest was leading 4-3 after three innings.

Three of the four runs came on an Alexis Dejean homer in the first inning. The other came when a Kate Clements double scored Jana Phillips.

A massive 6-run fifth inning gave the Eagles a 9-4 lead over Southwest.

In the top of the very next inning, the Lady Bears cut the deficit down to 2 with a 3-run inning.

The 3 runs came on a Corin Talbot double that scored Lauryn Roebuck followed by a Tristan Allen 2-run homerun to move the score to 7-9.

An unfortunate series of at bats in the top of the seventh saw the Lady Bears take a 7-9 loss to Meridian.

Tristan Allen had 3 hits in game one including a homerun and a double. Jana Phillips, Kate Clements, and Corin Talbot each had 2 hits each including a double.

Alexis Dejean also had a homerun and 3 RBIs.

This wouldn't stop Southwest as they bounced back with a big 8-2 win in game two.

Ballard Kraft started at pitcher in game two and pitched the entire game.

Kraft had 6 strikeouts and 2 runs allowed in 7.0 innings pitched.

Southwest took control early and never gave it back.

The Lady Bears found themselves up 4-0 after three innings.

The first two runs came on an Allie Ladnier homerun.

The next two runs came on a Tristan Allen homer.

After a 4-run fifth inning, Southwest was up 8-2 which would end up being the final score of the contest.

Those runs came on a Tristan Allen sac fly, a Kate Clements single, a Jana Phillips double, and an Allie Ladnier double.

The Southwest pitching held the Eagles scoreless for the final three innings to win 8-2 and split the series.

Kate Clements led the team with 3 hits. Corin Talbot and Allie Ladnier each had 2 hits. Madalyn Ashford, Bailey McLin, Jana Phillips, and Tristan Allen all had 1 hit.

Tristan Allen and Allie Ladnier each had a homerun and 3 RBIs.

Allie Ladnier, Corin Talbot, and Jana Phillips each had a double as well.

Bailey McLin recorded a hit in both games against Meridian and broke the Southwest Softball hit streak record.

McLin has recorded a hit in 19 straight games breaking a ten-year record as a freshman.

"The kids fought, they never quit, they never gave up. And that's the difference with this team. They hit the ball well, and they fight the entire time," said Head Coach Shea Johnson.

"Bailey is a special kid, and she's the true definition of a leadoff. She's going to get the base hit, she's going to have that .485 on base percentage… she swings it, she slaps, she can lay it down and bunt, she can do it all," said Coach Johnson when asked about Bailey McLin breaking the hit streak record, "it couldn't have happened to a better kid. I'm so proud for her. That record stood for ten years and I don't think she's through setting it."

The Lady Bears (17-4, 3-1*conference) travel to Goodman on Saturday, March 21st to take on Holmes.
 
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