MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—Middle Tennessee (14-6) found itself deadlocked at 3-3 with Southern Illinois (15-2) when it entered the seventh inning, but was unable to dance out of a two-out bases loaded jam in the top of the inning and fell 5-3 in the home opener after being unable to push across the equalizer later.
singled up the middle in the bottom of the first to plate and tie the game at 1-1 after Southern Miss scored to open the ballgame.
In the top of the third, Southern Illinois took the lead on a two-RBI double by catcher Anna Carder to take make it 3-2 a half inning after scored her eighth run of the season that knotted things up at 2-2.