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Marshall Falls to Mississippi State in Three-Game Finale
3/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 30, 2014
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Marshall softball (10-23) was defeated by Mississippi State (28-10) in a five-inning contest that ended via run rule on Sunday in the MSU Softball Stadium.
The Thundering Herd's junior Emileigh Cooper (Jackson, Ohio) recorded the first Marshall hit of the day and run of the weekend in the top of the second with an off-the-wall single - her first RBI of the season.
The Herd will head back to Huntington, W.Va. to face Radford in a midweek contest April 2, before returning to Conference USA action against Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro, Tenn. April 5-6.
Mississippi State 9, Marshall 1 (5)
The Bulldogs were the first to score in the last game between the two new opponents. After a strikeout, freshman Jordan Dixon (Edmond, Okla.) surrendered a walk, single and hit by pitch to load the bases.
A two-RBI single dropped into right field to give the Bulldogs an early 2-0 lead.
Freshman Lindsey Fadnek (Coalfield, Tenn.) inherited a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the bottom of the first, but two more runs would score before the Herd gets out of the inning, 4-0.
Marshall recorded its first run of the weekend with an RBI single from Cooper, to score pinch running freshman Jessica Watts (Wayne, W.Va.), 4-1.
After a scoreless third inning, the Bulldogs struck again in the bottom of the fourth. With five hits, a sacrifice fly, a drawn walk, a hit by pitch, an intentional walk and a Marshall error, Mississippi State was able to load the bases four times and score five runs in the fourth inning, 9-1.
The game came to a close in the top of the fifth via mercy rule, after Marshall left its fifth runner stranded on base.
Dixon (7-15) suffered the loss. The Herd was outhit 7-to-2 and committed one error to the Bulldogs none.
