Milligan College, Tenn. (April 14, 2012) --- The Milligan College softball team sent their the three seniors out in style as they swept AAC newcomer Columbia (S.C.) College on Saturday afternoon at Anglin Field. The Buffaloes won the first game 4-0, and then jumped out early to take a 3-0 win in the second game.
 
      In the first game, Chancli Connatser (Maryville, Tenn.) opened the game with three straight strikeouts. The Buffaloes opened the scoring when Sarah Arrowood (Asheville, N.C.) drove in Emily Biggs (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Camille Olvey (Maryville, Tenn.) with a double. An Abby Hughes (Rogersville, Tenn.) hit scored Arrowood as the Buffaloes took a 3-0 lead after one inning of play.
 
Neither team was able to get anything going in the second, but Milligan added a run in the bottom of the third when Biggs crossed the plate on a Columbia error. That would ultimately be the final run of the game as Milligan continued to keep the Columbia offense at bay.
 
   Connatser picked up the win in a complete game effort. She allowed just two hits with 11 strikeouts.
 
   Olvey led the way at the plate as she went 3-for-3. Biggs ended the game 2-for-3, while Arrowood and Hughes recorded two and one RBI, respectively.
 
   The Buffaloes defense retired the top of the Columbia lineup to start the second game. Milligan opened the scoring when Olvey drove in Biggs and Arrowood crossed the plate off a Hughes single.
 
   Neither team was able to score until the bottom of the fifth when Krista Lambdin (Knoxville, Tenn.) hit her seventh homerun of the season to put the game up 3-0 after five innings of play as well as the last run of the game.
 
   Arrowood and Simmons led the way at the plate with a 2-for-3 performance. Connatser picked up her 20^th win of the season as she did not give up a hit and had six strikeouts. Senior Brooke Ingle (Waynesville, N.C.) picked up her first save of the season. In addition to Ingle, the Buffaloes honored Rachel Ingleby (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Brittany DiRobbio (Oviedo, Fla.).
 
   With the sweep, Milligan improves to 25-18 overall and 12-4 in AAC action.
 
   The Buffaloes return to nonconference action on Sunday, April 15, when they travel to the University of the Cumberlands, before hosting AAC leader Reinhardt University in a crucial matchup on Tuesday afternoon. Game time on Sunday is slated for 2 p.m., in Williamsburg, Ky.