MOBILE, Ala. | Ryley Harrison tossed her third shutout of the season and South Alabama scored a run in each of the first five innings Sunday as the Jaguars captured a 5-0 win on day three of the South Alabama Invitational held at Jaguar Field to extend their win streak to four games.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On the weekend: "This weekend was huge for us. We opened the season playing lights out, and then we hit a little bit of a dip where we were struggling and scuffling a little bit. To our players' credit, they got it turned around. These were good, solid teams we played this weekend. I thought for the most part that we fired on all cylinders. We were able to get great starting pitching all weekend. Our offense continued to keep its foot on the gas and apply pressure pretty much throughout the whole weekend."

- On Ryley Harrison: "I thought she was great. (North Alabama) is a very good offensive team. They entered today putting up a lot of runs and for her to keep them off balance and shut them out was huge. We had a lot of respect for them and knew what they were capable of doing offensively, so I'm proud of her for what she did today."

Junior RHP Ryley Harrison
- On her work in the circle: "I was just pounding the zone and was able to get ahead a lot. I was able to get the leadoff batter out most of the time, so when that happens, we are usually very successful. Our defense got fed a lot of ground balls and pop ups today, and they did a phenomenal job.

- On getting the run support: "This weekend, we were really honing in as a team on getting ahead and staying ahead. Our offense was really trying to add on runs each inning. In the circle, it helps you as a pitcher to know that you have those types of leads."

Key Moments
•    South Alabama (11-5) jumped out to the early lead with a run in the first after back-to-back doubles to left by Gracie Dees and Olivia Branstetter (USA, 1-0)
•    North Alabama (10-4) placed a pair on with one out in its half of the second, but Harrison (6-2) recorded back-to-back strikeouts to strand the runners and maintain the one-run lead
•    With those two strikeouts, Harrison would go on to record the next nine and 18 of the final 20 batters
•    The Jaguars tacked on another run in the third as Mambelli singled up the middle to score Lively – who had walked and stole second (USA, 3-0)
•    South Alabama scored a run for the fourth-straight inning on Branstetter's two-out, bases-loaded walk, plating Caitlyn Gavin, who had been hit by a pitch (USA, 4-0)
•    The Jaguars added their fifth and final run of the game in the fifth as pinch-hitter Kara Wine plated pinch runner Gracie McDonald with a sac fly to foul territory in right (USA)

Key Stats
•    Dees, Branstetter and Mambelli each recorded multiple hits for South Alabama
•    Branstetter reached base all four of her plate appearances as she was 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of RBI
•    Stagner posted her third home run of the spring and also walked as well
•    Harrison scattered five hits and struck out seven in her complete-game, shutout effort 

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the first series meeting between the two programs
•    Of South Alabama's 111 hits this season, 45 have gone for extra bases (41 percent)
•    The Jaguars have now homered in each of their last three games
•    Dees has had a hit in 13 of her last 14 games and has also scored a run in seven of her last nine
•    Branstetter has had a hit in eight of her last nine games
•    Stagner has had a hit in 10 of her last 12, and driven in a run eight of her last 11
•    With her third-inning walk, Lively extended her reached base safely streak to 16 games
•    Lively had a hit in 14 of her 16 games, and drawn a walk in nine of her last 13 games
•    Lively has scored a run in nine of her last 12 games, crossing the plate 12 times over that span 
•    Mambelli extended her six-game hit streak with her RBI-single in the third, and Lively also extended her hit streak to eight games
•    With her seven strikeouts, Harrison moved into 10th all-time at South Alabama in the career category as she has 165
•    Harrison retired the side in order three times in the game, and ended the second and third innings with strikeouts
•    Harrison (219.2) also moved into ninth-place in career innings pitched, passing former Jag Katy Neal (215.1, 2009-12) 
•    North Alabama's offense entered the game averaging over seven runs a contest, but were held scoreless for the first time this season
•    The shutout marked the first time in Harrison's career that the junior has done so in back-to-back games and was the seventh of her Jaguar career
•    In her last two starts, Harrison has struck out 13 batters with no walks in her 12 innings of work, and of the 10 hits allowed, only one, a double, has gone for extra bases

Up Next
•    South Alabama will compete next weekend at the Bulldog Classic in Athens, Ga. The Jaguars will open up play on Friday versus Georgia at 5 p.m. (CT).

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