SENATOBIA – The 2nd-ranked Jones County Lady Bobcats held Northwest to seven total hits and racked up 22 of their own to sweep the Rangers 10-1 and 4-0 Sunday afternoon in the second meeting between the teams this season.

JCJC improved to 17-1 overall and 4-0 in the MACJC, while Northwest fell to 4-8 and 0-4.

Weather permitting, Northwest will continue a stretch of 12 of 14 games at home on Tuesday, March 6 when they welcome former division rival Itawamba to town for a 1/3 double dip on letsgoicctv.com/BLUE.

Game 1 – JCJC 10, Northwest 1 (5 inn.) 

Jones County scored all 10 of its runs in the first three frames, including a five-run first, to run-rule the Rangers in game one.

Kelsha Loftin tripled to start the game and JCJC would follow with four run-scoring hits to lead 5-0 after one.

Trailing 7-0 in the second, Northwest got on the board with a well executed double steal at second and home with Katie Brownlee and Sarah Johnson both moving up and Johnson scoring to make it 7-1.

JCJC answered with three more runs in the third, all with two outs, opening the frame with three consecutive hits and scoring all three runs after lining into a double play. Emily Robinson doubled to score one and Hallie Donald followed with a two-run double down the left field line.

Northwest was held to one hit the final three frames in the loss and was out-hit 14-3.

Karli Perque (5-1) scattered two hits, one unearned run and four strikeouts in three innings for the win. Harley Smith (2-5) allowed five runs on five hits in one inning of work.

Game 2 – JCJC 4, Northwest 0

Northwest buckled down defensively in the second game but still couldn't find its offense as they fell 4-0 and were held to four hits.

Hallie Donald (6-0) tossed a complete game, allowing just the four hits and striking out four in seven innings. Brownlee (2-2) got the start and was tagged with the loss. Johnson tossed 3.2 innings of scoreless softball to close the game.

Donald's RBI-single to right with two outs in the first gave JCJC a 1-0 lead after one. She added a two-run single in the third to make it 3-0.

Northwest threatened in the third with the bases loaded and one out but a 4-6-3 double play ended the frame.

Loftin plated JCJC's final run on an RBI-single to short in the fourth.

The Rangers had two on with one out in the sixth but failed to score after an infield fly and groundout.

Marlee Ray, Alexis McShan, Shelby Wilson and Sarah Taylor all had hits in the loss.