Emma Holland
Southland Conference
11
Winner Middle Tennessee MT 5-4
2
Nicholls NICH 2-7
Winner
Middle Tennessee MT
5-4
11
Final
2
Nicholls NICH
2-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Middle Tennessee MT 0 2 3 0 0 6 11 14 0
Nicholls NICH 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0

W: DODD, Corrina (1-0) L: Danehower, Emily (2-2) S: MEAD, Gretchen (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Colonels fall to Middle Tennessee at Madeira Beach

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - The Nicholls State University softball team suffered its first run-rule loss of the season as the Colonels were defeated by Middle Tennessee, 11-2, in six innings Saturday at the Madeira Beach Tournament.

Nicholls (2-7) had three hits in the loss, but two of them left the park. Redshirt freshman Allie Amerson hit her first career home run to lead off the second inning, cutting the early deficit in half, and Samantha Dares led the fourth off with her third homer of the season. The final Colonel hit was a single by Emma Holland, who also had one of the Colonels' three walks. 

Timely hitting helped Middle Tennessee (5-4) to scoring runs in the second and third innings. A 2-run single with two down gave them the early lead, then Lani Rodriguez hit a 3-run homer with two outs in the third for the 5-2 advantage.

The score stayed the same until the sixth when Middle Tennessee scored six to put the run-rule into play. Two more homers fueled the big inning, including another one by Rodriguez. In the bottom half, Nicholls was retired in order to end the game.

Emily Danehower took the loss with five earned runs on eight hits in 3.1 innings. For the first time this season, she did not record a strikeout. 

Corrina Dodd earned the win despite allowing the two homers in three innings of work. Gretchen Mead picked up a three-inning save after keeping the Colonels without a hit. 

ON DECK
The Colonels will wrap up the weekend on Sunday with games against Southern Illinois (8 a.m. central) and Mercer (10:30 a.m.). Live stats are available on the schedule page and the games can be viewed via FloSports with a subscription.

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