THOMAS GRANING | The Daily Mississippian
Carly Hummel releases a pitch during Wednesday’s game against Louisiana Tech. Hummel combined with Shelby Jo Fenter and Madi Osias to pitch a no-hitter in the 3-0 win.
The Ole Miss softball team defeated Louisiana Tech 3-0, and pitchers Carly Hummel, Shelby Jo Fenter and Madi Osias combined to throw the first combined no-hitter in team history last night. The Rebels improved to 17-13, and the Lady Techsters dropped to 8-19 with their ninth consecutive loss.
Senior Carly Hummel got the start for the Lady Rebels and threw four perfect innings, allowing no runs. Senior Shelby Jo Fenter took over in the top of the fifth, and she continued Hummel’s work. Sophomore Madi Osias continued the no-hitter for the rest of the game when she took the mound in the seventh, but she gave up one walk.
“You know they did a good job coming out,” Ole Miss head coach Windy Thees said of the night’s pitchers. “Carly’s been our ace so far in the middle of the season. She’s thrown a lot of innings up, so going into the game I knew I wanted to limit her to those four innings. Shelby Jo is coming off an injury, so I knew I wanted to get her out there before we hit Arkansas, just to give her an inning or so.”
All of the offensive production for the Rebels came in the bottom of the third. RT Cantillo blasted her first home run of the season. She is leading the team in batting average at .500. Four batters later, Osias knocked a 2 RBI double down the left field line to make the score 3-0.
“RT has been out for about 8 to 9 days or maybe closer to 10 even. She pulled a hamstring. To be honest I thought we were going to lose her for a month, so she rehabbed, and our strength training and our training staff did a really good job of getting her back.” Thees said. “She said, ‘Coach, I think I can go today,’ and I said, ‘You’ve got to be able to sprint,’ and then she hits a home run, and I was like, ‘Well I guess you don’t have to be able to sprint.’”
The Rebels will take the field again to host Arkansas in a three game series beginning Friday at 6:00 p.m.
