MOBILE, Ala. | Coming off an impressive weekend, the South Alabama softball team will look to carry the momentum with a midweek road contest against McNeese State on Tuesday Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond.

South Alabama (4-1) – currently riding a four-game win streak – posted a 4-1 record en route to capturing the Mardi Gras Classic title. The Jags dropped the opening game of the tournament, 3-1 to Missouri State on Friday, but bounced back with four-straight wins tossing back-to-back five-inning, no-hitters over Mississippi Valley State (9-0) and Missouri State (10-0), and then a pair of victories over Rutgers (4-0 and 4-1).

Seven Jags were selected to the all-tournament team: Odalys Cordova, Jenna Hardy, Meredith Keel, Olivia Lackie, Victoria Ortiz, Marley Sims and Gabby Stagner.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: 2/21
Time: 3 p/m
Site: Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond (Lake Charles, La.)
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THE SERIES
All-time series: South Alabama leads 7-4
Mobile: South Alabama leads 4-1
Lake Charles: McNeese State leads 3-1
Neutral Site: South Alabama leads 2-0
Current Streak: South Alabama 1
 
NOTES
•    South Alabama is looking for just its second series win in Lake Charles with the lone victory coming during the 2018 season
•    Since that 9-6 win in Lake Charles, the Jaguars have won three of the last four in the series
•    A win would bring South one win closer to capturing the program's 500th victory as the Jags enter the contest with 498
•    Lackie (491) is nine strikeouts away from reaching 500 for her career
•    Over the weekend, Lackie was nearly perfect in the circle, posting a 3-0 record and not allowing a run, while striking out 24, holding opponents hit a minuscule .048, and of the 44 batters that she faced only four reached base safely – two hits, a walk and a hit batter
•    She also became the first pitcher in program history to toss back-to-back no-hitters in consecutive outings, throwing a combined no-hitter against Mississippi Valley State and a then a five-inning no-hitter against Missouri State
•    Ortiz (60) enters the midweek contest three extra base hits away from moving into a three-way tie for fifth in the career category
•    Ortiz led the club at the plate with a .462 batting average and a .692 slugging percentage to go along with six runs scored, four RBI and a home run.
•    Keel continued her solid hitting over the weekend as she is now batting .407 and leads the club with four multi-hit outings this spring 
•    As a team, the Jags are 15-for-16 in steals after going 14-for-14 at the Mardi Gras Classic
•    South Alabama's pitchers haven't allowed an earned run in the last 27.1 innings in the circle
•    Over that stretch, Lackie, Hardy and Madison Lagle have recorded 24 strikeouts, allowed just nine hits, issued just two walks, a hit batter, while retiring the side in order 11 times

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