DECATUR, Ala. -- The Lady Miner softball team closed out their opening weekend with a split of its four games at the Charger Chillout, including a victory Sunday over 23rd-ranked Georgia College & State.
Missouri S&T used three home runs to knock off the Bobcats 7-4 in the first of its two games on the day, but it lost the final game of the weekend set 11-2 to West Georgia.
The Lady Miners busted open a close contest in the fifth inning with a four-run outburst with two outs. After Becky Davis led off the inning with a hit, Kandi Wieberg drew a two-out walk. Rachel Wilkinson followed the walk by hitting a three-run homer to give the Lady MIners a 5-0 lead, then Kelsey Musselman homered right after the Wilkinson blast to give S&T a six-run lead.
Coley Naughton added a solo homer in the sixth to back the pitching of Ashley Wallingford, who allowed two runs over six innings of work to get the win and improve to 2-1 on the season.
Musselman had three hits in the game, including a double, while Wilkinson had two hits.
In the West Georgia contest, S&T fell behind 6-0 after two innings of play before getting on the scoreboard with Katie Smith's RBI single in the fourth. The Lady Miners got their other run on a homer in the fifth from Wieberg, but the Wolves ended the game with a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth.
Freshman pitcher Kristen Drage took the loss for S&T, which will return to action Friday at the Arkansas-Monticello Classic.
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