AUBURN, Ala. — The Missouri Tigers scored three runs in the third inning Wednesday afternoon on their way to a 3-1 victory against Mississippi in the first round of the SEC Softball Tournament.

With the win, fifth-seeded Missouri (41-14) advances to take on fourth-seeded Arkansas (36-15) in the semifinals at 1 p.m. today. Arkansas, which received a first-round bye, won two of the three regular season games against Missouri, but the Tigers outscored the Razorbacks 21-6 in those contests.

Kayley Lenger drew a one-out walk to start Missouri’s scoring rally in the third. One out later, Jenna Laird singled to advance Lenger to third as Laird advanced to second on the throw to third.

Alex Honnold then doubled to right-center to score Laird and Lenger. After a walk to Maddie Gallagher, Abby Hay singled to center to score Honnold to make it 3-0.

Mississippi (31-25) scored its run in the top of the seventh inning on a leadoff home run by Aynslie Furbush.

Honnold had two of Missouri’s three hits in the game. Kara Daly (Jefferson City High School) was 0-for-2 for the Tigers.

Laurin Krings pitched six-plus innings to get the win for the Tigers. She allowed one run on three hits and one walk while recording one strikeout. Taylor Pannell got the final three outs for her 13th save of the season, allowing one walk.

Makenna Kliethermes (Blair Oaks High School) pitched the final 3 1/3 innings for Mississippi. She allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while recording three strikeouts.