Box Score MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Mississippi University for Women baseball utilized a five-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning for a come-from-behind win over Virginia Wesleyan University, 9-7, on Sunday. The Owls improved to 2-1 on the season, while the Marlins fell to 2-3.
The W found itself down 4-1 after five full innings, scoring just a run in the third when Matthew Wndham (1-2) scored from third as
Baron Brack (2-5) was picked off on a delayed double steal.
In the MUW half of the sixth,
Avery Benson's groundout RBI with bases loaded plated
Loren Cox (0-2) from third to make it 4-2. In the seventh, the Owls knotted the game at 4-4 after RBI doubles from
Landon Clark (1-2) and
Tyler Estabrook (2-2).
In the big eighth frame, with bases loaded, Windham was hit by a pitch to force home
Johnny Setchfield (1-4). Brack followed with a bases-clearing double to make it 8-4. An
Austin Telano (2-4) base knock drove home Brack for MUW's ninth run.
VWU scratched back for three in the ninth, but would get no closer.
Campbell McCluney – who came on the record the final out in the bottom of the seventh – was the benefactor of the Owls offensive burst in the top of the eighth, getting the victory in his first appearance of 2024.
Jackson Gantt pitched the final two innings for The W.
