Harley Smith
Harley Smith was a combined 5-for-7 with five RBIs and also picked up the Game 1 win in the circle.
5
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB 0-5
6
Winner Northwest NWCCSB 1-0
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB
0-5
5
Final
6
Northwest NWCCSB
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 6 2
Northwest NWCCSB 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 6 9 3

W: Smith, Harley (1-0) L: Makenna Morgan (0-0)

2
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB 0-6
10
Winner Northwest NWCCSB 2-0
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB
0-6
2
Final
10
Northwest NWCCSB
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Mississippi Delta MDCCSB 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 3
Northwest NWCCSB 4 2 0 0 4 10 10 0

W: Brownlee, Katie (1-0) L: Morgan Morrison (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball | | by Kevin Maloney

Softball Sweeps Mississippi Delta on Opening Day

SENATOBIA – Northwest opened the softball season on the right foot Tuesday, sweeping Mississippi Delta 6-5 and 10-2 at Ranger Field.

Northwest improved to 2-0 while MDCC remained winless on the year at 0-6. Weather permitting, Northwest will return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Southwest Tennessee.

Game 1 – Northwest 6, Mississippi Delta 5

Trailing 5-0 in the fourth, Sarah Taylor's leadoff triple helped the Rangers score four in the inning and Northwest would rally in the seventh and win it on Maddy Politte's RBI-groundout.

MDCC led 1-0 after two innings and 4-0 after three. Three Ranger errors made way for a big inning, capped by RBI hits from Faith Delgado and Makenna Morgan.

Harley Smith put Northwest on the board in the fourth with an RBI-single after Taylor's leadoff triple. Katie Brownlee followed with an RBI-single and Marlee Ray's sac fly made it a 5-4 game after four.

Northwest tied the game at 5-5 in the fifth on Smith's two-out double, her third hit of the game, before Politte's one-out groundout won it in the seventh.

Smith and Taylor combined to go 5-for-8 to lead the Rangers at the plate, while Smith also got the win in a complete-game performance, allowing two earned runs and striking out a pair.

Game 2 – Northwest 10, Mississippi Delta 2 (5 inn.)

Northwest shook off the early season rust with an offensive outburst in game two, scoring 10 runs off 10 hits in a run-rule victory in five innings.

The Rangers plated four in the first on a two-run double by Smith and two-run single by Ally Judkins.

MDCC cut the deficit in half in the second thanks to a two-run single from Alana Goss but Northwest immediately responded with a pair on another Smith RBI and pinch-hit RBI-double from Mary Thornburg.

Northwest plated four more in the fifth, aided by two Lady Trojan errors. Morgan Gresham scored on a passed ball, Judkins scored on an error, Shelby Wilson added an RBI-single and the game-winning run came on Taylor's RBI-groundout.

Brownlee got the win in the circle, scattering six hits, two runs, two walks and two strikeouts.

Wilson was 3-for-4 in the leadoff spot, while Smith and Judkins added two hits each.