OXFORD, Miss. | South Alabama earned a split on day one of the Ole Miss Classic held at the Ole Miss Softball Complex, defeating Murray State, 18-14 in eight innings in its first game of the day, but falling 10-1 in five innings to the host Rebels.

The Jaguar offense set numerous single-game records in the victory over the Racers in game one of the day, with 22 hits, eight doubles, 10 extra-base hits and 16 RBI, while the 18 runs matched a single-game high set during the 2011 season.

South Alabama 18, Murray State 14 (8 inn.)
Behind a program-record offensive performance, South Alabama was able to take game one of the day, 18-14 in eight innings.

South Alabama (10-6) set new single-game records in hits (23), doubles (8), extra-base hits (10) and RBI (16), and tied the runs scored mark (14).

Gabby Stagner was 4-for-5 at the plate with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI. The four hits were a new career-high for Stagner. Frankie Andujo was a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a RBI, while Presley Lively and Amity White each had a pair of hits and combined to score seven runs at the top of the order. Sidney Lee reached three times with a pair of hits and a walk, to go along with a run scored and a RBI. Brooklynn Bockhaus was 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, and drove in three and scored twice.

Six South Alabama players scored two or more runs in the win.

Murray State (4-8) was led at the plate by Katy Huels who was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. Summer Ray also had a pair of hits and drove in four for the Racers.

How It Happened 
•    South Alabama had a scoring opportunity in the opening frame as Presley Lively led off the game with an infield single. The freshman outfielder then stole second – her ninth of the season – and advanced to third on a wild pitch, but Murray State starter Bre Haislip (1-4) retired the next three Jaguar batters with a pair of strikeouts and a fly out to left. 
•    The Jags put together back-to-back, extra-base hits its next time up and scratched across a run. Megan Davidson lined a one-out double to left for South in the top of the second, and Ansleigh Smith followed with a double of her own, this one to center, scoring Davidson (USA, 1-0).
•    White and Stagner both singled with one out in the Jaguar third, and the duo then came around to score as Olivia Branstetter lined a double to the left field corner (USA, 3-0). 
•    Murray State put its first two base runners aboard in its half of the fourth. Parker Holcomb broke up the no-hit bid as she doubled to center with one out when the ball was lost in the sun, and Kenley Minor was then hit by a pitch. Tori Miller (3-1) battled right back and quickly ended the scoring threat with a pair of pop ups on the infield.
•    South Alabama blew things open in the top of the fifth, sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring seven runs on seven hits. Stagner then led off the top of the fifth with her seventh home run of the season, driving a 2-1 pitch over the wall in right center (4-0). Lee then doubled to right – her fifth of the spring – and two batters later Bockhaus brought her in with a triple and then came around to score herself on a Racer throwing error (USA 6-0). Andujo kept the inning going with a two-out single to third, and the freshman stole second before racing all the way around on Gavin's double (USA, 7-0). Gracie Tentinger kept the scoring going with a pinch-hit, RBI single back up the middle (USA, 8-0), plating Gavin. After a walk by White, Morgan Hall then plated two more with a two-run double to center to increase the lead to 10-0.
•    The Racers broke up the shutout and extended the game on Ray's three-run home run to left (USA, 10-3)
•    Erin Lackey drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth, who moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. Alley Schyck then cut the Jaguar lead in half with a two-run home run to center (USA, 10-5).
•    Lively reached for the third time in the game and recorded her second hit of the contest with an infield single to begin the seventh. She then stole second – her 10th stolen base of the spring – and move to third on the play on a Murray State error. White walked for the second time to put runners at the corners one batter later, and Stagner drove in her second run and posted her third hit when she dropped in a single (USA, 11-5). White later moved to third and came in on a wild pitch (USA, 12-5), before Bockhaus capped off the scoring with a two-run double to center (USA, 14-5), which scored Davidson and Lee.
•    Trailing by nine, Murray State rallied back in the bottom of the seventh scoring nine runs on seven hits and a costly Jaguar error. The Racers loaded the bases with one out after a pair of walks and a hit, and Ava Orzment drove in the first two runs of the inning with a single back up the middle (USA, 14-7). Another run scored on a fielder's choice to cut the deficit to six. After a fly out, the game was then extended by an error, which scored a run and led to six unearned runs. Murray State then had a pair of RBI singles from Ray and pinch hitter Rylee Webb, and with two on, Huels pulled the Racers within one (14-13) with a two-run triple to right. Holcombe then tied the game up (14-14) with a RBI single of her own.
•    With the international tiebreaker rule in effect in extra innings, Andujo doubled to score Bockhaus from second – the hit tying the single-game record for the Jags (USA, 15-14). Lively then reached on an error, putting runners at the corners. White lined a RBI-single to center, to score Andujo (USA, 16-14). Lively and White both advanced a base on a wild pitch. Stagner then bounced her fourth hit back up the middle to plate the two runners (USA, 18-14).
•    Miller, who re-entered the game to record the final out of the seventh, worked a clean eighth, retiring Murray State in order to end the contest.

