MONROE, La. -- ULM split a midweek twinbill with visiting Ole Miss Wednesday at the ULM Softball Complex. The Warhawks claimed game one, 6-3, before falling in game two, 11-1.
Vanessa Garcia saw her streak of 21 straight games reaching base safely come to an end in the second game of the twinbill as she finished 0-for-2.
GAME ONE -- ULM 6, Ole Miss 3
Ole Miss broke the scoreless game with a trio of runs in the top half of the third inning. With two runners on and one out, Allison Brown drove in one with a RBI double to the gap in right center and put two Rebels in scoring position. Madi Osias capped the frame with a two-RBI double down the left field line to give Ole Miss a 3-0 lead.
ULM responded with a pair of runs in the home half of the third. With two outs and two runners on base, Courtney Dutriex doubled to the gap in left center to close the gap to one run (3-2).
In the fifth, the Warhawks took their first lead of the game and it wound up being a lead they would not relinquish. With Vanessa Garcia standing on first, Mackenzie Miller homered off the wall in left center to give ULM a 4-3 advantage.
ULM concluded the scoring with two more runs in the sixth to claim a 6-3 win. Hollie Letourneau collected a solo homer, while Faith Bohack stole home on a successful double steal.
Dutreix led the Warhawks with one hit and two RBI in game one. Samantha Hamby (9-3) earned the win as she tossed all seven innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with three walks and three punchouts.
Osias tallied two RBI on one hit for the Rebels. Shelby Jo Fenter (5-4) was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work.
GAME TWO -- Ole Miss 11, ULM 1 (5 innings)
Ole Miss plated the game's first run in the top of the second inning. Miranda Strother scored (unearned) when the Rebels laid down a bunt, but an errant throw allowed everyone to advance 90 extra feet.
The visiting Rebels pushed their lead to 5-0 with four runs in the top of the third. Strother highlighted the inning with a two-RBI triple to the gap in left center.
Ole Miss added three more runs in the top of the fourth to push the lead to 8-0. Londen Ladner tallied a three-run homer to left field to extend the Rebels lead.
ULM scored its only run of the game on a Faith Bohack solo homer to left in the bottom of the fourth.
Ole Miss added three more runs, again on a three-run homer, to conclude the scoring in the night cap.
Jessica Colliver was tagged with the loss and falls to 3-3 after allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits in two innings of work.
Carly Hummel earned the win and moves to 6-3 after surrendering one run on three hits in five innings.
The Warhawks return to action Saturday as they open conference play at Texas State. First pitch of the twin bill is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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