MONROE, La. | Presley Lively recorded a pair of extra-base hits and scored a pair of runs, while Ryley Harrison held ULM to one run on five hits Sunday afternoon as South Alabama took the series finale, 5-1 over the Warhawks at the ULM Softball Stadium.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On getting the win: "I'm proud of the players for digging in today and bouncing back from the last two days. The offense had timely hits, and Ryley (Harrison) dug in and pitched out of some big situations. The defense was solid behind her. We need to build off of this going into the week."

Sophomore OF Presley Lively
- On staying aggressive on offense: "It was big for us to not let up and sit on the first run in the first inning. Yesterday, we did that and it came back to bite us, so it was big for us to stay focused and aggressive at the plate, and take out their starter."

- On her day at the plate: "I just tried to be aggressive early because I knew their pitcher was going to give me a pitch to hit. I think the first inning gave us some life and energy that we've been lacking the last few games."

Key Moments
•    Lively led off the game with a double off the base of the wall in left, and South Alabama (20-14, 4-2 SBC) loaded the bases with one out after a walk to Virginia Mambelli and a ULM error, before Kara Wine reached on a RBI-fielder's choice, scoring Lively (USA, 1-0)
•    ULM (19-15 answered back with a run in the bottom half of the inning as Megan Brown lined a triple that fell just inside the right field line and Morgan Brown followed with a RBI double to left to tie the game up (1-1) 
•    The Warhawks threatened to take the lead their next time up as Carys Platt lined a two-out triple to left – the third extra-base hit of the game for ULM – and Brooklin Lippert walked and then stole second, but Harrison (11-6) was able to get a ground out to second to end the threat
•    Lively led off the top of the third with a triple to center – her fifth of the season and the 10th of her career – and one batter later, the Jag center fielder came home on Gracie Dees sacrifice fly to right (USA, 2-1)
•    Lillie Stagner battled back from an 0-2 count to work it full before drawing the walk to start the fourth for the Jags, and after Sydney Stewart bounced a single through the left side of the infield, both were sacrificed over by Brooklynn Bockhaus – her fourth sacrifice of the season and the 16th of her career
•    Ansleigh Smith then dropped in a two-run double out of the reach of a diving effort by Platt in shallow right (USA, 4-1) 
•    Gracie Dees lined a one-out double in the top of the seventh – her 11th of the season – and Mambelli then plated the freshman right fielder with a double of her own, this one to the gap in left center (USA, 5-1)

Key Stats
•    Lively was 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and a triple while also scoring a pair of runs in the win
•    Smith also had a double and drove in two, while Dees, Mambelli and Wine plated the three other runs
•    After going hitless with runners on third and less than two outs on Saturday, the Jaguars were a perfect 3-for-3 in those opportunities on Sunday
•    Harrison scattered five hits in the complete game effort as she forced ULM to leave seven runners on base, and the Warhawks were just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position
•    All five of ULM hits went for extra-base – three doubles and two triples
•    Mo. Brown and Platt were each 2-for-3 in the loss

Postgame Notes
•    Lively has reached base safely in nine of her last 11, and had a hit in five-straight games, and eight of her last 10
•    The multi-hit game for Lively her sixth of the season and the 17th of her Jaguar career
•    The third-inning triple was Lively's 10th of her career, moving her into a tie for the career lead at South in the category with Amanda Minahan (2014-17), Emily Messer (2013-16), and Brittany Fowler (2010-13)
•    Mambelli has reached base safely in 11 of her last 13, including 10 games with a hit
•    Mambelli has had a hit in 18 of her last 26, and driven in a run in eight of her last 13
•    Mambelli has 14 games with both a hit and a RBI this spring
•    Wine has had either a hit, a walk or driven in a run in 17 of her last 20 games
•    Dees has had a hit in 11 of her last 16 – including five of her last eight – and has recorded at least one hit in 24 of last her last 32 games
•    The multi-RBI game for Smith was the third of her career
•    Gracie McDonald has scored 12 runs off the bench this spring as a pinch runner
•    Branstetter has reached base safely in five of her last six
•    Harrison's strikeout of Kovar to begin the bottom of the sixth was the 216th of her career and moved her into eighth place all time at South, passing Morgan Druhan (215, 2010-11)

Up Next
•    South Alabama will travel to Auburn for a midweek matchup with first pitch versus the Tigers set for 6 p.m. at Jane B. Moore Field.

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