MOBILE, Ala. | Kara Wine's insurance home run in the bottom of the sixth proved to be the difference as South Alabama held off Troy's seventh-inning rally to complete the series sweep Sunday afternoon with the 5-4 victory at Jaguar Field.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On the finale win: "I thought today was huge. We got the early runs, which it's always good to score first, but we were also able to tack on the last two with the long ball, and that was a big deal for us. I thought (Troy pitcher Abby) Lovell came in and did a good job for them. For the most part, she shut us down except for the two home runs. It's nice with us because when you have speed and power, you can get it done offensively in a couple different ways. Those two runs at the end ended up being huge for us. Troy's a talented team, and I give our players a lot of credit, because I felt they played really hard and competed the entire time."

- On the defensive plays: "Some of the plays we made on defense were outstanding. The throw from (Gracie) Dees from right field was an elite play. (Presley Lively) Peanut's throw from center field to get the runner at the plate was big. They never flinched. Those were just compete and you're not going to beat me types of mentalities on those plays."

- On the mentality: "I'm very proud of our effort all weekend. It's easy to kind of sit back and be happy with yourself when you win the first two (games of a series), I told them before the game that we can't be complacent, and we had to keep them (Troy) down."

- On the schedule ahead this week: "This is going to be a really tough week with Auburn coming here and then us heading to ULM next weekend, who is playing really well. We know we are going to have our hands full, so we need to continue to grind and get after it."

Freshman C Kara Wine
- On getting the win on Sunday to complete the sweep: "It meant a lot to us to get the series sweep. I'm a freshman, but I know how big the rivalry is between South Alabama and Troy. For us to sweep it was big."

- On getting the job done in different ways: "It's great for our offense and defense to be able to back up our pitchers. Ryley (Harrison) and Sydney Scapin did a great job out there. To have the defense and offense back them up is a great thing."

Key Moments
•    Troy (16-10, 0-3 SBC) placed a pair on with one out in the opening frame, but Ryley Harrison (10-4) was able to get an infield fly and then struck out Megan Loftis looking to end the inning
•    South Alabama (19-11, 3-0 SBC) pushed across three runs in the bottom of the first manufacturing a run and then taking advantage of a Trojan error for two unearned runs
•    Reganied Franka was hit by a pitch to begin the inning, and the junior eventually moved to third after a wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt by Presley Lively before coming in on Gracie Dees' RBI groundout (USA, 1-0)
•    Virginia Mambelli double to left center, and pinch runner Gracie Jo Ward scored from second (USA, 2-0) after Olivia Branstetter reached on a throwing error 
•    Kara Wine walked on four straight out of the zone to put a pair on and Branstetter scored from second on Lillie Stagner's RBI-single to center (USA, 3-0)  
•    The Trojans pushed across runs in their halves of the second and third, scoring the first on a bases-loaded walk by Makaley Boswell (USA, 3-1), and then cutting the Jag advantage to one on McKinnion Howard's RBI-double to let center (USA, 3-2) 
•    Dees prevented any further damage in the third as the freshman threw out Mckinnion trying to advance to third on batter later on a fly out to right to end the inning
•    With one out in the Jaguar third, Olivia Branstetter drove a 2-0 pitch over the wall in left center to extend the lead to two (USA, 4-2)
•    Troy threatened to answer back with another run in the fourth as Presley Ivey attempted to score from second on Makaley Boswell's single back up the middle, but Presley Lively threw out Ivey at the plate, marking the second-straight inning the Jags threw out a runner to end an inning
•    Ella Cunningham trimmed South's lead to one on a one-out, solo home run to center (USA, 4-3), and Troy attempted to do tie the game or take the lead after back-to-back singles and fielder's choice loaded bases, but Harrison was able to get a fly out to center to end the inning and maintain the one-run lead
•    Wine added some insurance as she led off the sixth with a solo shot – her third of the season – which hit high off the scoreboard in left center (USA, 5-3)
•    The run would prove to be huge as Cunningham led off the seventh with her second home run of the game, this one to left (USA, 5-4)
•    Troy put the tying run in scoring position on Howard's one-out double to shallow left, but Sydney Scapin retired the final two batters with a strike out and a pop up to first to seal the win and pick up her second save of the spring

Key Stats
•    Dees, Branstetter, Wine, and Stagner were all credited with RBI in the win
•    Branstetter also scored twice for South Alabama
•    Troy was paced offensively by Howard's 4-for-4 performance, while Cunningham homered twice
•    The Trojans out-hit the Jags 12-5, but left nine runners on base, and were just 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position

Postgame Notes
•    With the win, South Alabama improves to 37-21 in the all-time series and 20-7 at Jaguar Field 
•    The series sweep marks the eighth time the Jaguars have done so in the series 
•    South Alabama has now homered in four-straight games, and seven of its last nine
•    The four-game streak with at least one home run is the first since doing so in five straight games last season, and is tied for the 13th-longest streak in program history
•    Franka has reached base safely in eight straight games
•    Dees RBI in five of her last eight, driving in eight runs over that stretch
•    Mambelli has reached base safely in eight of her last nine, has had a hit in 16 of her last 22, and driven in a run in six of her last nine
•    Stagner had a hit and driven in a run in four of her last five games
•    Wine has had either a hit, a walk or driven in a run in 14 of her last 16 games, and has had a hit and driven in a run in each of her last four games
•    Lively has reached base safely in five of her last six, and now has three outfield assists
•    The home run for Branstetter was her third of the season, and over her first two seasons at South, she had had three total
•    Cunningham (Troy) is the fourth opposing player to hit multiple home runs in the same game against the Jags this season

Up Next
•    South Alabama will host Auburn on Tuesday with first pitch versus the Tigers set for 5 p.m. at Jaguar Field.

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