Ole Miss Softball vs Arkansas on April 24th, 2016 in Oxford, MS. Courtesy of: Ole Miss Sports
Elisha Jahnke allowed just five baserunners all game and Ashton Lampton came through with timely hitting to lead the Ole Miss softball team to a 3-1 win over Louisiana Tech Wednesday at the Lady Techsters Softball Complex.
Jahnke was nearly dominant all game long, giving up just two hits, one of which was a solo home run in the second. She is the second Ole Miss pitcher to reach 10 wins this season after improving to 10-6 in the circle. The Grand Junction, Colorado native struck out four Lady Techsters, walked two and at one point retired nine in a row midway through the contest.
Lampton chipped in with two of the Rebels’ (37-17) seven hits, including all three RBI off a double and a triple. Elantra Cox went 2-for-3 from the leadoff spot with a double and run scored, while Hailey Lunderman, Miranda Strother and Sarah Van Schaik all added one hit each in the victory.
Ole Miss wasted no time getting on the board with a 2-run first inning, the 17th time this season plating runs in the opening frame. Cox got the offense going with an infield leadoff single and Lunderman followed with her only hit of the game on a single through the left side. Lampton then launched a high shot to left that bounced off the wall and scored both Cox and Lunderman, which put the Rebels up 2-0.
Louisiana Tech (27-18) responded in its next half at the plate with a solo home run cutting the deficit to 2-1, but Ole Miss again had an answer in the third. Strother punched a 1-out single to right, before Lampton dropped a blooper just inside the right field line for the first triple of her career.
From there Jahnke used the early lead to her advantage, not allowing a hit from the home run in the second inning all the way until the leadoff batter in the sixth.
Louisiana Tech starter Bailey Allen was tagged with the loss after giving up three runs in her four frames in the circle.
On Deck
Ole Miss will host No. 9 Tennessee for the regular season finale this weekend at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. The series opens at 6 p.m. Friday night and Saturday’s game is slated for a noon first pitch on SEC Network. The Rebels will honor their six seniors Sunday in the final game at 1 p.m.
