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The Lady Rams pounded out 10 hits and rallied from a 3-0 deficit after 4.5 innings of play with 2 runs in the 5th and three 2-out scores in the bottom of the 6th. In the 5th, Jennifer Gomez led off with a single and later scored on a wild pitch, and Taylor Lee Phillips produced an RBI groundout to score Jineth Pimentel and cut the deficit to 3-2. Mobile got 4 hits and RBI's from Kelyn Mendoza, Jineth Pimentel and Taylor Lee Phillips to put the game away in the 6th inning. Ginger Reeser (15-2) picked up the win with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Reeser allowed 3 hits and fanned 4. Anadys Suarez, Jennifer Gomez and Jineth Pimentel each went 2-for-3 at the plate and Abby Campbell finished 2-for-2. The Lady Rams (33-7) next play at the Region XIII Tournament in Orange Beach, AL May 6-8. Day One: Mobile 2 - SHC 1 CLINTON, Miss-- The University of Mobile softball team climbed to #5 in the latest NAIA poll released Wednesday and defeated rival Spring Hill College 2-1 in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Friday evening. Spring Hill struck first with a tally in the top of the 3rd inning, but Anadys Suarez promptly knotted the game at 1-1 by leading off the bottom of the 4th inning with a solo bomb. Abby Campbell then provided the game-winner with a 2-out single in the bottom of the 6th to plate Jennifer Gomez. Taylor Lee Phillips and Kelyn Mendoza each finished 2-for-3 at the plate, and Suarez finished 1-for-2 with the homer. Ginger Reeser picked up the victory for the Lady Rams by going the distance and fanning 5 while limiting the Lady Badgers to 4 hits. Mobile (32-7) advances to play William Carey in a winner's bracket matchup Saturday at 12:15.
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CLINTON, Miss-- The UM softball team defeated William Carey University 5-3 to move to 2-0 at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, but the rest of the tournament was rained out and will not be made up.