PERKINSTON – After being shutout for the first time all year in the opener at Gulf Coast, sophomore infielder Meredith Fontenot willed No. 3 Jones to a split Tuesday afternoon with a three home run game two.

Jones moved to 38-7, 16-4 in the MACCC after the split. MGCCC moved to 29-14, 10-8 in the conference.

The Bobcats travel to Holmes Saturday, April 12. 

Gulf Coast 4, Jones 0

Karley Rouse kept Bobcat hitters off balance with a three-hit shutout and punched out nine in a game one win.

It snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Bobcats.

Scoreless into the fifth, two Bobcat miscues, a wild pitch and misplayed ball in center, helped MGCCC open the scoring. Abby Lindsey's RBI-double made it 3-0 and they'd plate a fourth run on an infield single -- all with two outs -- to take a 4-0 lead.

Rouse held Jones to three singles.

Breelyn Cain took her first loss since Feb. 8 in 4.2 innings, allowing four runs on six hits. Anna Grace Whitehead threw 1.1 scoreless in relief.

Jones 6, Gulf Coast 5

Fontenot's first career multi-homer game was a huge one as she homered in all three at-bats, including a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh.

Fontenot's two-run homer in the second was answered by a two-run single by the Bulldogs.

MGCCC scored three runs on just one hit and one Bobcat error in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.

Makynlie Jones' NJCAA-leading 23rd home run of the year tied the game in the sixth.

Jayden Sawyer came on in the third in relief of Ava Prejean and allowed just one hit over the final five innings with six strikeouts.

Fontenot then won it for Jones in the top of the seventh.