MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will continue its road trip this weekend when the Jags head to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series versus Southern Miss at the USM Softball Complex.

South Alabama (32-13, 14-4 SBC) currently sits in third place in the league standings with two weeks remaining in the regular season. Southern Miss is 20-19 overall and 4-13 in the SBC, a half-game ahead of ULM in 10th place in the league standings.

First pitch of game one is set for Friday at 5 p.m., with games two and three scheduled for Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (noon).

GAME INFORMATION
Site: USM Softball Complex (Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Game Notes

THE SERIES
All-time series: South Alabama leads 16-6-1
In Mobile: South Alabama leads 9-2
In Hattiesburg: South Alabama leads 6-4-1
At Neutral Site: South Alabama leads 1-0
Current Streak: South Alabama 1

Game 1
Date: 4/28
Time: 5 p.m.
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Game 2
Date: 4/29
Time: 12 p.m.
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Game 3
Date: 4/30
Time: 12 p.m.
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NOTES
•    The meeting between the two programs will mark the 22nd in the all-time series, but first as conference foes
•    South has now won 18 of its last 22, including a current season-best seven-game win streak 
•    Victoria Ortiz (115) is 3 RBI away from tying Blair Johnson (118, 2012-15) for third on the career RBI chart
•    Ortiz (160) is three hits from tying Stephanie Pilkington (163, 2013-16) for ninth on South's career hits chart, while Mackenzie Brasher (157) is 3 hits shy of moving into the Top 10 at South
•    Ortiz's 22-game reached base streak is 1 game shy of tying Brittany Fowler (2011) and Kaleigh Todd (2018) for third who reached safely in 23 straight games
•    Over the streak, she has batted .417 with 25 hits, 11 extra base hits - 8 doubles, a triple and 2 home runs - eight walks, been hit by pitch once, 15 runs scored and 28 RBI
•    Ortiz ranks among the SBC leaders in RBI (sixth), while the Mobile native is tied with teammate Gabby Stagner for sixth in doubles with 11
•    Olivia Lackie (30) is two shutouts shy of moving into a tie with former Jag Devin Brown (31, 2015-18), the program's all-time leader in the category
•    Lackie (11) - the six-time and reigning SBC Pitcher of the Week - is also 1 shutout shy of tying Brown's (12) single-season shutout mark 
•    Lackie is tied for the NCAA lead with 11 shutouts this spring, while ranking among the national leaders in wins (t19th), strikeouts (t21st) and ERA (21st)
•    Jenna Hardy is 16 strikeouts from reaching the 300-strikeout plateau
•    As a staff, USA has a 1.62 ERA and is holding opponents to a .202 batting average, ranking second and third, respectively in the SBC in those categories, while the Jags are fourth in the conference in strikeouts (298)
•    South is tied with Stanford and McNeese State for eighth in the NCAA in shutouts (17), ninth in ERA, 15th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.55) and 22nd in strikeouts

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