MOBILE, Ala. | After giving up two runs in the top half of the inning, Virginia Mambelli delivered a two-out, pinch-hit, walk-off single to left to give South Alabama a 7-6 victory over West Georgia Friday on day one of the South Alabama Invitational held at Jaguar Field.

Senior 1B Kayden Dunn
- On her final at-bat: "Coach (Kristina) McCain called time out and just told me to let it happen and stick to my approach and not try to do too much. That's what I did."

- On what they can take from the game and improve on heading into Saturday: "I felt like we hit the ball better today. We need to make adjustments at the plate earlier in the game. We've been making adjustments a little late, so tomorrow we just need to make them quicker in the game."

Junior Infielder Virginia Mambelli
- On her approach during her game-winning, pinch-hit at-bat: "I was just trying to find a hole, that was my approach. I just wanted to find a hole somewhere. I knew I just needed a hit. I didn't want to try to over do it with a double or a homer. I just needed to find a hole."

Key Moments
•    West Georgia put up a pair of runs in the top of the first. After a hit batter and a walk to start the game, the two runners moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. 
•    Jenna Samuel plated the first run of the inning with a RBI single to right, and the Wolves then added their second run when South was unable to turn a double play with a runner at third (UWA, 2-0)
•    South Alabama answered right back with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning
•    Lillie Stagner lined a RBI-single to center, scoring Gracie Dees from second, who had lined a one-out single earlier in the frame (UWA, 2-1)
•    After Kara Wine walked to load the bases, Kayden Dunn tied the game back up (2-2) with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Olivia Branstetter (HBP), after a 12-pitch at-bat
•    With the bases loaded for the second-straight inning, Branstetter lined a three-run double to the gap in left center (USA 5-2), scoring Caitlyn Gavin (single), Edy Gavin (sac bunt E4) and Presley Lively (bunt single) scored
•    South added another run one batter later on Wine's RBI-single to right center, scoring Branstetter (USA, 6-2)
•    West Georgia again placed runners at second and third the next half inning after back-to-back singles and a wild pitch moved the runners, and scored twice on Madison McDonald's RBI-ground out to second (USA, 6-3), and a sac fly to center (USA, 6-4) by Megan Waites
•    The Wolves brought the tying run to the plate after back-to-back one-out singles in the seventh, and then tied the game back up (6-6) after a RBI ground out to third by Boyd, scoring Kristen Fowler for the first run, and then McDonald dropped in a bloop single in right to score Fowler and tie the game
•    The Wolves loaded the bases one batter later after a hit batter, but Ryley Harrison (4-2) was able get a line out to second and send it to the bottom half of the inning
•    With two outs, Dunn lined a triple that fell just inside the right field line, and Mambelli looped a single to shallow left, scoring pinch runner Gracie McDonald from third for the game winner (USA, 7-6)

Key Stats
•    Lively had a pair of hits and scored a run, while Dees also had a hit and a run
•    Branstetter reached three of her four plate appearances as she had a hit, a walk and was hit by a pitch, while also scoring twice and driving in three
•    Nos. 1-3 in the Jaguar lineup combined for four hits, a walk, a hit batter, three RBI and four runs scored
•    Dunn also had a triple and a RBI
•    Boyd had a pair of hits and walked for the Wolves, while scoring twice and driving in a run
•    Samuel had a pair of hits, drew a walk, scored once and drove in a run
•    South Alabama was 5-for-10 with runners in scoring position

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the first-ever in the all-time series
•    The walk-off win marked the third and the fourth final at-bat win of the spring for the Jaguars
•    Gracie Dees has had a hit in 10 of her last 11 games, and she has scored a run in five of her last seven
•    The hit-by-pitch in the first inning for Branstetter was the 22nd of her career, passing Amanda Minahan (21, 2014-17) and Christin Crocker (21, 2009-12) for sole possession of fourth on the list
•    Lively has had a hit in 11 of her 13 games and reached base safely in all every game this spring
•    The multi-hit game was the third of the season for Lively and the 14th of her career
•    Lively has scored a run in six of her last nine games, crossing the plate nine times over that span
•    The three-run double for Branstetter in the second inning marked the 22nd of her Jaguar career
•    Branstetter has now had a hit in five of her last six
•    The three RBI by Branstetter matched a career best and was her 14th career multi-RBI game
•    Mambelli has had a hit in each of her last three pinch-hit appearances
•    Dunn has had a hit in six of her last 10 games
•    Seven of Dunn's eight hits this spring have gone for extra bases 
•    Stagner has had a hit in nine of her last 11, and driven in a run seven of her last 10
•    Wine has had a hit in nine of her 13 outings, and driven in a run in four of her last seven

Up Next
•    South Alabama will continue play at the South Alabama Invitational on Saturday with a pair of games, taking on Loyola-Chicago (2 p.m.) and UT Martin (7 p.m.) at Jaguar Field.

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