Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Lady Railsplitters (4-13) won their first game in the Mid-South Classic but lost the last three this past weekend in Spartanburg, S.C. to slip to 4-13 on the season.
 
Lincoln Memorial kicked off the annual Mid-South Classic by beating UNC Pembroke 4-3 before falling to Lander 6-1, Augusta 6-5 and Southern Indiana 10-6.
 
The Lady Railsplitters are back in action on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Dahlonega, Ga. to face the defending National Champion North Georgia Nighthawks. First pitch in game one is set for 1 p.m.
 
Game One: Lincoln Memorial 4, UNC Pembroke 3
 
The Lady Railsplitters rallied from an early two-run deficit to defeat the Braves in the first meeting between the two programs since 2007.
 
BriAnna Schrimpf (Chandler, Ariz.) led Lincoln Memorial offensively by going 2-for-3 with two RBI, a double and a run scored. Three other players posted a hit apiece for the Lady Railsplitters, while Jennifer Moose (Statesville, N.C.) and Ashlea Hunter (Woodruff, S.C.) notched one RBI apiece.
 
Samantha Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.) tossed a complete game to earn the win for the Lady Railsplitters, as she struck out four and allowed nine hits with two earned runs over her seven innings of work.
 
The first three Braves hitters recorded hits to lead-off the bottom of the first frame, with Abbey Walters' double accounting for the first run of the ballgame. Taylor Gerhart drove in the second run of the inning with an RBI groundout in the next at-bat to make it a 2-0 UNC Pembroke lead.
 
The Lady Railsplitters answered right back in the top of the second, as Moose reached on a throwing error and scored on a double from Schrimpf. Schrimpf scored three batters later on a sacrifice fly out from Hunter to draw the game even at 2-2.  
 
UNC Pembroke briefly regained the lead in the home half of that inning with a two-out, RBI single from Whitney Jackson, but the Lady Railsplitters took the lead for good in the top of the third. Allie Jones (Ooltewah, Tenn.) kicked off that frame with a one-out single before scoring on Moose's sacrifice fly. Schrimpf then put Lincoln Memorial ahead with an RBI single in the next at-bat, which plated Parker Brantley (Zebulon, N.C.), who earlier reached on a single.
 
Smith cruised through the third and fourth innings before being forced to wiggle out of danger in the fifth. In that inning, a walk and two singles loaded the bases for the Braves with one out. But a strikeout and a groundout ended the threat and kept the Lady Railsplitters ahead by one.
 
UNC Pembroke wouldn't get a runner past second base over the final two frames, as LMU finished off the 4-3 victory.
 
Taylor Strickland suffered the loss for the Braves after serving up five hits and four runs (two earned) over seven innings of work. Four different players had two hits apiece for UNC Pembroke.
 
Game Two: Lander 6, Lincoln Memorial 1
 
Stats are currently unavailable for game two of the Mid-South Classic. The recap will be updated once those statistics become available.
 
The loss drops Lincoln Memorial to 11-5 all-time against Lander, as the Lady Railsplitters lost to the Bearcats for just the second time in the last six meetings.
 
Game Three: Augusta 6, Lincoln Memorial 5
 
The Jaguars accounted for all six of their runs in the game with one out in the top of the first inning and the Lady Railsplitters nearly rallied all the way back from that early deficit before ultimately falling just a bit short.
 
Moose and Brantley combined for five of Lincoln Memorial's eight hits as a team. Moose went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, while Brantley was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Savannah Couch (Colonial Heights, Va.) went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base. Kristen McAndrew (Belmont, N.C.) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
 
Augusta did all of its damage against Smith, who allowed six earned runs and three hits with two walks over a third of an inning to suffer the loss to fall to 2-4 on the season. Kenzie Dixon (Church Hill, Tenn.) threw the final 6 2/3 innings in relief, keeping the Jaguars scoreless while allowing six hits with five strikeouts.
 
Carolyn Edwards kicked off the scoring in the top of the first inning for the Jaguars by blasting a three-run home run down the left-field line. Augusta kept the inning going after that big swing, as Casey Rowland singled, Erin Holcomb was hit by a pitch and Kristen Bagley walked to load the bases. A wild pitch then pushed the lead to 4-0, while a double from Kristen Mills made it 6-0 before Dixon stopped the bleeding by forcing a pair of groundouts.
 
The Lady Railsplitters got two runs back in the bottom of the first when Moose drove in Couch with a two-out single and later scored on a wild pitch.
 
Both LMU and Augusta stranded the bases loaded in the second inning, while the Lady Railsplitters loaded the bases again in the bottom of the third. McAndrew drew a bases-loaded walk to trim the deficit to 6-3, but that would be the only run of the inning for Lincoln Memorial.
 
The Lady Railsplitters continued to whittle away at the Augusta lead in the bottom of the fourth, as Jones was hit by a pitch and scored two batters later on a Moose single down the left-field line.
 
Brantley pulled Lincoln Memorial within one run in the bottom of the sixth frame by driving in Couch, who led off the inning by being hit by a pitch, with a single to left field. Brantley represented the tying run, but a pop out and a strikeout left her stranded at first and kept the Lady Railsplitters in a 6-5 hole.
 
Lincoln Memorial went down in 1-2-3 order in the bottom of the seventh inning to suffer the loss.
 
Edwards and Ashley Benton led the Jaguars with two hits apiece, while Edwards had a game-high three RBI. Mills finished with two RBI for Augusta. Paige Deschaine picked up the victory for the Jaguars after holding LMU to two hits and two runs with six strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings of work.
 
Game Four: Southern Indiana 10, Lincoln Memorial 6
 
The Lady Railsplitters raced out to a 5-0 lead before the Screaming Eagles hit four home runs to rally for the victory.
 
Couch and Jones fronted Lincoln Memorial's offensive attack by combining for seven hits at the top of the batting order. Jones went 4-for-5 with three RBI, a triple and a double, while Couch went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk. Schrimpf chipped in two hits with a double.
 
Brianna Taylor (Ooltewah, Tenn.) was the pitcher of record for Lincoln Memorial, falling to 1-4 on the season after giving up five earned runs with six hits in three innings of work.
 
The Lady Railsplitters stormed out of the starting gate and scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Couch kicked off that frame with a single and scored in the next at-bat on a double by Jones. After a fly out, Jones came around to score on a double by Moose. An RBI fielder's choice paired with a throwing error then allowed Moose to score and make it a 3-0 game.
 
Lincoln Memorial tacked on two more runs in the second stanza, as Couch singled and scored on a triple from Jones, who would be brought in by a Brantley single.
 
With the Lady Railsplitters leading 5-0, the Screaming Eagles then proceeded to score 10 unanswered runs.
 
A two-out double by Janna Green put Southern Indiana on the board in the bottom of the second frame, but it was the fourth inning that altered the course of the game, as Lexi Reese and Lindsey Barr both connected on two-run home runs to draw the game even at 5-5.
 
Southern Indiana then took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth when Haley Hodges hit a two-run blast to straightaway center field. The Screaming Eagles added some insurance in the sixth inning on a three-run home run by Caitlyn Bradley.
 
The Lady Railsplitters scored on an RBI single by Jones in the top of the seventh, but that's as far as Lincoln Memorial got in the 10-6 loss.
 
Barr went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored to lead Southern Indiana, while Hodges, Reese and Grace Clark added two hits apiece. In addition to her home run and team-high three RBI, Bradley picked up the win for the Screaming Eagles after allowing just five hits and one earned run in five innings of work.