SAVANNAH, GA (March 6, 2007) --- The Milligan College softball team added two wins Tuesday afternoon at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Smash Hit Softball Tournament. The Lady Buffs defeated Wheelock (Ma.) College 9-1 and then Milligan ended the day with another 9-1 win over Randolph-Macon Women’s (Va.) College. With the two victories Milligan improves to 9-5.

Milligan 9 Wheelock 1 (5 Innings)

The Lady Buffs jumped in front with a six-run first inning. The first run was driven in by Jessica Blevins (Elizabethton, Tenn.) with a single. The next three runs came in when Leah White (Gray, Tenn.) doubled. White later scored on a fielding error. Melanie Strickler (Kingsport, Tenn.) doubled to score Mallory Tincher (Jacksonville, Fla.) to make the score 6-0 after one inning.

Milligan added two more runs in the second inning. The first came when Leah Fritts (Knoxville, Tenn.) scored on a triple from Jessica Blevins (Elizabethton, Tenn.). A sacrifice fly from Megan Aldridge (Johnson City, Tenn.) allowed Blevins to score and make the score 8-0.

The final run for Milligan came in the fourth inning when Aldridge doubled then Hannah Cunningham (Waterford, Ohio) walked and Tincher doubled to drive in Aldridge.

On the mound, Maegan Hambrick (Lexington, Ky.) pitched three innings of shut-out softball for the win. She only allowed one hit with four strikeouts.

Tincher and Blevins each went 2-for-3 in the contest. Blevins also scored two runs and drove in one.

Milligan 9 Randolph-Macon 1 (5 Innings)

Milligan started the game in similar fashion with a six-run first inning. The first two runs came when Blevins doubled to drive in Fritts and White. Aldridge added a RBI double, Tincher hit a RBI sacrifice fly to left, Jennifer Wise (Clermont, Fla.) hit a RBI double and the final run was driven in by Strickler.

Aldridge hit her second home run of the season in the second inning. Milligan added another run in the fourth and fifth innings.

Wise pitched a complete game for the win. She scattered two hits and gave up one unearned run with ten strikeouts.

Blevins, Aldridge and Wise each went 2-for-3 against Randolph-Macon. Blevins tallied three RBIs while Aldridge scored two runs and accounted for two RBIs. Wise also scored two runs and drove in one.  

The Lady Buffs will resume play in the SCAD Smash Hit Tournament Wednesday afternoon. First for Milligan will be Malone (Ohio) College at 2 p.m. followed by a contest against Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) University at 4 p.m.