MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will continue its road swing this weekend as the Jaguars travel to compete in the Gamecock Invitational hosted by South Carolina at Carolina Stadium at Beckham Field.

The Jaguars (8-2) will open up tournament action on Friday morning versus UMass with first pitch versus the Minutewomen set for 9 a.m. (CT). South will continue play on Saturday with a pair of games versus Charlotte at 9 a.m. (CT) and against South Carolina (2 p.m. (CT) before closing out things on Sunday at 9 a.m. (CT) versus James Madison.

Live stats and audio broadcast links can be accessed on the softball schedule page. Saturday's game versus the Gamecocks will also be streamed on SECNetwork+.

South Alabama enters the Gamecock Invitational after picking up a 9-1, run-rule road victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night. Olivia Lackie (6-1) struck out eight and held SELA's offense to just four hits and only allowed an unearned run. The Lions entered the game averaging six runs a game and batting .386 as a team, but Lackie was able to nearly shut them out. 

Mackenzie Brasher, Gabby Stagner and Olivia Branstetter each had two hits apiece, while Brasher also scored twice, and Stagner and Branstetter crossed the plate three times with the latter also driving in a run

Sasha Willems is batting .441 this spring and has driven in eight runs and scored six, while catching all 66 innings behind the plate. Stagner (.500 avg / 1.029 slg%) has a team-high 17 hits on the year with 10 of those going for extra bases. The Mobile, Ala., native also leads the team with 11 RBI and has scored 13 runs. Brasher (.424) has been sold at the plate, as she has 14 hits and like Stagner, she has scored a team-best 13 runs, while she is also a perfect 7-for-7 in her stolen base attempts.

Lackie holds a 0.86 earned run average, has struck out 48 batters and is holding opponents to a .127 batting average.

GAME INFORMATION
Site: Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field (Columbia, S.C.)
Game Notes

vs. UMass
Date: 2/23
Time: 9 am (CT)

THE SERIES
All-time series: First meeting in the all-time series

vs. Charlotte
Date: 2/24
Time: 9 am (CT)

THE SERIES
All-time series: First meeting in the all-time series

at South Carolina
Date: 2/24
Time: 2 pm (CT)

THE SERIES
All-time series: Series tied 1-1
In Mobile: --
In Columbia: South Alabama leads 1-0
At Neutral Site: South Carolina leads 1-0
Current Streak: SC 1

vs. James Madison
Date: 2/25
Time: 9 am (CT)

THE SERIES
All-time series: Series tied 1-1
In Mobile: --
In Harrisonburg: --
At Neutral Site: Series tied 1-1
Current Streak: USA 1

NOTES
•    South Alabama has competed in one tournament hosted by South Carolina - Carolina Classic (2015), where the Jaguars went 4-0 (1.000) at the event, including a 4-1 win over the Gamecocks in the final game of the tourney
•    South has competed at 18 in-season tournaments hosted by an SEC member: Alabama (3-6), Auburn (4-1), Florida (4-4), Georgia (4-3), LSU (8-12), Mississippi State (4-4), Ole Miss (5-0), South Carolina (4-0), Tennessee (4-6)
•    Brasher (66) is 3 stolen bases from moving into a tie with Evelyne Pare (69, 2007-08) for second for career stolen bases and 9 away from tying Kaleigh Todd's (75, 2015-18) program mark
•    Brasher (180) is 20 hits shy of becoming the fifth player in program history to record 200 hits in their career, where she will join Todd (231), Brittany Fowler (213, 2010-13), Emily Messer (208, 2013-16) and Blair Johnson (203, 2012-15)
•    Stagner (23) is 3 doubles shy of moving into the Top 10 in the career category at South - (26) Chloe Rathburn (2014-15) and Haley Hopkins (2009-12)
•    Both Willems and Stagner are riding career-best 10-game hit streaks, while Brasher has had a hit in each of her last six
•    Stagner has recorded an extra-base hit in each of her last six games – three doubles, two triples and two home runs over that stretch – and has driven in at least one run in six of her last seven games; eight RBI over that stretch
•    Lackie has not allowed an earned run over her last 20.2 innings of work, and in fact outside of the sixth and seventh innings against Missouri, hasn't done so in any of her other 30.2 innings in the circle
•    Lackie (729) is 15 punch outs from moving into a tie for second place with Beth Pilgrim (735, 2007-10) in the category

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