MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama softball team will close out the 2018 regular season Sunday afternoon when they welcome in-state rival Troy in a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader at Jaguar Field.  Game one is scheduled to start at 1 p.m., while game two will begin at 3 p.m. or 30 minutes following the opener.

South Alabama will recognize its four seniors – Devin Brown, Kristian Foster, Haleigh Lowe and Kaleigh Todd – prior to start of game one of the doubleheader.

Game Notes (PDF)

GAMES: 52-53 | VS. TROY
Venue: Jaguar Field | Mobile, Ala.

SERIES SCHEDULE
Game 1: Sun., May 6 | 1 p.m.
Game 2: Sun., May 6 | 3 p.m.

South Alabama JAGUARS
NFCA: --| USA: -- | RPI: 72
Record: 26-25, 11-13 SBC
Head Coach: Becky Clark (Mobile, '95)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .254 / .364 / .332
Runs Per Game: 3.6
Runs Per Game Allowed: 3.3

Troy TROJANS
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | RPI: 97
Record: 30-22, 14-11 SBC
Head Coach: Beth Mullins (UAB, '04)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .263 / .389 / .339
Runs Per Game: 4.6
Runs Per Game Allowed: 3.6

GAME INFORMATION
Television: None
Radio: None
Live Stats: www.USAJaguars.com
Live Stream: www.USAJaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_SB

Tickets: General admission tickets can be purchase for $5, while chair back reserved seating is available for $8.  Current South Alabama students with proper student ID will be allowed admission into the contest.

PROMOTION
On Sunday, the first 100 fans will receive a FREE beach towel.

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS    
– South Alabama (26-25, 11-13 SBC) comes into the final weekend of the regular season currently sitting in tied with Georgia Southern for the sixth seed.
– The Jags could end up in either the fifth, sixth or seventh seed in next week's conference tournament held in Lafayette, La., depending on results this weekend.
– Last weekend, the Jaguars dropped its Sun Belt Conference series at Coastal Carolina.
– South is 8-3 this season at home in league play and 12-5 overall.
– The doubleheader versus Troy will mark the final games at Jaguar Field for four South Alabama seniors –Brown, Foster, Lowe and Todd.
– Todd continues to rank as one of the top offensive players not only for the Jaguars, but in the Sun Belt.
– Entering play this weekend, Todd leads the team with a .374 batting average, which is sixth in the Sun Belt.  She also has 61 hits – tied for third-most in the conference – while she ranks fifth in the league in steals (16) and 10th in runs scored (29), to go along with her .411 on-base percentage.
– Todd is batting .434 against Sun Belt competition and over her last 24 games, Todd is batting .471 (41-for-87), scored 21 runs and recorded 12 of her 15 multi-hit games during that stretch.
– Lowe (.314) enters the weekend with at least one hit in nine of her last 14 contests.  She is third on the team with 10 multi-hit games and leads the team with eight multi-RBI games.
– Of her 26 RBI – 18 have come during Sun Belt play.  Lowe is also batting .368 against league competition and all but one of her extra-base hits have come during that time.
– Lowe is tied with Kristian Foster for second in extra-base hits with 12.  The Prattville, Ala., native has six doubles, three triples and three home runs.  Lowe is one RBI behind Foster's team-best total (27).
– Foster leads the team and is tied for fifth in the league in doubles with 10.  
– Brittani Reid (.302) leads the team in total bases (77) and extra-base hits (17).  She is second on the Jaguar roster in home runs (6), runs scored (24), hits (45) and doubles (8).
– Devin Brown (16-15) enters the doubleheader with a 2.07 earned run average and 212 strikeouts.  In the series opener last weekend against Coastal Carolina, Brown moved into fourth all-time in Sun Belt history in career strikeouts (913).
– Brown has 22 complete games on the year and has tossed seven shutouts – six solo and one combined.  She also has seven double-digit strikeout games this season and a program-best 39 for her career.
– She is second in the league in innings pitched (206.0), strikeouts looking (61) and strikeouts. Her strikeout tally is 16th in the latest NCAA rankings.

SCOUTING THE TROJANS    
– Troy (30-22, 14-11 SBC) enters the doubleheader versus the Jags sitting in fourth-place in the Sun Belt standings.
– The Trojans took two of three at home last weekend against then-21st ranked and Sun Belt leader Texas State.  Troy won the first two games of the series against the Bobcats, both one-run decisions.
– Offensively, Troy is led by Katie Webb (.339) and Logan Calhoun (.324). Webb is sixth in the conference in hits (58), while Calhoun is right behind her in seventh with 57 hit.
– Webb leads the league in doubles (14), and is also tied for fourth in RBI (37) and fourth in total bases (87).  Calhoun ranks second in the conference in runs scored with 44.
– As a team, Troy leads the Sun Belt in doubles with 70. The Trojans rank third in the Sun Belt in three other categories – runs scored (237), RBI (212) and hit-by-pitch (38).
– The Trojans are the top fielding team in the conference, boasting a .976 fielding percentage, which also ranks 13th in the NCAA. – Troy has also turned 24 double plays this season, which is just four behind UTA's league leading tally of 28.
– Freshman pitcher Annie Willis (16-6) has been outstanding in the circle for the Trojans this season as she leads the team in ERA
(2.31), complete games (12), shutouts (6) and strikeouts (111).
– Peyton Glover has also been solid as she enters play this week with 98 strikeouts.
– Willis is tied with South's Brown for third in the conference in wins.  She is also fourth in strikeouts and opposing batting average (.220), while she has allowed the second-fewest hits (120) in the SBC and the third-fewest runs (57) and earned runs (49) in the league.
– Glover's five saves are the tied with Georgia State's Kinsley Jennings for most in the Sun Belt.

