MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama softball travels to Tuscaloosa on Wednesday to face No. 4 Alabama for a midweek, non-conference clash at Rhoads Stadium set to broadcast on SEC Network+ at 6 p.m.
 
Links to live stats, play-by-play audio, video and ticket information can be found by accessing the Jaguar softball schedule page. In-game Twitter updates are provided for each USA contest via the program's official handle, @USAJagsSoftball.
 
USA (26-12) has won 16 of its last 18 games heading into the midweek, having clinched a fifth-consecutive Sun Belt Conference series last weekend with a doubleheader sweep of Georgia Southern. South Alabama outscored the Eagles, 25-1, in two run-rule wins last Saturday, with the victory in game two serving as a school-record 14-straight league win.
 
The Jaguars are batting .306 as a team this season and have outscored their opponents, 204-94. Collectively, USA boasts a .404 on-base percentage and .399 slugging percentage. USA's offense has come alive in its last 18 games, as the Jags are hitting at a .340 clip, led by sophomore second baseman Kaleigh Todd, who owns a .492 average over the last half of the year.
 
Senior third baseman Emily Messer leads USA at the plate with a .455 batting average, 61 hits and 38 runs scored. The Mobile, Ala., native owns a .590 slugging percentage and .510 on-base percentage.
 
Sophomore right-hander Devin Brown eclipsed the program's single-season strikeout mark last weekend, surpassing Beth Pilgrim's 2009 mark of 234. Brown currently has the second-most strikeouts in the NCAA with 243 and counting. The Mobile, Ala., native owns a team-low 1.51 ERA and leads a USA pitching staff that boasts a collective 2.09 ERA.
 
No. 4 Alabama (38-8) recently clinched its fourth-straight Southeastern Conference series by taking a pair from No. 16 Texas A&M in College Station last weekend. The Crimson Tide is batting .321 as a team, led by Haylie McLeney, who is hitting .451 and slugging .716, while leading her club in runs scored and walks (36).
 
The Alabama pitching staff owns a 2.33 ERA and is holding opponents to a .221 batting average. Sydney Littlejohn is 17-3 in the circle with a team-low 1.97 ERA. Alexis Osorio is 12-5 with a team-high 165 strikeouts in 113 innings pitched. Madi Moore is 9-0 with a 2.15 ERA.
 
The Crimson Tide is 17-2 at home this season and owns the all-time series versus South Alabama, 11-0. UA is 6-0 versus the Jaguars in Tuscaloosa, dating back to the teams' first meeting in 2008.
 
For more information about South Alabama athletics, check back with www.usajaguars.com, and follow the Jaguars at www.twitter.com/USAJagua,rSports. Season tickets for all Jaguar athletic events can be purchased by calling (251) 461-1USA (1872).