HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Stillman College advanced with a 4-1 victory over Indiana University Southeast on Day 3 of the NAIA Softball Opening Round in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on Wednesday. With the win, Stillman is one of the final 30 teams playing in the NAIA. 

The Tigers (37-14) will now meet Southern States Athletic Conference champion William Carey University at 5 p.m. The winner will meet Jessup University tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Moments after Bailie Seales made a defensive play at the plate to preserve a shutout for starting pitcher Jasmine Wade, Indiana Southeast took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Brynlea Bennett. 

Stillman was no-hit by Madison Wathen until the sixth inning. After a pair of walks, Lauren Haskins beat out a bunt single and spark a 4-run inning. Katelyn Lankford followed with a game-tying single to right to drive home Kaila Boyd. The Tigers took a 2-1 lead on a walk by Seales. Haskins then scored on a wild pitch and a Carolyn Carter's RBI ground out capped the inning. 

Brookwood, Alabama native Lexi McCray shutdown IU Southeast in the sixth and seventh, including fielding the final out in the circle. 

McCray (17-5) pitched 3.1 shutout innings, allowing only one hit, to record her 17th win and Stillman's program record 37th win. Wade pitched 3.2 innings, allowing one run off four hits and five walks.