SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Drury Panthers opened play at the St. Mary's College Classic with a split of their first two games.  A three run double from Megan Holmes in the bottom of the sixth gave Drury a 9-8 win in the nightcap over Eastern New Mexico.  The Panthers nearly come back in the opener vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville before falling 9-8.

In the nightcap, the Panthers trailed 7-1 after three innings but rallied to score two runs in the fourth and sealed the win with a huge sixth inning by scoring six runs on five hits and two errors. Holmes led the Panthers offensively and finished the game going 3-for-4 with three RBIs.  Both teams finished with 11 hits each.
 
In the opener, Kingsville scored a pair of runs in the opening inning off RBIs singles before the Panthers knotted it up with their own RBI singles in the top of the third (Madoline Seumalo and Jace Ummel).  The Javelinas went back up for good with a run in the bottom of third, then added a two run homer in the fourth and scored four runs on five hits in the sixth take a 9-3 lead.

The Panthers who scored 5 runs on 4 hits and two errors in the top of the seventh rallied to within a run and made in intresting.  Seumalo, who finished 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs in the game, blasted a two run shot to start the scoring rally.  Devin Hale, a junior transfer from Owasso, Oklahoma then singled in Kinzy Mathis to cut the lead to 9-6.  Madison Hecker would account the Panthers final two runs with a two RBI single.
 
Kingsville, who outhit the Panthers 15-13, was led by Jory Cervantes who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs.  Megan Holmes went 2-for-3 with a solo shot in the sixth for the Panthers. 
 
The Panthers play two more games in the tournament on Saturday as they take on St. Edward's at 10 a.m. and 9^th ranked Texas A&M-Commerce at 12:15 p.m.  Drury will wrap up action at the tournament with a single game on Sunday vs. 14^th ranked Tarleton State with first pitch set for 10 a.m.