Thomas Graning | The Daily Mississippian
Carly Hummel releases a pitch during game against Louisiana Tech March 19.
The Ole Miss softball team (19-14) will travel to Martin, Tenn., to take on the Skyhawks of UT-Martin today.
The Skyhawks participated in the Red and Blue Classic hosted by the Lady Rebels in late February. Ole Miss won that matchup 3-2 on Feb. 23.
The Lady Rebels are coming off a weekend home series against Arkansas in which they claimed the series by winning on Friday and Saturday before falling on Sunday 15-7. The Lady Rebel bats took a while to get warmed up in that game, according to head coach Windy Thees, but Thees also said the Arkansas players simply had her pitcher’s number.
The Skyhawks (13-15-1) got swept by Eastern Kentucky in a two-game series in Richmond, Ky., this weekend. The Colonels won the first game 5-0 and the second game 12-4 in five innings in Ohio Valley Conference action.
Earlier this season, Thees said her team would go as far as seniors RT Cantillo and Carly Hummel and junior Allison Brown would take them, and so far they have put up impressive numbers. Cantillo is leading the team in slugging percentage at .652 and batting average at .506. Hummel has a 2.96 ERA and a team-leading 80 strikeouts on the mound. Brown is second on the team in batting average with .356 and a slugging percentage of .545. Brown also joined elite company on Sunday afternoon after she hit two RBIs, a number that made her the fourth Lady Rebel to reach the 100-RBI mark in program history.
First pitch between the Lady Rebels and the Skyhawks is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Martin, Tenn.
