MAGNOLIA, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team scored 20 runs in two victories over Southern Arkansas with final scores of 9-0 in the first game and 11-9 in the second game.
 
Senior Meredith Heckel (Hot Springs, Ark.) led the team with four hits and five RBI combined in both contests. She went 1 for 2 in the first game with a run scored, while going 3 for 3 in the second game with two home runs and five RBI.
 
Also performing well in the first game was junior Lindsay Randall (Keithville, La.) and sophomore Becca Tipton (Dermott, Ark.), who both went 3 for 4 with two RBI.
 
Junior Heather Greer (Hollandale, Miss.) continued her hot streak, blasting her second home run of the season with a three-run shot to left field in the bottom of the fifth to force the game to end due to the NCAA’s eight-run mercy rule.
 
Besides Heckel’s two home runs in the second game, Tipton and sophomore Kayla Temple (West Monroe, La.) each produced two runs. Both had two-RBI singles in the fourth inning.
 
UAM scored seven runs in the fourth inning off six hits, including a double each for Randall and senior Jenny Dunn (Adelaide, Australia).
 
Senior Kate Brady (Longview, Texas) recorded the win in both games after throwing a complete game shut out in the first game and recording the win in relief in the second game. Brady (13-10) only allowed nine base hits in her just over six innings of work.
 
The Blossoms ended their regular season by improving to 22-29 overall and 15-14 in the GSC. The team will likely play Alabama-Huntsville in the first round of the 2008 GSC Championship Tournament starting on May 2 in Southaven, Miss.
 

Photo Caption: Senior Kate Brady / Brady recorded both wins over Southern Arkansas, moving to 13-10 this season.