SENATOBIA, Miss. — The No. 13 Pearl River softball hit a rough patch Sunday afternoon on the road against No. 9 Northwest, falling twice to the Rangers. NWCC won game one 8-0 and game two 6-4.

GAME ONE
Pearl River (18-9 overall; 2-2 MACCC) dug itself into an early hole against Northwest (21-3; 2-2) in the first game as it stranded two runners in the top of the first before the Rangers plated a trio of runs in the bottom half, moving ahead 3-0.

Starting pitcher Ana-Grace Garcia (Baton Rouge, La.; Central) settled down in the second and third innings. The freshman right-hander struck out a pair in a three-up, three-down second inning. She worked around a walk in the third to retire the side.

Northwest added a run in the bottom of the fourth as a leadoff triple turned into an RBI groundout, 4-0. The Rangers ended the game in a run-rule in the fifth, scoring four additional runs to beat the Wildcats 8-0 in five innings.

Garcia threw 4 1/3 innings. She struck out five batters but allowed eight runs on eight hits and two walks.

Emmaleigh Theriot (Prairieville, La.; St. Amant) went 1-for-2 at the plate and stole two bases. Maeli Ben (Conehatta; Newton County) had a hit and Carsyn Mott (Collinsville; West Lauderdale) hit a double.

GAME TWO
The Wildcats got off to a hot start in game two against the Rangers, plating three in the top of the first. Natalee Eaves (Louisville; Choctaw Central) hit an RBI double, and Cailey Pervel (Carriere; Pearl River Central) brought her home with a two-run blast, 3-0.

Unfortunately, the Rangers matched it in the bottom half, scoring runs on two RBI doubles and a steal of home, 3-3. NWCC moved ahead in the third, hitting a pair of RBI singles, 5-3.

Peyton Hoffmayer (Ocean Springs) pulled the Wildcats a run closer in the sixth. Pervel started things with a double into left-center field, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on Hoffmayer's RBI single, 5-4. Again, the Rangers matched the run in the bottom of the six with an RBI groundout, 6-4.

PRCC received a two-out single in the top of the seventh but couldn't get any runs across, falling in the contest.

Gracey Harbour (Batesville; South Panola) tossed an inning, giving up three runs on four hits. She struck out one. Lizzie Meeks (Ripley; Pine Grove) threw the remaining five innings, giving up three runs (one earned). She scattered three hits and a walk, punching out seven.

Pervel had PRCC's best showing at the plate, finishing 2-for-3 with two RBIs, two runs, a home run and a double.  Kai Goodman (New Orleans, La.; John Curtis) went 2-for-4.

NEXT UP
Pearl River returns to Wildcat Stadium Wednesday for a 3/5 p.m. doubleheader against East Central.

TUNE IN
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