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Olive Branch Independence

Conquistadors

Wildcats

The Independence (MS) varsity softball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Olive Branch (MS) by a score of 9-8.

Game Details: INDEPENDENCE HS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Olive Branch	4	1	0	2	-	1	1	9	-	-
Independence	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Independence (11-12)

Olive Branch

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.556	36	36	9	20	7
3	E. Hughes (Sr)	.250	4	4		1
5	Brooke Gaston (Sr)	.800	5	5	3	4
8	Rachel Hamilton (So)	.500	4	4		2
9	Myah Taylor (7th)	.500	4	4		2	2
10	McKenzie Smith (7th)	.800	5	5	2	4	4
11	Ciara Ginet (Jr)	1.000	5	5	2	5	1
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)	.400	5	5	2	2
22	Cat Williams (Fr)		4	4

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.312	36	32	8	10	7	4
4	Roxanne Sowell (Sr)	.500	5	4	1	2	1
6	B. Johnston (8th)		4	3	1
11	Brooke Scruggs (Sr)	.750	4	4		3	4	4
13	Kaitlin Szekely (So)	.750	4	4	2	3	1
16	Shelby Holden (Jr)		4	3	1
17	Kasey Pulliam (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1
19	Kassie Geeslin (Jr)		5	4
21	Ayla Greer (So)		3	3	1
26	Ragan Stevens (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBP	SLG
	Team Totals	.556	.556
3	E. Hughes (Sr)	.250	.250
5	Brooke Gaston (Sr)	.800	.800
8	Rachel Hamilton (So)	.500	.500
9	Myah Taylor (7th)	.500	.500
10	McKenzie Smith (7th)	.800	.800
11	Ciara Ginet (Jr)	1.000	1.000
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)	.400	.400

Independence

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	OBP	SLG
	Team Totals	1	3	5	.361	.563
4	Roxanne Sowell (Sr)	1			.400	.500
6	B. Johnston (8th)		1	1	.250	.000
11	Brooke Scruggs (Sr)				.750	2.750
13	Kaitlin Szekely (So)				.750	.750
16	Shelby Holden (Jr)		1		.250	.000
17	Kasey Pulliam (Sr)			1	.250	.250
19	Kassie Geeslin (Jr)		1	2	.200	.000
26	Ragan Stevens (Sr)			1	.333	.333

Olive Branch

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
5	Brooke Gaston (Sr)	1
9	Myah Taylor (7th)	1
10	McKenzie Smith (7th)	1
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)	1

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	0	1
22	Krista Williams (So)	0	1

Olive Branch

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	1	1.000	9	9
3	E. Hughes (Sr)			1	1
5	Brooke Gaston (Sr)			1	1
8	Rachel Hamilton (So)			1	1
9	Myah Taylor (7th)			1	1
10	McKenzie Smith (7th)			1	1
11	Ciara Ginet (Jr)			1	1
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)	1	1.000	1	1
22	Cat Williams (Fr)			1	1
23	R. Sternisha (7th)			1	1

Pitching

Independence has not entered any pitching stats.

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7		8		2	6				32	30
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)	7		8		2	6				32	30

Independence has not entered any pitching stats.

Olive Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals		.062
18	Alyson Swindle (Fr)		.062

Independence has not entered any pitching stats.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Softball - Independence edged by Olive Branch

April 16, 2012: Independence, MS 38638

In Monday's non-league outing, the visiting Olive Branch Conquistadors softball team scored a close 9-8 win over the Independence Wildcats.

Coming up next, the Conquistadors encounter the Oxford Chargers (Oxford, MS) in a non-league outing, on Wednesday, April 18. Olive Branch will attempt to improve on its 7-12 season record. The Chargers enter the outing with a 3-13 record after their 6-3 non-league loss to Bruce (Bruce, MS).

The Wildcats (6-10) will now prepare for their outing against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS). The Cougars enter the 3A Region 3 outing with a 11-13 record. In their last outing, South Pontotoc was tipped by Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS), 12-1, in a non-league outing.

Rankings & Records

Olive Branch (11-12)

National	MS
3,944	99

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
8-14-1	1-5-1	3-6-1	3-6	2-2	.370	.214	110	148

Independence (11-12)

National	MS
6,303	153

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
6-12-1	2-4	2-6	2-3-1	2-3	.342	.333	139	174

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Olive Branch	1.5	.8	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	.9	4.8	8.0	2.2
Independence	1.9	1.4	2.1	1.4	1.5	1.0	1.4	7.3	11.3	0

Team Stat Comparison

Olive Branch		Independence
.358	Batting Average	.328
.388	On Base Percentage	.389
.444	Slugging Percentage	.470
.556	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Olive Branch		Independence	National Avg.
#5 Brooke Gaston.534	Batting Average	#11 Brooke Scruggs.483	.296
#5 Brooke Gaston.556	On Base Percentage	#11 Brooke Scruggs.516	.374
#5 Brooke Gaston.758	Slugging Percentage	#11 Brooke Scruggs.883	.368
#18 Alyson Swindle.800	Win Loss Percentage	-	.551

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Olive Branch	3-2		Independence	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/12	Senatobia	Olive Branch	(L) 6-0	2/25/12	Senatobia	Independence	(L) 9-0
4/19/12	Olive Branch	Senatobia	(L) 10-7
3/1/12	Strayhorn	Olive Branch	(W) 6-2	2/25/12	Strayhorn	Independence	(W) 9-8
				3/20/12	Independence	Strayhorn	(L) 9-4
				3/30/12	Strayhorn	Independence	(L) 14-4
				4/10/12	Strayhorn	Independence	(L) 17-0
3/23/12	Olive Branch	Center Hill	(W) 10-8	3/30/12	Independence	Center Hill	(L) 13-3
4/13/12	Center Hill	Olive Branch	(W) 4-3

Record Breakdown

Olive Branch (11-12)		Independence (11-12)
8-14-1	Overall	6-12-1
1-5-1	League	2-4
6-5	Non-League	4-7-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-2	Common Opponent	1-5
3-6-1	Home	2-6
3-6	Away	2-3-1
2-2	Neutral	2-3
0-2	Playoff	0-0
8-14-1	In-State	5-11-1
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1