ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team completed its series with Ouachita Baptist by splitting a pair of games, falling in game one 3-1 and winning game two 6-4.
 
With the split, UAM moves to 34-11 overall and 13-9 in the Gulf South Conference, while OBU moves to 22-27 overall and 10-16 in the GSC.
 
In the game two win, UAM plated one run in the top of the first and three in the second to give UAM starting pitcher Becca Sustaire a 4-0 lead through two innings. Sustaire held the Lady Tigers scoreless through the first three innings, but eventually allowed two runs to score off a total of four hits, one walk and one strikeout in her three-inning no-decision.
 
Freshman Randa Perry (8-5) earned the win after throwing the fourth through the sixth innings, allowing two runs off five hits with two walks and one strikeout. Freshman Kayla Jackson picked up her first career save, holding OBU scoreless in the seventh off three hits.
 
Senior Lindsey Randall was one of four Blossoms to record two hits in the game, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored, highlighted by a two-RBI double to left center field in the top of the second inning.
 
Jackson went 2-for-3 with three RBI and three run-producing at bats in the game. She had an RBI base hit in each of the first and sixth innings, while recording an RBI sacrifice fly out in the second.
 
Junior Becca Tipton went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles, and freshman Meagan Wilson rounded out the Blossom two-hitters, going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a run scored.
 
OBU’s Crystal Robinson (2-6) was charged with the loss after tossing five and two thirds innings, allowing five runs off nine hits with three walks and one strikeout.
 
In the first game, UAM plated its lone run in the top of the third inning with an RBI single by Jackson, scoring junior Emilie Hobbs, who reached on a bunt single earlier in the inning.
 
Hobbs led the team at the plate, going 3-for-4, all singles in the infield.
 
Jackson (21-6) was saddled with the loss after tossing a complete-game, allowing three runs off five hits with zero walks and three strikeouts. OBU’s Sara Hanson (7-7) earned the win after tossing a complete-game, allowing one run off nine hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.
 
The Blossoms continue their stretch of 12 games in six days Wednesday with a 2 p.m. home double header against Henderson State at Blossoms Field in Monticello.