Ole Miss is the 2019 NCAA Oxford Regional champion.



The Rebels walked off Louisiana with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 5-4 win Sunday afternoon, their second win of the day and third in as many games. They’re off to Super Regional play against Arizona, set for May 23-26. The Wildcats beat Auburn 12-3 to advance out of the Tucson Regional.

Ole Miss trialed 4-3 entering the final half-inning. Mikayla Allee led off with a double, followed by an infield single by Kylan Becker. After Becker stole second, Autumn Gillespie laid down a squeeze bunt to bring home pinch runner Katelin Cooper. A run-scoring fielder’s choice off the bat of Kaylee Horton finished off the win.

Brittany Finney was credited with her 18th win. She went 6.0 innings, allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits with three strikeouts and a walk. She lowered her season ERA to 2.65. Molly Jacobsen was charged with two runs on three this in her 1.0 inning. She struck out two and walked one.



Summer Ellyson, saddled with her sixth loss, was tagged for five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts and a walk in 6.2 innings. Becker had a team-leading two hits in three at-bats. She scored two runs. Ole Miss, as a team, was 8 for 29 (.276) at the plate, 4 for 13 (.308) with runners on and 2 for 8 (.250) with runners in scoring position. Horton had a Rebel-high two RBI. Gillespie, Gabby Alvarez and Jessica Puk each had an RBI apiece. Allee was 1 for 3, her lone hit the seventh-inning double, which was the Rebels’ only extra-base hit on the afternoon.

Ole Miss improved to 41-18 on the season. Louisiana closed the year 52-6. Ole Miss defeated Louisiana 5-1 earlier in the day to force the decisive final game. The Cajuns had won 29 in a row heading into Sunday. Stay with the Ole Miss Spirit for more coverage of Rebel softball.