GAMES: 4-8 | JAGUAR CLASSIC presented by Marriott Mobile
Feb. 19-21, 2021 | Mobile, Ala. | Jaguar Field

Gm 1 - Fri. - Butler* vs. Murray State - 10:30 a.m.
Gm 2 - Fri. - Lipscomb vs. Butlter* - 1 p.m.
Gm 3 - Fri. - South Alabama vs. Murray State* - 3:30 p.m.
Gm 4 - Fri. - South Alabama vs. Lipscomb* - 6 p.m.
Gm 5 - Sat. - Murray State vs. Lipscomb* - 10:30 a.m
Gm 6 - Sat. - Lipscomb* vs. Butler - 1 p.m.
Gm 7 - Sat. - South Alabama vs. Murray State* - 3:30 p.m.
Gm 8 - Sat. - South Alabama vs. Butler* - 6 p.m.
Gm 9 - Sun. - Murray State vs. Butler* - 10 a.m.
Gm 10 - Sun. - South Alabama vs. Lipscomb* - 12:30 p.m.

*Denotes team that will occupy the first base dugout. Home Team listed first.

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South Alabama JAGUARS
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | SA: -- | DI:  --
Record: 1-2
Team Slash (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .273 / .420 / .390
Team ERA: 7.13

Lipscomb BISON
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | SA: -- | DI:  --
Record: 0-0
Team Slash (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .-- / .-- / .--
Team ERA: --
Series History: USA, 7-0
In Mobile: USA, 4-0
Last Meeting: 2/15/19
Current Streak: USA 7

Murray State RACERS
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | SA: -- | DI:  --
Record: 1-3
Team Slash (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .211 / .253 / .315
Team ERA: 2.24
Series History: USA, 3-1
In Mobile: USA, 1-0
Last Meeting: 2/18/18
Current Streak: USA 1

Butler BULLDOGS
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | SA: -- | DI:  --
Record: 1-4
Team Slash (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .240 / .364 / .355
Team ERA: 4.81
Series History: USA, 3-0
In Mobile: USA, 2-0
Last Meeting: 2/11/18
Current Streak: USA 3

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS    
– South Alabama (1-2) enters its home match-up on Tuesday after opening the season over the weekend at the Red & Black Showcase hosted by Georgia.
– The Jaguars split a doubleheader with the 14th-ranked Bulldogs on Friday, falling 8-3, but bouncing back to take game two, 9-8.
– South held a one-run lead over Virginia heading into the sixth on Saturday, but the Cavaliers erupted for six runs.
– A pair of Jag newcomers – Belle Wolfenden and Meredith Keel – led the club at the plate at the tourney.
– Wolfenden (.556) had multi-hit outings in each of the Jags' last two games, and paced the club with five RBI, while reaching base safely eight times – five hits and three walks – and a three-run home run.
– For her play at the tournament, Wolfenden was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday.
– Keel recorded a pair of hits in all three contests, while also scoring a team-high four runs. Four of her six hits went for extra bases, including three doubles.
– Abby Krzywiecki went 2-for-3 with a RBI against UVA on Saturday.
– Allie Hughen didn't allow an earned run in the circle in either of her appearances.

THE SERIES VS. LIPSCOMB    
– South Alabama and Lipscomb have met seven previous times in the all-time series.
– The Jaguars hold a 7-0 advantage in the all-time series with four of those meetings coming in Mobile.
– South defeated the Bison, 8-5 at the 2019 Jaguar Classic in the last season meeting.
– Only one meeting in the series has been decided by one run (2010), while five have been decided by three or more.
– South Alabama holds a 40-15 scoring advantage and is averaging 5.7 runs per contest, while the Bison are only averaging just over two runs (2.1).

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. THE BISON    
Series: 7-0 (H: 4-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 3-0)
Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 2/16/08
Last Meeting: 2/15/19
Longest South Alabama Streak: 7 ('08-'19)
Longest Lipscomb Streak: --
Current Streak: 7 by South Alabama
Last 5 – 5-0

SOUTH AGAINST THE A-SUN    
– South Alabama holds an all-time record of 16-2 (.889) against current Atlantic Sun Conference members.
– The Jaguars faced A-Sun opponent Jacksonville last season at the Mardi Gras Classic in Mobile, falling 6-1 to the Dolphins.
– Florida Gulf Coast and North Alabama are the only members of the eight-team league that the Jags have yet to face.

THE SERIES VS. MURRAY STATE    
– South Alabama and Murray State have met five previous times in the all-time series.
– The Jaguars hold a 4-1 advantage in the series.
– The two clubs split the two meetings the last time they faced each other during the 2018 season at the February Freezer hosted by Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
– USA fell to the Racers 4-1 in the first meeting, but bounced back and picked up a 3-1 victory.
– Outside of the first meeting in the series, the winning team has been decided by two or more runs.