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the ninth in the series between the two programs
•    The Jaguars lead the series 7-2, and are 2-0 versus the Racers this fall
•    The 18 runs tied a program record (vs. Evansville, 2/19/11)
•    The 22 hits were a new program record (20, vs. Alabama A&M, 4/17/07)
•    South Alabama also set a new program record for doubles (8), eclipsing the previous mark (6, Georgia State, 4/12/19), and a new single-game mark in extra-base hits (10)
•    The Jags set new season highs in hits, runs, doubles and extra base hits (10)
•    Lively has reached base safely in five straight and 13 of her 16 games
•    Lively has had at least one hit in four of her last five, and drawn a walk in 10 of her 16 games
•    Lively has reached base in her first plate appearance in eight times this spring
•    Prior to her strikeout in the top of the fourth, Lively had reached base safely in seven-straight plate appearances – single, triple and five walks
•    The multi-hit games were the third of the season for Lively, White and Stagner
•    Megan Davidson has reached base safely in eight of her last nine, and 13 of her 15 games this spring
•    Smith has recorded a hit or drawn a walk in nine of her 13 games this spring
•    With her infield single, White has reached base safely in nine-straight games and 14 of her 16 games this spring, and had a hit in seven of her last nine 
•    Her four runs scored in the game mark the first time a Jag has done so since (4) Jenny Stevens, vs. Western Kentucky (3/19/11)
•    Stagner extended her reached base safely streak to six games and she has now done so in 13 of her 16 games
•    The home run by Stagner was the 34th of her career, putting her just two shy of Kamdyn Kvistad's (36, 2018-22) program mark
•    The senior also now has 71 extra-base base hits 
•    The four hits gave Stagner her 31st career multi-hit game, tying her Kristian Foster (31, 2015-18) and Haleigh Lowe (31, 2015-18) for 17th in the career category
•    The two RBI also tied Stagner (33) with Brittany Fowler (33, 2010-13) for second in career multi-RBI games
•    Stagner now has 128 career RBI, as she passed Victoria Ortiz (126, 2019-23) and then tied Kvistad (128) for second in the category
•    The two-run double in the third was Branstetter's second extra base hit of the season, and she has reached base in 12 of her 16 games
•    Lee has had a hit in four of her last five, reached in five-straight, and scored a run in three of her last five
•    Bockhaus has had a hit and scored a run in each of her last three, and she now has three extra-base hits
•    Gonzalez has reached base safely in six of her last seven

RV Ole Miss 10, South Alabama 1 (5 inn.)
Ole Miss (15-3) scored three runs in the first and third innings, and then a four-run frame in the fourth, and Miali Guachino (8-3) tossed a three-hitter, striking out seven in the 10-1 win over South Alabama (10-7), ending the Jags' five-game win streak.

How It Happened 
•    Jaden Pone drew a one-out walk, who then moved up a base on a fly out. Percy Llamas later earned a walk to put a pair of Rebels aboard, and on the very next pitch, Lexie Brady blasted a three-run shot high off the scoreboard in left center (OM, 3-0).
•    Pone reached for the second time with a one-out single in the bottom of the third. She then stole second and moved up to third on the play after a fielding error. Allyeah Binford walked and stole second to put a pair in scoring position for the Rebels. Llamas extended the lead for Ole Miss with a two-run single through the right side (OM, 5-0). After Brady was hit by a pitch, the Rebels pulled off a double steal and Llamas came around to score on the play after another Jaguar error (OM, 6-0)
•    Lively broke up the no-hit bid by Guachino with a liner to left to lead off the top of the fourth, and then moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. She then moved to third on Stagner's infield single and one pitch later came in after another wild pitch (OM, 6-1),
•    Tenly Grisham reached on a two-base error with one away the next half inning, and Taylor Malvin singled and stole second to put a pair in scoring position. Grisham then scored one batter later on an infield single, and two batters later, Ole Miss stretched its lead out to 10-1 on a three-run home run by Binford.

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the fifth in the series between the two programs
•    With her single to start and run scored in the fourth, Lively has reached base safely in five straight and 14 of her 17 games and scored a run in 11 games
•    The run scored by South in the fourth inning marked the first by an opponent on the Rebels' home field this season
•    Lively has had at least one hit in five of her last six
•    Branstetter has reached base in 13 of her last 17 games
•    Stagner has reached base in seven-straight and 14 of her 17 games this spring
•    Davidson has reached base safely in nine of her last 10, and 14 of her 16 games this spring with her walk

Up Next
•    South Alabama continues play at the Ole Miss Classic with two more games on Saturday. South will take on Murray State at 10:30 a.m. and then face Nicholls State at 1 p.m.

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