RedHawks Drop Pair Against Ole Miss and No. 9 Clemson

Saturday, February 24

Clemson, SC

11 a.m.

Miami University

8-1

Mississippi

11-2

Ole Miss

Miami (Ohio)

Elon, NC – Feb 9: NCAA Softball - Miami vs Evansville at Hunt Softball Park in Elon, NC on February 9, 2024. (Credit: Andy Mead/YCJ)

Photo by: Andy Mead/YCJ

RedHawks Drop Pair Against Ole Miss and No. 9 Clemson

2/24/2024 4:21:00 PM | Softball

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CLEMSON, S.C. – The Miami University softball team fell to the University of Mississippi 10-8 and to No. 9 Clemson University 10-1 on Saturday afternoon. Ole Miss moves to 11-2 on the season. Clemson goes to 9-2. The RedHawks drop to 8-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1:

In the bottom of the first, Allie Cummins hit a bomb over left center to give the RedHawks a 1-0 lead over Ole Miss.
The Rebels tied it up in the top of the second on an RBI double, evening the score 1-1.
Reagan Bartholomew crossed the plate in the bottom of the second on a scoring error. Jenna Golembiewski then followed that up with a three-run home run that also scored Cummins and Chloe Parks to put Miami up 5-1.
In the bottom of the third Bartholomew hit a two-run homer down the left field line that also scored Kate Kobayashi to extend the lead to 7-1.
An RBI single from the Rebels in the top of the fourth brought in another run to shorten the gap to 7-2.
In the top of the fifth a three-run homer and a solo homer brought the Rebels back into contention with a 7-6 score.
An RBI double from Ole Miss in that same inning then tied the score. An RBI double then put them ahead 8-7.
In the top of the seventh a two-run home run extended the Rebels lead to 10-7.
Karli Spaid hit a solo home run to get the bottom of the seventh started, but unfortunately the RedHawks could not come back from the deficit, falling 10-8.

NOTES:

Golembiewski and Bartholomew went 3-for-2 at the plate.
Golembiewski had three RBI in the game.
Cummins, Golembiewski, Spaid, and Bartholomew hit home runs.
Addy Jarvis went four innings in the circle, striking out two.
Madilyn Reeves went three innings on the rubber to finish the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

On an error Clemson put one across in the bottom of the second. A grand slam later that same inning pushed their lead to 5-0.
In the bottom of the third the Tigers put two more on the board with an RBI single to make it a 7-0 game.
In the top of the fifth a sac fly from Golembiewski scored Hadley Parisien to put the RedHawks in the 7-1 game.
A three-run home run from Clemson in the bottom of the fifth ended the game at 10-1.

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