ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team split a pair of games with Ouachita Baptist on the first day of the two-day series, winning game one 6-2 and falling 3-2 in the second game.

 

With the split, UAM moves to 33-10 overall and 12-8 in the Gulf South Conference, while OBU moves to 21-26 overall and 9-15 in the GSC.

 

In the game-one win, UAM used a four-run third inning, highlighted by a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield by junior Emilie Hobbs. Freshman Kayla Jackson and junior Becca Tipton also had run-producing at bats in the inning.

 

UAM plated one run each in the top of the fifth and sixth frames, starting with junior Becca Sustaire’s RBI single to left in the fifth, finished with Jackson’s RBI double in the sixth.

 

Jackson (21-5) also picked up the win on the mound after tossing her 23^rd complete-game of the season, going seven innings, allowing two runs off four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

 

OBU’s Kristen Rigsbee (13-12) was charged with the loss after tossing a complete-game, allowing six runs off 12 hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.

 

In game two, UAM jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with freshman Randa Perry’s RBI single through the right side.

 

Perry, UAM’s starting pitcher, then held the Lady Tigers scoreless through the first four innings, before OBU pushed two across in the bottom of the fifth.

 

UAM responded to tie the game at 2-all with an RBI single by Lindsey Randall in the top of the sixth, plating senior pinch-runner Savanah Morin, who was running for freshman Meagan Wilson, who singled to center earlier in the inning.

 

The Lady Tigers pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs and the bases loaded, with an RBI single by Alexis Johns, scoring Jana Deen, who led off the inning with a single to center.

 

Perry (7-5) took the loss, going six and two thirds innings, allowing three runs off three hits with three walks and three strikeouts. OBU’s Krystal Robinson (2-5) earned the win after tossing a complete-game, allowing two runs off six hits with five walks and three strikeouts.

 

The two squads conclude the series with a Tuesday double-header starting at 2 p.m. at Sully Anderson Field in Arkadelphia.