The softball team split a home double-header with Ole Miss on Wednesday. The Warhawks took the first game 6-3 and lost the second game, 11-1.

In game one the Warhawks got behind early with a score of 3-0 in the second inning, but fought back with their bats and with the great pitching by Samantha Hamby.

“I was more energized after the week off, and with the defense playing as well as they did it was easy to just throw them up there and let the defense do their work,” Hamby said.

“We had a couple of miscues early and we got behind early, then we came back and we were good to go. I liked the way our team responded. They came back and got the runs they needed to get,” Head Coach Rosemary Holloway-Hill said. Along with the great pitching, the Warhawks played solid defense to finish off the Rebels.

“They played pretty stellar defense once they got over those miscues,” Holloway-Hill said.

In the second game, Ole Miss scored first and never slowed down. Alexis Cacioppo and shortstop Faith Bohack, made diving stops to keep Ole Miss from scoring in the first inning. ULM had trouble getting their bats going and didn’t push a run across until a solo homerun by Bohack in the fourth inning.

“In the second game Jessica Colliver gave up two back to back walks that ended up scoring, and again that put us down. Offensively we didn’t take care of the ball and our bat discipline was not good at all,” Holloway-Hill said.

ULM has played 22 non-conference games leading into the beginning of conference play this weekend against Texas State.

“We have got to continue to keep momentum and to keep it on our side. Our first game today was one of the best games that we have played and the second game was one of the worst. So we have got to be more consistent and learn how to make adjustments earlier,” Holloway-Hill said.

The next home game for the Warhawks will be April 1 when the Tigers from LSU make the trip upstate.