FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. | South Alabama will close out its three-week road swing this weekend when it competes at the Razorback Rumble hosted by 18th-ranked Arkansas at Bogle Park.

The Jaguars (12-5-1), who received votes this week in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 poll will open up play with a pair of games on Friday versus Northern Iowa at 12:15 p.m. and the host Razorbacks at 4:45 p.m. South will also have a pair of games on Saturday – vs. Nebraska at 12:15 p.m. and vs. Arkansas at 7 p.m. – before closing out competition on Sunday with a single game against Saint Francis scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

Live stats for all five games will be available and both games versus Arkansas can be seen on SECNetwork+.

South Alabama enters the Razorback Rumble after going 2-1-1 last weekend at the T-Mobile Crimson Classic hosted by Alabama. After suffering a one-run loss on the opening night of the tournament, the Jaguars bounced back with a run-rule victory over Northern Iowa and then a 2-0 shutout of 10th-ranked Alabama, before tying 15th-ranked Arizona on Sunday in 11 innings before the game was called due to the Wildcats' travel plans.

Olivia Lackie (8-3) holds a 0.92 earned run average and has struck out 76 batters, while holding opponents to a .130 batting average. Freshman Ryley Harrison (3-1) has a 1.30 ERA this spring and is among the NCAA leaders in shutouts with three. Sophomore Madison Lagle has emerged as another valuable arm for the Jaguars this spring, as she is 1-0 with a 2.21 ERA. 

Offensively, Gabby Stagner leads the team with a .429 average, which ranks third in the Sun Belt, and a .911 slugging percentage, and has a team-high 24 hits on the year with 13 of those going for extra bases. The Mobile, Ala., native also leads the team with 20 RBI and has scored 18 runs, while also leading the team with seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI efforts.

Three other players are also batting above .300 this spring: Sasha Willems (.323), Mackenzie Brasher (.317) and Olivia Branstetter (.315). Willems has driven in nine runs and scored seven times, and has caught all 121 innings behind the plate. Willems has 20 hits, while Brasher has 19 and has scored 17 runs. Brasher is also a perfect 11-for-11 on the base paths in her stolen base opportunities. In her first season, Branstetter ranks second on the team with 10 runs driven in.

GAME INFORMATION
Site: Bogle Park (Fayetteville, Ark.)

vs. Northern Iowa
Date: 3/8
Time: 12:15 p.m.

THE SERIES
All-time series: Series tied 2-2
In Mobile: --
In Cedar Falls: --
At Neutral Site: Series tied 2-2
Current Streak: USA 1

vs. No. 18 Arkansas
Date: 3/8
Time: 4:45 p.m.

Date: 3/9
Time: 7 p.m.

THE SERIES
All-time series: First series meeting
In Mobile: --
In Fayetteville: --
At Neutral Site: --
Current Streak: --

vs. (RV) Nebraska 
Date: 3/9
Time: 12:15 p.m.

THE SERIES
All-time series: First series meeting
In Mobile: --
In Lincoln: --
At Neutral Site: --
Current Streak: --

vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)
Date: 3/10
Time: 10 a.m.

THE SERIES
All-time series: First series meeting
In Mobile: --
In Loretto: --
At Neutral Site: --
Current Streak: --

NOTES
•    This weekend marks the final non-conference tournament of the spring for the Jaguars and wraps up a 14-game road stretch
•    Lackie ranks sixth nationally in strikeouts and her eight wins are seventh most in the country
•    As a staff, South Alabama ranks 28th in shutouts (5) and 29th nationally in ERA (1.97)
•    Of Stagner's 24 hits this spring, 13 have gone for extra bases (5 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs
•    The six home runs have already matched a season-best for Stagner set each of her first two seasons as a Jag
•    Dating back to the 2023 season finale, Stagner has reached base safely in each of her last 19 games, which is tied for the 12th-longest such streak in program history
•    Brasher (70) is 5 stolen bases from tying Kaleigh Todd's (75, 2015-18) program mark
•    Thus far this season, South Alabama has faced 3 teams ranked at the time in the Top 25, and in those contests, the Jags hold a 2-0-1 record
•    The meeting versus Northern Iowa will mark the fourth in the all-time series and the third in a week's time, but it will be the first time the two teams have met at a place other than Tuscaloosa, Ala.
•    The Jaguars will face three opponents for the first time this weekend – Arkansas, Nebraska and Saint Francis
•    The meeting versus Saint Francis will also mark the first ever against a current member from the Northeast Conference (NEC)

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