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Lynette Karp earned her first career hit in dramatic fashion, belting out a double in the bottom of the 14th with two outs to push Ole Miss (14-6) to a 3-2 win over No. 3 UCLA (12-5) in the second day of the Bulldog Classic. The win is the first-ever over a top-5 team for the Rebels, and evened the series with UCLA at one game each. The only other time the Rebels faced UCLA, the Bruins were also the nation's third-ranked team and defeated Ole Miss 4-0 in Fresno, Calif., in the 2000 Fresno State Invitational. Mary Jane Callahan (7-1) threw more than 200 pitches as she struck out 15 and walked three batters in 14.0 innings of work. The sophomore southpaw allowed no runs on five hits. The two runs for the Bruins were both unearned.Anjelica Selden (8-2) suffered only her second loss of the season as she struck out 23 Rebel batters and walked none in 14.0 innings of work. The 23 strikeouts is the second most ever in UCLA history behind Debbie Doom, who posted three games of 25 strikeouts each in the early 1980s. Chloe Kloezeman led the Rebels at the plate with a 2-for-5 performance and a run scored, but no hit in the game was bigger than Karp's in the final frame to notch the win. The Rebels and Bruins stayed scoreless through regulation with neither team able to gain an advantage. UCLA threatened to break the game open after loading the bases with one out in the sixth inning. The Rebels got out of the jam with a lineout to short and Callahan struck out the next batter swinging to end the Bruin threat.
The Rebels and Bruins stayed scoreless through seven innings in a pitchers duel. In the top of the eighth, the game shifted to international tie break rules, with a runner placed on second to open the inning.
Caitlin Benyi, who was placed on second, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Andrea Duran. She then scored on a single to right field from Jodie Legaspi to put the Bruins up 1-0.
Ole Miss returned the favor in the bottom of the eighth when Kayla Mosley scored from third on a fielding error by the shortstop. With runners at the corners and one out, Rebecca McIntire launched a shot right back at the pitcher that bounced off her glove to the shortstop, who bobbled the ball and dropped it, allowing Mosley to score and Kloezeman and McIntire to advance to first and second safely.
UCLA added its second run in the top of the 11th when Legaspi singled up the middle to score Duran from second. Duran ran safely around the tag at home to score for the Bruins.
Ole Miss answered in the bottom of the 11th with a score by Kloezeman on a passed ball to knot the game at two. Kloezeman moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from Lauren Rowe top open the inning.
The Rebels captured the win with Karp's double in the bottom of the 14th inning to score McIntire from second and claim the win 3-2.