Blossoms Beat Missouri Southern in Bentonville
February 23, 2008

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Meredith Heckel blasted her sixth homerun of the season, helping the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team beat Missouri Southern State 6-1 on Saturday in Bentonville at the Lady Tiger Softball Complex.
 
Heckel (Hot Springs, Ark.) added another RBI to her day by drawing a bases loaded walk that scored senior Kate Brady (Longview, Texas) in the top of the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Heckel’s homerun came in the bottom of the first inning, marking her third leadoff homerun of the season.
 
UAM struck again in the bottom of the third inning when sophomore Becca Tipton (Dermott, Ark.) smashed a two-RBI-double to left-center field that scored Heckel, who reached on a walk, and junior Savannah Morin (Ponca City, Okla.), who reached on a MSSU error.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, UAM took a 4-0 advantage when senior Jenny Dunn (Adelaide, Australia) hit an RBI-double to left field that scored junior Lindsey Randall (Keithville, La.), who reached base two batters earlier on a single to center field.
 
After Brady scored in the sixth inning, junior Amy Mardis (Burnet, Texas) scored off Randall’s RBI-single to right field.
 
Junior Becca Sustaire (Hallsville, Texas) recorded a complete game win, pitching seven innings, allowing only one run off five hits. Sustaire recorded her season high with seven strikeouts.
 
Originally, the two teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday, but the weather forced the second game of the twin-bill to be cancelled. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 24, starting at 12 p.m. in Bentonville.
 
The Blossoms improve their overall season record to 2-10 with the win over Missouri Southern.