Booneville, Miss. – Chelsea Buntin returned to her normal self on Tuesday after a rough start to her collegiate career two days earlier.

Buntin struck out 10 and walked just two in 6.1 innings of work, but Dyersburg State (Tenn.) Community College scored each of its runs in the final frame to win the opener of a doubleheader 5-2.

The visiting Eagles also claimed the nightcap 6-1 to sweep the set of games played at Booneville High School's Wayne Michael Memorial Field.

Alcorn Central High School's Buntin lasted less than four innings in her first appearance as a Tiger at Calhoun (Ala.) Community College. The freshman was much more pleased with her work on this evening.

"It felt good because I was struggling after Sunday," she said. "We came in and coach (Jaisa Emerson) worked with me on where I need to locate my pitches and I did it in the game."

Buntin aided her own cause in the second inning with an RBI single to score Haleigh Moffett that gave Northeast (0-4) a 1-0 advantage.

The Tigers added to that two frames later when Bianca Chagolla led off with a base hit and scored when a pitch hit Bre Agnew with the bases loaded.

Buntin (0-2) recorded three-up, three-down innings in the fifth and sixth before Dyersburg State's sticks came to life.

The Eagles batted around in their final frame. A Taylor Moore 2 RBI double and three errors led to all five runs for Dyersburg State (2-0).

Laura Bell (1-0) sat Northeast down in order in the bottom half to earn the complete game victory with seven hits allowed and four strikeouts.

Yasmeen Cooper and Bianca Chagolla had two hits apiece to pace the Tiger offense. Chagolla, a native of Riverside, Calif., is off to a hot start with a .455 batting average and .500 on-base percentage.

"We've got to find a way to finish games," said Tigers headman Jody Long. "We had them on the ropes early and we didn't capitalize. We've got to grow up and grow up quick."

Just three of Dyersburg State's six runs were earned in the final game of the day. Northeast made six errors behind four pitchers with Chagolla (0-2) drawing the loss after 5.1 innings and only four hits allowed.

Trenisha King, Erica Clifton and Abigail Rish combined for 1.2 frames of relief work in the circle with zero earned runs given up.

The Eagles did the majority of their damage in the third when three ladies crossed home plate. Marley Dyess had a RBI single in the inning.

Moffett led off the bottom of the seventh with a double over the head of centerfielder Kacie Daugherty. She later scored on Whittney Gee's groundout for Northeast's only run of the matchup.

The Tigers look to rebound this weekend with five games in their annual TigerFest Tournament at Booneville City Park. Northeast gets things started at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, February 22 against John A. Logan (Ill.) College and will also play Calhoun and Gadsden State (Ala.) Community College on that day.