MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will head back out on the road this week as the Jags begin a four-game road swing Tuesday night with a midweek contest at Nicholls. First pitch versus the Colonels (17-10, 4-2 SLC) is set for 5 p.m. at Swanner Field.
South Alabama (19-9, 3-0 SBC) enters the midweek match up at Nicholls after opening Sun Belt Conference play with a three-game sweep of Georgia State.
The Jags opened the series with an 8-0, six-inning victory in game one and then clinched the series with a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Panthers in game two. On Sunday, GSU jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first inning-and-a-half, but the Jags rattled off nine unanswered runs, which was highlighted by a seven-run third inning to rally back and complete the series sweep with a 9-5 victory
GAME INFORMATION
Date: 3/21
Time: 5 pm
Site: Swanner Field (Thibodaux, La.)
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THE SERIES
All-time series: South Alabama leads 16-6
In Mobile: South Alabama leads 10-2
In Thibodaux: South Alabama leads 5-3
At Neutral Site: Series tied 1-1
NOTES
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Meredith Keel enters Tuesday's game riding a six-game reached base safely streak, while
Victoria Ortiz has had a hit in each of her last five
• Keel has had at least one hit in 19 of South's 28 games, including eight multi-hit efforts, and scored a run in seven of her last eight
• Ortiz has driven in at least one run eight of her last 11, and each of her last five amassing 11 RBI over that stretch
• Ortiz has had at least one hit in nine of her last 10, registering five of her eighth multi-hit games over that stretch
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Odalys Cordova has had a hit in seven of her last 10
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Mackenzie Brasher has had a hit in eight of her last 11 games and reached base safely in nine of those 11 contests
• Over her past five games, Brasher has scored nine runs, scoring multiple runs in three of those outings
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Sasha Willems has had at least one hit 14 of her last 19 games, and reached base safely in five of her last six
• Willems has driven in 14 runs over her last 11 contests since driving in a career high six runs against Bowling Green (3/4)
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