Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MONTICELLO, Ark. – Miller Maddox struck out 10 University of Arkansas-Monticello batters in a 3-0 victory to help the Delta State University Lady Statesmen softball team pick up a doubleheader split in non-conference action at Blossoms Park on Wednesday.
 
UAM (18-10) used five extra base hits, including three home runs to defeat DSU 9-0 in five innings in game two.
 
The Lady Statesmen (10-12) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as Kaitlin Moore's RBI groundout scored Kassidy Tally, who led off the game with a double.
 
After leaving seven combined runners on in the 2-4 innings, Mariah Alvarez hit a two run home run, her second homer of the season, to give DSU a 3-0 lead in the top of the fifth.
 
Following a pair of strikeouts to close out the bottom of the fourth, Maddox, an Arkansas-Monticello transfer, struck out the side to keep the momentum after the Alvarez home run.
 
UAM had its biggest threat in the bottom of the sixth, placing a pair of runners in scoring position with one out. Maddox then forced back-to-back groundouts to end the threat.
 
After a one out single in the bottom of the seventh, Maddox struck out the final two hitters, to preserve the victory.
 
The victory for DSU was the second straight over UAM, and only the second in the last 13.
 
Maddox (2-2) allowed only six hits, and did not allow a walk. Her 10 strikeouts were the most by a DSU pitcher since Brittany Gonzales struck out 10 Albany State hitters in a 3-2 victory on March 29, 2010.
 
Randa Perry (7-7) allowed three runs on 10 hits in the loss. Sara Matthews had two hits for UAM in the loss, while Tally was 3-of-4 to lead DSU. Brook Cline and Alavarez each had two hits as well for the Lady Statesmen.
 
UAM struck quickly in the bottom of the first in game two, plating five runs off DSU starting pitcher Lauren Kendall, who recorded only one out in the inning. The Cotton Blossoms sent nine to the plate in an inning that featured three doubles and a home run.
 
Beth Johnson's first of two home runs in the game, along with an RBI infield single by Kara House gave the Cotton Blossoms a commanding 7-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning.
 
Johnson's second home run of the day, a two run shot, completed the scoring at 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Lady Statesmen were retired in order in the top of the fifth, dropping the contest via the eight run lead after five inning mercy rule.
 
Katie Slaughter (9-2) allowed only three hits in the win, while Kendall (3-5) allowed five runs on five hits. Gonzales allowed four runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings of relief.
 
The Lady Statesmen return to University Field on Saturday, March 16 to take on the University of Alabama in Huntsville for a Gulf South Conference doubleheader. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.