MONTICELLO – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team recorded its third consecutive split in as many days by beating Henderson State 5-0 in game one, followed by a 4-2 loss in game two.
 
The split moves UAM to 35-12 overall and 14-10 in the Gulf South Conference, while Henderson State snaps its 19-game losing streak and moves to 17-31 overall and 6-18 in the GSC.
 
In the first game, most of UAM’s production came in the bottom of the fourth inning with senior Lindsey Randall’s two-RBI double down the left field line. Freshman Meagan Wilson also produced a run in the frame with her RBI single to center.
 
The Blossoms also plated a single run in each of the third and sixth innings. Randall completed her three-RBI game with an RBI single to center in the sixth, scoring senior Heather Greer, who led off the inning with a pinch-hit single through the left side of the infield.
 
Freshman Kayla Jackson recorded the other RBI in the game with a double to the left field gap in the third, plating junior Bethany Falcon, who reached on an error earlier in the inning.
 
Jackson (22-6) also picked up the win after tossing her 25th complete game and ninth shutout of the season, allowing only two hits in seven innings with only one walk and nine strikeouts.
 
HSU’s Melissa Decker (8-17) was charged with the loss, after allowing five runs off 10 hits with no walks and only one strikeout in her seven innings of action.
 
In the second game, freshman Randa Perry produced UAM’s only runs with a game-tying two-run homerun to left field in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was her fourth round-tripper of the season.
 
Perry (8-6) also picked up the loss after allowing four runs off seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
 
The Lady Reddies plated one run in each of the first and fourth innings, but their big blow came in the top of the fifth, with Breann Birdwell’s go-ahead two-RBI single to center.

Patti Collins (9-14) earned the win in complete-game fashion, allowing two runs off four hits with two walks and no strikeouts.
 
The two squads conclude the series tomorrow (Thursday) with a 1:30 p.m. double header at Blossoms Field in Monticello.