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GULF SHORES, Ala. - The Lee softball to settled for a split on day one of the Gulf Shores Invitational. After rolling past Miles College, 11-3 earlier in the day the Lady Flames came up a run short in a 5-4 defeat at the hands of Midwestern State University in the nightcap.

Lee will get back to work at 1:15 p.m. tomorrow against Montevallo. The Lady Flames beat the Eagles on Thursday 18-6 and pounded out 17 hits. Day two wraps up with a 5:45 contest against The University Missouri-St. Louis.

LEE 11 MILES 3
Freshman Halle Davis homered for the second time in as many games as the Lady Flames scored an 11-3 run-rule victory over Miles.

Lee jumped on the board early as Emily Dagnan delivered a sacrifice fly to plate Amanda Lynn in the top of the first.

The Golden Bears would capitalize on a pair of Lady Flames' errors in the bottom of the first to score three unearned runs and take an early 3-1 advantage.

From there it was all Lee. The high-powered offense struck for five runs in the third and five more in the fourth. Davis capped off the five-run third with a three-run homer. Davis finished with four RBI in the game.
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Dagnan delivered a two-run double to help put things away in the fourth inning. The senior catcher finished with four RBI and scored two runs. Lexie Dean added a pair of singled while Rachel Polacek registered a double.

Kendruena McPhereson (0-1) started and worked three innings in the circle for Miles. McPhereson was tagged with 11 runs on seven hits and walked three.

Bri Eichbaum (2-0) tossed four innings and allowed just three unearned runs on three hits while striking out four. Freshman Madyson Stallcup saw her first action in the circle and pitched a scoreless inning.

Swinging the bats well early, the victory marked the third straight run-rule victory for the Lady Flames on the young season.

LEE 4 MIDWESTERN STATE 5
Despite 12 strikeouts from senior Angie Hughes the Lady Flames left the tying run stranded on second in the final frame to fall 5-4 to Midwestern State in Friday's second game.

Trailing by one in the top of the seventh, Lynn started the inning with an infield single. Dean would advance the speedy leadoff hitter to second on a groundout to the pitcher but Erin Knox buckled down to retire Dagnan and Nia Ceasar to seal the victory for the Mustangs.

Knox (1-0) went the distance for the Mustangs and allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits. Knox walked two and struck out three.

Hughes (0-2) worked all six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits. Control proved costly as the hard-throwing righty walked five batters.

Baylee Voight jump started Midwestern State in the first inning with a two-run home run to left. Knox helped her own cause at the plate with two singles and a pair of RBI.

The Lady Flames took a brief 3-2 lead in the top of the third thanks in large part to a pair of errors by the Mustangs.

Lynn finished with two singles and scored a run to pace Lee at the dish. Ceasar added a single and drove in a run while Courtney Crawford and Stevie Baird also recorded one-base knocks to round out the five-hit performance.