March 10, 2007

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The homestanding Huntingdon Hawks swept a pair of games over the visitors from Millsaps College on Saturday, downing the Majors 8-4 in an error-filled Game 1 and 2-0 in a pitcher's duel in Game 2.

Millsaps lit up the scoreboard first, plating a run in the top of the first frame on a throwing error by the first baseman to score Renee Hebert.

Huntingdon responded with a run of its own in the bottom half of the inning off an RBI-single from Amanda Helton to tie the game at 1-1 and later scored five unanswered runs off three Millsaps errors to take a 6-1 lead into the sixth inning.

The Majors cut the gap to 6-2 off freshman Jennifer McKinley's RBI-double in the sixth and 8-4 on a two-out, two-RBI double from freshman Sam Hill in the seventh before the Hawks closed out the win with a groundout to the pitcher.

Six different Majors recorded a hit with Hill (pictured) going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored.

Game 2 was the complete opposite, with the teams combining for two runs off only six hits compared to a combined 18 hits, 12 runs and eight errors in the first game.

Freshman Kasey Thibodeaux and Game 1 winner Alyssa Ryan battled it out in the circle, surrendering a combined two hits through the first 5 1/2 innings of play before the Hawks rallied for a single run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth for the 2-0 victory.

Huntingdon scored both of its runs off two outs, using an RBI-single from Kasey Andrews in the fifth and an RBI-groundout from Haydyn Hedgspeth in the sixth.

The Hawks improve to 6-11 on the year with their fifth win in six games while the Majors fall to 0-9 on the road and 1-12 overall.

Millsaps will try and pick up a pair of road wins tomorrow, traveling to LaGrange College for an afternoon doubleheader with the Panthers. First pitch is slated 1 p.m. CST.