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The Ole Miss softball team fell behind early and couldn’t come back, falling to UT Martin 9-6 Wednesday night at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.
The Skyhawks (23-18) plated seven in the second and one in the third taking a very early 8-0 lead to chase senior Madi Osias in the circle.
From there, the Rebels (28-14) went on to tally six runs thanks to three in the third, a single run in the fourth and a pair in the sixth, but the comeback fell short in the non-conference midweek matchup.
Courtney Syrett was responsible for three Rebel runs thanks to her team-leading fifth home run of the season in the third. She drove in Ashton Lampton and Elantra Cox, who both reached earlier on singles.
Lampton collected the first of her two RBI in the next inning when she drove in Alex Schneider cutting the lead to 8-4. The freshman then pushed across Schneider again two frames later off another RBI single up the middle, before Kylan Becker crossed home on a double steal attempt.
Lampton led the Rebel offense tying her career high in hits in a 3-for-3 day, while seven other Rebels tallied a hit each.
Sophomore Elisha Jahnke pitched the final 5.2 innings for Ole Miss and allowed two earned runs off six hits.
