Lee, Ole Miss win first-ever SEC softball tournament title

Ole Miss pitcher Kaitlin Lee continued her historic season on Saturday night.

Lee pitched the Rebels past LSU 5-1 in the SEC softball tournament finals. It’s the first ever tournament crown for Ole Miss, who clinched the SEC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals.

Lee, a former Harrison Central and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College standout, pitched a complete game. She scattered five hits and struck out and was the first pitcher to throw every inning in the SEC tournament since Alabama in 2011.

“It’s all my adrenaline and energy,” Lee said after the SEC semifinals. “Everybody in the dugout will tell you that I don’t ever go down - it’s always up more, up more, up more.

“Sometimes I do need to take a deep breath when I get really excited, but that’s what carries me. And then you always got to think in the back of your mind about the minute details of what you’re spinning and what your pitches are doing.

This story was originally published May 13, 2017 at 9:11 PM with the headline "Lee, Ole Miss win first-ever SEC softball tournament title."