MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will continue its four-game road trip this weekend with a three-game Sun Belt Conference series against Texas State.
Game one of the series is set to get underway at 6 p.m. at Bobcat Stadium, game two scheduled for a 4 p.m. start on Saturday and game three set for a noon start on Sunday.
The Jaguars (20-9, 3-0 SBC) moved their current win streak to a season-best six games with Tuesday's win at Nicholls, and the club as won 10 of its last 12 entering the three-game series.
Texas State (19-11-1, 0-2-1 SBC) dropped two of its three games during the opening weekend of league play at Troy, but bounced back with a 15-0, run-rule victory at UTSA on Wednesday night.
SERIES INFORMATION
Site: Bobcat Stadium (San Marcos, Texas)
Game Notes
THE SERIES
All-time series: Texas State leads 16-8
In Mobile: Texas State leads 7-3
In San Marcos: Texas State leads 8-4
At Neutral Site: Texas State leads 2-1
Streak: Texas State 2
Game 1
Date: 3/24
Time: 6 pm
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Game 2
Date: 3/25
Time: 4 pm
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Game 3
Date: 3/26
Time: 12 pm
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NOTES
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Meredith Keel has had at least one hit in 20 of South's 29 games, including nine multi-hit efforts, and scored a run in eight of her last nine
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Victoria Ortiz has driven in at least one run nine of her last 12, and each of her last six amassing 14 RBI over that stretch
• Ortiz has had at least one hit in 10 of her last 11, registering six of her nine multi-hit games over that stretch
• Keel enters the weekend series riding a seven-game reached base safely streak, while Ortiz has had a hit in each of her last six and 10 of her last 11
• Over the last 10 games, Ortiz has recorded six multi-hit games, had 8 extra-base hits, scored 8 runs and driven in 17 runs
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Odalys Cordova has had a hit in eight of her last 11
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Mackenzie Brasher has had a hit in nine of her last 12 games and reached base safely in 10 of those 12 contests
• Over her past six games, Brasher has scored 10 runs, scoring multiple runs in three of those outings
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Marley Sims has reached base safely in 19 of her last 26
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Sasha Willems has had at least one hit 14 of her last 20 games, and reached base safely in five of her last seven
• Willems has driven in 14 runs over her last 12 contests since driving in a career high six runs against Bowling Green (3/4)
• In the circle,
Jenna Hardy (10-5, 2 SV) has a 1.49 earned run average, has struck out 89 in her 98.2 innings of work and is holding opponents to a .195 batting average
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Olivia Lackie (9-4) has a 1.97 ERA and has struck out 106 in 81.2 innings of work
• Lackie is 36 strikeouts shy of reaching 600 for her career and 39 shy of matching Farish Beard's (2012-15) total of 603, which ranks fourth all-time at South
• Lackie (432.0) is also 21.2 innings shy of matching Beard (454.2) for fourth in career innings pitched
• Lackie (.187) and Hardy (.195) both hold sub-.200 opponents' batting averages
• As a staff, USA has a 1.73 ERA and is holding opponents to a .192 batting average
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