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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama softball team (19-10, 2-5 SBC) fell 8-3 to No. 17/20 Louisiana-Lafayette (21-5, 4-0 SBC) Saturday afternoon in the series opener at Jaguar Field.

Game two of the series was suspended in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and a runner on third with Louisiana-Lafayette holding a 3-0 lead.   The contest will be resumed Sunday at noon with the series finale set to begin approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of the suspended game.

Live stats and the web stream for Sunday's games can be accessed at www.USAJaguars.com.  Reserved seat tickets can be purchased for $8, while general admission seating is available for $5.  Jaguar Senior Trading Cards will also be available for fans in addition to a post-game autograph session following Sunday's contest versus the Ragin' Cajuns.

GAME ONE: NO. 17 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 8, SOUTH ALABAMA 3
A four-run second inning proved to be the difference Saturday's series opener as Louisiana-Lafayette picked up an 8-3 win.

Alyssa Denham (9-1) went the distance for ULL – her seventh complete game of the season – and allowed three runs – all earned on seven hits, while striking out five.  

Kassidy Zeringue was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI, while Kara Gremillion and Aleah Craighton each had two hits apiece.  

ULL recorded 11 hits in the game – the most allowed in a game by Jaguar pitching this season.  The eight runs scored by ULL were the most allowed by Jag pitching this season at home.  Coming into the game, South had given up just four earned runs and 11 total runs in its first 16 home contest this spring.

Devin Brown (9-5) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on nine hits in 5.2 innings of work.

Haleigh Lane was 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, while Morgan Lutticken drove in the other two on a pinch-hit home run.  USA had its chances in the game, but for the eighth-straight game, the Jaguars left runners on base, stranding 11 in the opener.

ULL jumped out in front with a four-run second inning, courtesy of five hits, including three for extra bases.  DJ Sanders led off the inning when she doubled to the gap in left center.  Two batters later, Lexie Comeaux brought Sanders as she lined a triple to the gap in right center.  Beth Ashley followed with a RBI single of her own to make it a 2-0 for the Cajuns.  ULL wasn't done though as Zeringue and reached on an infield single and then with two away in the inning, Gremillion lined a double down the leftfield line to extend Louisiana-Lafayette's lead to 4-0.

For the third time in as many innings, South Alabama placed a pair of runners on base.  With one out, Kristian Foster beat out an infield single and Amanda Minahan was then hit by Denham's next pitch to put runners at first and second.  After Haleigh Lowe grounded into a fielder's choice Lane delivered as she singled through the right side of the infield to score Minahan all the way from second and cut the deficit to 4-1.  USA would be unable to do anymore damage as Denham was able to get Savanna Mayo to pop out to Sanders at short one batter later to end the frame.

Two innings later, ULL got a run back as Craighton recorded a solo shot to left center to put the Cajuns up 5-1.  The home run was Craighton's sixth and UL Lafayette's 42nd of the season.  It was also the first home run allowed by South Alabama pitching at home this season.

The Jaguars had an excellent scoring chance in bottom of the fifth as they loaded the bases with one out after a pair of Ragin' Cajun errors and Minahan was hit by a pitch, but Denham would get out of the jam as strand USA's seventh, eighth and ninth runners of the game as she hot Lane to ground into a fielder's choice and Mayo to line out to center.

ULL made the Jags pay for not cutting into the Cajun lead as they added two more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their advantage out to 7-1.  With two on, Gremillion singled to left scoring Zeringue who had reached on a fielder's choice and then after an infield single by Hayden, Craighton drove in her second run of the game when she was hit by a pitch from Jag reliever Chandler Sparkman, extending ULL's advantage to 7-1

South tried to mount a late rally in the bottom of the sixth as Abby Krzywiecki reached on an infield single to start the frame and then down 0-2 in the count, Lutticken recorded her first career home run as she lined a shot over the wall in left, cutting the deficit to 7-3.

The Ragin' Cajuns answered back the next half inning with a run.  With runners at second and third, Zeringue laid down a nice bunt that Jag catcher Aly Smith had to field.  Chelsea Lotieff – pinch running for Daniella Chavez, who was hit by a pitch, at third – was able to score on Zeringue's bunt.

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