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Ole Miss Softball: No.18 Rebels Pick Up Midweek Run-Rule Road Win

ByDaniel Skipper|
BEIJING - AUGUST 21: The shoes worn by players from the United States remain at home plate after the five players left them there following USA's 3-1 loss to Japan during the women's grand final gold medal softball game at the Fengtai Softball Field during Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
BEIJING - AUGUST 21: The shoes worn by players from the United States remain at home plate after the five players left them there following USA's 3-1 loss to Japan during the women's grand final gold medal softball game at the Fengtai Softball Field during Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

After a huge weekend SEC series win coach Mike Smith and No.18 Ole Miss softball were back in midweek road action in Nashville.

Coach Mike Smith and No.18 Ole Miss softball (25-9) were back in Tuesday as the Rebels travelled to face Belmont (19-15) on the road in Nashville. The Rebels were coming off a huge SEC series against No.6 Florida in which the Rebels came back from a tough game-one loss to earn wins in both game-two and game-three to pick up the SEC Series win over the Gators.

Tuesday the Rebels wasted no time in finding their groove scoring 2 runs in the top of the first inning to take the 2-0. After a scoreless second frame the Rebels then added 6 runs in the top of the third to extend their lead to 8-0 headed in the fourth.

It the top of the fourth the Rebels added 1 run to make the lead 9-0 but Belmont answered with 1 run in the bottom to cut the Rebels lead to 9-1. Ole Miss then added 2 runs in the top of the fifth to push the lead to 11-1 and ultimately pick up the run-rule win. OHT looks at the midweek win by the numbers.

By The Numbers

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In the midweek road win there were 8 Rebels who combined for 11 hits with 3 Rebels finding multiple hit games at the plate. Leading all Rebels was sophomore Abbey Lathem who went 2 for 2 at the plate with 1 RBI. Sophomore Amanda Roth (1HR) went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI while sophomore Ally Mena also went 2 for 3 in the win.

Senior Izzy Werdann went 1 for 1 with 2 RBI at the plate while senior Brittany Finney (1HR) went 1 for 2 with 2 RBI. Freshman Mikayla Allee also went 1 for 2 at the plate. Senior Kylan Becker and junior Kaylee Horton each went 1 for 3 in the game with Horton recording 2 RBI.

In The Circle

Sophomore right-hander Ava Tillmann drew the midweek start for coach Mike Smith and the Rebels. Tillmann went for 4.0 innings allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits with 2 Ks and 1 BB. Sophomore left-hander Anna Borgen entered in the fifth and closed out the circle for the Rebels. Borgen went for 1.0 inning allowing no hits with 1 K.

Coach Mike Smith and No.18 Ole Miss softball will be back in action Friday evening as the Rebels face No.22 Kentucky on the road in Lexington. First pitch for game-one of the weekend SEC series is set for 5pm CT and the game can be seen via SECN+. Good luck to coach Smith and the Rebels. Hotty Toddy!

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