The LeTourneau University dropped a twinbill to host Mississippi College, 2-1 and 14-11 on Saturday afternoon.
The YellowJackets (16-5, 11-4 ASC) lost their first series of the season in the process. In both contests, LeTourneau held leads late into the contest until the host Choctaws rallied for a pair of come-from-behind wins.
Mississippi College (8-11, 7-8 ASC) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh in game one and rallied from an 11-9 deficit to score five runs in the seventh and eighth inning to pick up a 14-11 win in game two.
The final game of the series went back and forth as the two teams combined for 31 hits and 25 runs in the contest as the host Choctaws came away with a 14-11 win.
For LeTourneau, three-different YellowJackets -- Micah Montes, Caleb Pritchett and Dillon Yates -- each had three hits; plus Sean Sellers and Bryce Griffin each had two hits to lead a 15-hit attack. Montes also had three RBI and Pritchett, Garrett Methvin and Sean Sellers each drove in two.
For Mississippi College, Hunter Bolin, Marty Stringfellow and Spencer Wilson each had three hits to lead a 16-hit attack. Wilson and Robbie Jernigan each had three RBI in the win.
LeTourneau overcame an early 1-0 deficit to take a 5-1 lead with a five-run second inning. The Choctaws cut the deficit to three, 5-3, when they scored twice in the fourth inning.
The YellowJackets added to their lead in the fifth when they plated three for an 8-3 advantage for their largest lead of the weekend. After scoring a run in the sixth, Mississippi College scored five more in the sixth to regain the lead 9-8.
The lead went back and forth in the seventh, LeTourneau took an 11-9 lead on a two-RBI single by Methvin. However, the lead and momentum swung towards the Choctaws when they scored four times in their half of the inning to take 13-11 lead. They added an insurance run in the eighth for the win.
The YellowJackets return to Longview for its next four games including an out-of-conference game on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Conrad-Vernon Field against Wiley College. LeTourneau comes into the contest with an 11-0 mark at home.