MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama softball swept a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader versus Texas-Arlington on Saturday, clinching a fourth-consecutive league series with the victories.
 
With the pair of Saturday wins, USA (23-11, 11-2 SBC) improves its league winning streak to 11 games. South Alabama will look for also look for a fourth-straight series sweep on Sunday when the two teams meet for game three at noon.
 
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South Alabama used a pair of three-run innings and another stellar pitching performance from sophomore Devin Brown (13-7) to take game one versus the Mavericks (25-10, 4-7 SBC) by a score of 6-1. Destin Vicknair (10-3) picked up her fifth-straight win in game two while holding the visitors to only one run on four hits with four strikeouts in the 5-1 victory.
 
Emily Messer, Alex Breeden and Haleigh Lane tallied three hits apiece on the day, with Messer and Lane scoring a pair fo runs apiece and Breeden driving into two. Kaleigh Todd scored twice and drove in two runs. Stephanie Pilkington scored once and drove in two runs to increase her team-high in RBI to 24.
 
Messer increased her on-base streak to a team-best 21 games, while Lane hit safely for the 11^th game in a row. Kristian Foster drew a pair of walks on Saturday to improve her on-base run to 11 games.
 
Brown finished game one with 13 strikeouts, marking her 13^th appearance this season with 10 or more strikeouts in 24 total appearances. The Mobile, Ala., native entered the week with the most strikeouts in the NCAA and now has 213 on the year, 21 shy of tying Beth Pilgrim's Jaguar single-season record 234, set in 2009.
 
Game One – South Alabama 6, Texas-Arlington 1
South Alabama showed no signs of rust after its midweek trip to Mississippi State was canceled due to rain in the Starkville area on Wednesday; the Jags put up a three spot in the bottom of the first to take an early lead.
 
Messer led off with a base hit to left field, and Todd followed with a walk. Amanda Minahan bunted the pair into scoring position, and Pilkington supplied a single to right field to score Messer for a 1-0 lead. Foster then lifted her team-best third sacrifice fly to center field to score Todd and double USA's advantage.
 
In the next at-bat, Lane doubled to right center to score Haleigh Lowe, who reached on a Maverick fielding error, as USA jumped ahead, 3-0.
 
The Jaguars extended their lead in the bottom of the third when Breeden doubled down the left field line to plate Pilkington and Foster, and Todd grounded out to second base to allow Dayla Gulledge to score, as the host pushed their lead to six runs.
 
UTA scratched a run across in the top of the fourth after Britnea Barilli reached on a one-out base hit and then scored after a pair of Jaguar errors, cutting the Jag lead to five runs.
 
Barilli threatened again in the top of the sixth when she reached third on Mallory Foster's double down the left field line, but Brown forced Kacey Everett into a fly out to left field to avoid any further damage.
 
Messer, Pilkington and Breeden each went 2-for-3 to lead USA at the plate. Breeden drove in a pair of runs, while six different Jaguars scored in the contest.
 
Brown allowed only one run (unearned) on three Maverick hits with one walk.
 
UTA starter Brooklynne Simbeck suffered the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) on three hits with a walk in one inning. Reliever Sam Montes went 1 1/3 innings, giving up three runs (all earned) on three hits with three walks. Taylor Simmonds scattered a pair of Jaguar hits across the final 3 2/3 innings.
 
Game Two – South Alabama 5, Texas-Arlington 1
USA took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning of game two on Pilkington's sacrifice fly to left field, which scored Messer, who reached again to lead the game off with a base hit.
 
Texas-Arlington knotted the score in the top of the third when Laura Curry singled to score Rebecca Stokes, who reached on a one-out base hit up the middle.
 
USA took a three-run lead in the bottom of the fourth when Todd, Minahan and Lowe each delivered two-out RBI singles consecutively to score Lane, Tucker Caraway (pinch-running for Breeden, who singled) and Todd.
 
The Jaguars tacked on a final run an inning later when Gulledge drove in Lane, who singled, with a base hit to right field.
 
Vicknair dodged trouble in the top of the sixth after dealing Shelbi Sikes a two-out walk to load the bags, before forcing  Kayci Moore into an infield pop up. Vicknair retired the Mavericks in order in the top of the seventh to secure the victory.
 
Seven different Jaguars recorded hits in game two, as USA outhit UTA, 9-4. Lane led the way on 2-for-3 hitting with a pair of runs scored. Gulledge recorded her second multi-hit game with a pair and one RBI. Messer drew a walk and scored for the fifth game in a row.
 
Vicknair struck out four Mavericks against two walks and allowed one run (earned) on four hits.
 
Starter Samantha Clakley took the loss for the visitors after giving up five runs (all earned) on nine hits with a strikeout and three walks in five innings. Simmonds threw one inning of shutout relief.
 
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