THE SERIES VS. TROY    
– The meeting in the series opener between South Alabama and Troy will mark the 34th in the all-time series between the two clubs.
– The two teams faced each other earlier this season with the Jaguars taking a 7-0 victory on a three-hitter by Devin Brown.  Kaleigh Todd (3-for-3) and Haleigh Lowe (3-for-4) led the way at the plate with Todd scoring twice and Lowe finishing just a double away from hitting for the cycle to go along with two runs scored and a career-best 5 RBI.
– The Jaguars have taken 23 of the previous 33 meetings, including the last nine in the series.
– During the nine-game win streak, South has outscored Troy 46-10 and shutout the Trojans in four of the last five meetings.
– South Alabama holds an 11-5 record in the series in Mobile, including the last four and seven of the last eight.

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. TROY    
Series: 23-10 (H: 11-5 / A: 12-5 / N: 0-0)
Sun Belt Conference Games: 22-10 (H: 11-5 / A: 11-5 / N: 0-0)
Sun Belt Tournament Games: 1-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 1-0 / N: 0-0)
Extra-Inning Games: 2-1 (H: 2-1 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 2-0 (H: 2-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 5/5/07
Last Meeting: 4/18/18
Longest South Alabama Streak: 9 ('15-'18)
Longest Troy Streak: 5 ('08-'09)
Current Streak: 9 by South Alabama
Last 5 – 5-0
Last 10 – 9-1

JAGUAR SENIORS   
Devin Brown – RHP – Mobile, Ala.
– 104 games started, 138 appearances, 74 complete games, 31 shutouts, 67 wins, 711.1 innings pitched, 913 strikeouts, 1.93 earned run average, .184 opponents' batting average and 8 saves
– 4 no-hitters, 1 perfect game
– 12-time Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week
– Program career leader in double-digit strikeout games (39), strikeouts and shutouts.
– Ranks among the career leaders in several other categories – opposing batting average (2nd), strikeouts per 7 innings (2nd), wins (2nd), saves (T-2nd), appearances (3rd), games started (3rd), complete games (3rd), innings pitched (3rd) and earned run average (5th).
– Only South Alabama pitcher to eclipse the 800- and 900- strikeout marks.
– Ranks fourth all-time among Sun Belt Conference pitchers in strikeouts, while also ranking among the top 10 all-time in complete games and shutouts.

Kristian Foster – SS – Pelham, Ala.
– 145 career hits, 27 doubles, 6 home runs, 107 RBI, 75 walks and 12 hit-by-pitch
– 184 games started, 196 games played
– 31 multi-hit games, 25 multi-RBI games
– 153 consecutive starts at shortstop
– Ranks among career leaders at South Alabama in several categories – sacrifice flies (T-1st), walks (4th), consecutive starts (6th), RBI (7th), sacrifice hits (T-8th), doubles (8th), hit-by-pitch (T-9th), games played (9th) and multi-hit games (13th), multi-RBI games (8th).

Haleigh Lowe – OF – Prattville, Ala.
– 130 games started and 160 games played
– .314 career batting average, 122 hits, 62 runs scored, 19 doubles, 5 triples, 5 home runs, 75 RBI, 166 total bases, .427 slugging percentage, .413 on-base percentage
– 30 career multi-hit games, 17 multi-RBI games
– Ranks among career leaders in several categories – on-base percentage (5th), batting average (7th), triples (T-8th) multi-RBI games (T-13th) and multi-hit games (14th).
– This season, Lowe has set personal single-season highs in hits (39), runs (18), doubles (6), triples (3), home runs (3) and total bases (60), and her RBI total (26) is just two away from tying the most in that category.

Kaleigh Todd – 2B – Bessemer, Ala.
– 188 games started and 208 games played
– .370 career batting average, 223 hits, 142 runs scored, 10 doubles, 6 triples, 1 home run, 42 RBI, 248 total bases, .411 slugging percentage, 73 walks, .444 slugging percentage and 73 stolen bases
– 60 career multi-hit games
– Program career leader in batting average, multi-hit games, stolen bases and hits.
– Ranks among the career leaders in several other categories – runs scored (2nd), consecutive starts (4th), on-base percentage (4th), walks (T-5th), at-bats (5th), triples (T-6th), games played (7th), games started (T-7th) and sacrifice hits (T-10th).

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Becky Clark
- On the doubleheader with Troy: "I anticipate two competitive games this weekend. Troy has been playing really well of late and I know we are looking forward to being back and competing on our home field. Obviously you would like some momentum going into the tournament so I think it is important for us to play aggressive, fundamental softball this weekend."
- On the senior class: "The numbers speak for themselves. These four have been an integral part of our program and will be sorely missed when they are gone. Their accomplishments both on the field and off are something they can all be proud of and I know when they leave our program they will go on to be incredibly successful in their respective careers"

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