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. THE RACERS    
Series: 4-1 (H: 1-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 3-1)
Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 3/1/13
Last Meeting: 2/18/18
Longest South Alabama Streak: 3 ('13-'17)
Longest Murray State Streak: 1 ('18)
Current Streak: 1 by South Alabama
Last 5 – 4-1

SOUTH AGAINST THE OHIO VALLEY    
– South Alabama holds an all-time record of 23-9 (.719) against current Ohio Valley Conference members.
– The Jaguars went 2-0 last spring versus the OVC defeating Austin Peay 9-8 and 8-2 in Mobile at the Jaguar Classic.
– USA is also scheduled to face Ohio Valley foe Southern Illinois-Edwardsville next weekend at the Jags' next home tournament, the South Alabama Invitational.
– South has yet to face three league members: Eastern Illinois, Moorehead State and Tennessee-Martin.
– Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky announced earlier this spring that this will be their final seasons as OVC members as they are scheduled to join the Atlantic Sun Conference during the 2021-22 season.

THE SERIES VS. BUTLER    
– South Alabama and Butler have met three previous times in the all-time series.
– The Jaguars hold a 3-0 series record.
– Two of the three meetings have come in Mobile.
– South Alabama picked up a 6-0 victory over the Bulldogs at the Friends of Jaclyn Invitational hosted by Central Florida in Kissimmee, Fla., during the 2018 season.
– The Jags have outscored the Bulldogs 17-4 in the series and are averaging 5.7 runs per game.
– USA has shut out Butler each of the last two meetings.

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. THE BULLDOGS    
Series: 3-0 (H: 2-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 1-0)
Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 2/14/15
Last Meeting: 2/11/18
Longest South Alabama Streak: 2 ('15-'18)
Longest Butler Streak: --
Current Streak: 3 by South Alabama

SOUTH AGAINST THE BIG EAST    
– South Alabama holds an all-time record of 8-1 (.889) against current Big East members.
– The three meetings versus Butler mark the most against any league opponent and besides the two meetings versus Seton Hall, South has only faced four other conference members on a single occasion.
– USA has never faced Big East members Connecticut, Creighton or DePaul.
– South Alabama fell to Seton Hall, 9-7 lasts season at The Spring Games held in Madeira Beach, Fla.
– The loss to the Pirates marked the first against a league member.

WOLFENDEN EARNS SBC HONOR   
– After helping South Alabama pick up a win over 14th-ranked Georgia over the weekend, Jaguar infielder Belle Wolfenden was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week as announced by the league office Tuesday (Feb. 16).
– Wolfenden – a junior college transfer from Gulf Coast [Fla.] State College – didn't wait long to make an impact in the South Alabama lineup over the weekend, as she batted .556, while also reaching base safely in eight of her 12 plate appearances at the Red & Black Showcase. She also walked three times, had a double and a home run, while driving in a team-best five runs at the tournament.
– After recording a hit in the opener against the Bulldogs, the 5-foot-4 junior reached all five of her plate appearances as the Jaguars defeated the Bulldogs, 9-8 in game two of a doubleheader on Friday. She was 2-for-2 at the plate with both of her hits going for extra bases – a double and a home run – while she also walked three times, scored a pair of runs and drove in four. Her three-run home run in the top of the seventh provided just enough insurance for the Jags to hold on for the one-run victory. An inning prior, Wolfenden made an outstanding defensive stop in the hole at second as she was able to gun down the Bulldog runner at first to persevere the 5-4 sixth-inning Jag lead and end the inning after UGA had hit a two-run home run earlier in the frame.
– The win over the Bulldogs marked the first win over a ranked team since defeating then seventh-ranked Florida State, 3-1 in Mobile on Feb. 21. 2018. It was also the first win over a ranked team on their home field since the Jags defeated 18th-ranked Louisiana, 8-4 on April 12, 2014 in Lafayette. The win also snapped a streak of 12-straight losses against an SEC opponent, 10 of which had come on the road. South's last win over an opponent from the league on their home field prior to game two's victory came in Starkville, Miss., during the 2016 season when South picked up a 2-1 win over the Bulldogs.
– On Saturday, Wolfenden posted her second multi-hit outing of the weekend and drove in her team-leading fifth RBI against Virginia on Saturday, as she tied the game up (3-3) with an RBI single to center in the fifth inning.

JAGS AT THE JAGUAR CLASSIC    
– South Alabama last hosted the Jaguar Classic during its inaugural season.
– The Jaguars' opening game of the tournament was the first-ever at Jaguar Field held on Feb. 24, 2007.

SOUTH IN HOME OPENERS    
– South Alabama holds a 10-4 mark all-time in its 14 home openers.
– Last season, South picked up an 6-2 win over Southern in its home opener, and with the win, the Jags have enter the weekend having won six of their last eight at Jaguar Field to the home slate.
– In those 14 previous season openers, USA has scored a total of 82 runs (5.9 per game), while allowing 38 (2.7 per game) runs to the opposition for a +44 run differential.
– South has recorded two shutouts in its home openers.

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