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MOBILE, Ala. – Five Jaguars recorded multiple hits in the University of South Alabama baseball team's 11-4 win over UTA Sunday at Stanky Field.

South Alabama (15-3, 3-0 SBC) secured the three-game sweep over UTA (6-13, 0-3 SBC) with the win, which marked the Jags' 14th victory in their last 15 contests.

Miles Simington and Cameron Tissue recorded three hits apiece, while Will Turner, Hunter Donaldson and Erick Orbeta finished with two hits each.  Orbeta recorded a career-high three RBIs, Tissue tied his career high in hits (3) and Turner hit his first home run as a Jaguar.

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South Alabama will return to action Tue., March 22, when it travels to Montgomery, Ala., to face Auburn at 6 p.m. at Riverwalk Stadium. 

GAME FACTS
- Miles Simington doubled to left-center field with two outs in the bottom of the first, and scored on an RBI single to center field by Charles Middleton for a 1-0 Jag lead.
- USA loaded the bases in the bottom of the second when Santi Montiel reached on a throwing error by UTA third baseman Matt Cavanagh, and Hunter Donaldson and Cameron Tissue reached on consecutive singles. Erick Orbeta then reached on a two-run infield single to shortstop to score Montiel and Donaldson for a 3-0 Jag lead. Will Turner followed with an RBI groundout to first to plate Tissue for a 4-0 advantage. 
- Montiel reached on a fielding error by UTA shortstop Cason Gregory to lead off the bottom of the third, and later scored on a two-out RBI single through the left side of the infield by Tissue for a 5-0 Jag lead.
- UTA pushed across its first run of the game in the top of the fourth on an RBI fielder's choice off the bat of Wilson Galvan on a grounder to shortstop. Oscar Ponce followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to cut the USA lead to 5-2.
- UTA cut the Jag lead to 5-3 in the top of the sixth on a two-out RBI single through the right side of the infield by Zach Henry. 
- Diego Altamirano led off the bottom of the sixth with a walk, and scored when Turner lifted a 2-1 pitch from UTA right-hander Tanner King over the right field for a two-run home run – the first of his Jag career – and 7-3 USA lead.
- The Mavericks cut the Jag lead to 7-4 in the top of the eighth on a leadoff solo home run to left field by Wilson Galvan.
- Tissue led off the bottom of the eighth with a single to center field, stole second and moved to third with no outs following a wild pitch. Altamirano reached on a hit by pitch before an RBI single by Orbeta plated Tissue to double the Jag lead at 8-4. A one-out, two-run single through the left side of the infield by Simington scored Altamirano and Orbeta for a 10-4 advantage. Simington scored on a wild pitch later in the inning with the final run of the game. 

NOTES
- Simington extended his on-base streak to 16 games with a two-out double to left-center field in the bottom of the first. 
- Middleton extended his hitting streak to seven games with a two-out RBI single to center field in the bottom of the first. 
- Booker allowed three runs on three hits with four strikeouts, three walks and one hit batter in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
- Turner's sixth-inning home run marked the first of his Jaguar career. 
- The game marked the 150th consecutive game played by Montiel. 
- The win marked the Jags' 14th in their last 15 games.
- The series sweep marked the fourth consecutive weekend sweep by the Jaguars.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the series sweep:
"We swung the bats really well, all three phases were really good this weekend. Our guys played the game the right way and went at it hard. We got some leads early and made it hold up. Pitching and defense was really good, and the offense was there and we put up some crooked numbers."

- On scoring in the first inning of each game of the series:
"It is huge, we've been getting our leadoff guy on close to 40 percent of the time and that's big. The top of the order did a really nice job driving in a bunch of runs today, but the bottom part getting on – (Hunter) Donaldson and (Cameron) Tissue – (Erick) Orbeta has been swinging the bat really well and hasn't had a lot to show for it. (Will) Turner and (Miles) Simington were outstanding today. All of our guys were really good. This weekend, UTA came back and made it tight and we responded every time. You can't do that every time, but when our guys had to we responded and did what we had to do this weekend."

Center fielder Will Turner
- On his first career home run:
"I had two strikes on me and was just trying to put the bat on the ball. I ran into it and was lucky enough that it went out. I blacked out, but I am glad I ran into and got it out."

- On the team's confidence:
"We're really clicking right now, and we have a good group of guys who are really close. We really play well together and feed off of each other's energy. I'm just excited to see what we do for the remainder of the season."

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