Alabama
Alabama State softball forces winner-take-all championship game
Courtesy of Alabama State Athletics
GULFPORT, Miss. | Alabama State softball battled two totally different opponents and an hour-long climate delay to tug out a pair of wins to advance to the Southwestern Athletic Convention (SWAC) championship sport on Friday. The Hornets pulled away from Jackson State within the opening sport of the day for an 8-5 victory earlier than beating beforehand unbeaten Prairie View A&M 6-2 within the nightcap.
Within the opener, Alabama State was held to only seven hits with Alex Massie (Pottsboro, Texas) the lone participant recording a number of hits as she completed 2-for-3 with a run scored. Jazmine Dodd (Bentonville, Ark.) and Jaeda Gardner (Pike Street, Ala.) every picked up a pair of RBI within the win. Bailey Greenlee (Snohomish, Wash.) picked up the win to push the Hornets into the championship spherical, with an entire sport effort giving up 5 runs (all earned) on 9 hits with a pair of strikeouts.
Kindall DeRamus (Helena, Ala.) led Alabama State on the plate within the win over Prairie View A&M, ending 3-for-4, whereas Alex Preston (Stockton, Calif.) went 2-for-4 with a double. Ashley Pye (Stockton, Calif.) picked up the win, working 4.0 innings and permitting two runs (each earned) on only one hit with six strikeouts, whereas Greenlee picked up the save working 3.0 innings and permitting simply two hits with 4 strikeouts.
How It Occurred (Recreation 1 vs. Jackson State)
- T1 | Lauren Stewart scored on a wild pitch earlier than Isabel Gusman drove residence a run with a sacrifice fly to heart (2-0, Jackson State).
- B1 | Destinee Dixon (Bullard, Texas) singled residence DeRamus for the primary run (2-1, Alabama State).
- B2 | DeRamus drove residence a run on an RBI groundout adopted by a two-error off the bat of Dodd to offer Alabama State the lead (4-2, Alabama State).
- T3 | Jackson State acquired again on the board with a single and bases-loaded stroll (4-4).
- B3 | Gardner reached on an error permitting a run to attain earlier than Greenlee recorded an RBI with a groundout to offer the Hornets the lead for good (7-4, Alabama State).
- B4 | Morgan Gaither (Brookwood, Ala.) drove residence Dodd on an RBI groundout (8-4, Alabama State).
- T5 | The Tigers acquired an RBI single from Zoey Keyes for the ultimate run (8-5, Alabama State).
How It Occurred (Recreation 2 vs. PVAMU)
- B2 | Arianna Atchley (Millbrook, Ala.) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly earlier than Gaither stole third and scored on an error (2-0, Alabama State).
- B3 | Dixon drove residence DeRamus with a sacrifice fly (3-0, Alabama State).
- T4 | The Panthers acquired on the board with a bases-loaded stroll (3-1, Alabama State).
- B4 | Gardner drove residence a pair of runs with a single earlier than Greenlee drove in one other with a sacrifice fly (6-1, Alabama State).
- T5 | PVAMU acquired their closing run throughout with a single to left (6-2, Alabama State).
Up Subsequent
Alabama State softball and Prairie View A&M meet within the championship sport Saturday morning, with first pitch scheduled for 11 am.
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