ATHENS, Tenn. (April 10, 2018) â€" The Milligan College softball team's eight-game winning streak was snapped on the road at Tennessee Wesleyan after an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. The Buffs (18-12, 11-5 AAC) dropped game one to the Bulldogs (21-13, 14-6) 5-0 and game two 11-7.

GAME ONE | BULLDOGS' LATE RUNS

The Bulldogs got out front early in the first inning with a run but both teams held one another scoreless in the second, third and fourth innings while the Buffs held Tennessee Wesleyan to just one hit and Milligan connected for two hits. In the bottom of the fifth, the Bulldogs earned four hits allowing them to score four more runs putting them at a five-run advantage going into the sixth inning (5-0).  

Nevertheless, both teams went scoreless the rest of the way despite the Buffs' effort in the seventh with a batter on first and third after a Kirstan Beaver hit. Beaver led the Buffs with a 2-for-3 effort while Savannah Nocera connected for a hit herself. 

GAME TWO | BUFFS' LATE RALLY

This time Milligan got out front in the first inning with a run but the Bulldogs responded with four runs of their own. Wesleyan held the Buffs scoreless in the second and third inning but the Bulldogs touched home six more times (10-1).

Milligan picked up the pace coming out in the top of the fifth inning cracking their bats swinging for six hits enabling six runs. Lead off Erica Roller started off the rally with a bunted base hit. Beaver followed with a single through the hole at short stop and Jaclyn Jenkins singled deep down the right field line to send both Roller and Beaver home. Freshman Neelee Griffith then singled to shallow left sending Jenkins home while Allison Davidson ran home on a throw.

Freshman Taylor Begley rounded out the rally with a triple deep down the right field line to send Griffith and fellow freshman Megan Grose home (10-7). Milligan's defense held the Bulldogs scoreless in bottom of the fifth while Wesleyan's defense did the same. The Bulldogs earned two more hits and a run in the sixth, however, to further secure their AAC sweep over the Buffaloes. 

For the second game straight Beaver led with two hits (2-for-4) while Jenkins and Begley led with two RBI's apiece. 

UP NEXT

The Buffs have a quick turnaround returning home to Anglin Field on Wednesday, April 11, for another AAC doubleheader against Union College at 2:30 p.m. Milligan will be back on the road on Saturday, April 14, for a doubleheader at 1 p.m.