MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama scored four runs in the first and Tori Miller and Ryley Harrison made those run hold up as the Jaguars picked up a 4-1 midweek victory over Nicholls Tuesday night at Jaguar Field.

The game also marked the 1,000th in program history for the Jags, who improved to 14-7 on the season.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On the game: "(Tori) Miller gave us a great start tonight. I thought she was efficient and when they tried to get something going in the fourth, she made pitches and didn't give up the big inning. (Ryley) Harrison gave us two solid innings on the back end to shut it down. Offensively, we had a big first inning and then pitching and defense made it stand. We have to do a better job of adjusting to the second pitcher, but we will address that in practice and get that part going."

Key Moments
•    With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the first, Lillie Stagner lined a three-run double to right scoring Gracie Dees (double) and Olivia Branstetter and Kayden Dunn, who had both walked (USA, 3-0) 
•    A wild pitch moved Stagner to third and one batter later, Caitlyn Gavin lined a single to left to plate the Jag shortstop and extend South's lead (USA, 4-0)
•    Nicholls (10-9) got on the board in the top of the fourth as with runners at the corners, Erin Krause lifted a sac fly to center, scoring Claire Sisco, who had doubled to lead off the inning (USA, 4-1)
•    The Colonels threatened to put another run on the board with a runner at third and two away in the top of the fifth, but Miller (4-0) struck out Laylin Sturm to end the inning – her eighth of the game to set a new career high for the senior
•     Harrison (1) entered the game in the sixth and retired all six batters she faced, striking out three, to pick up the save

Key Stats
•    Dees had a double and scored a run, while Branstetter walked twice and scored as well
•    Stagner led South with three RBI for her fourth multi-RBI game of the season
•    Sisco led the Colonels in the loss as she had two of their four hits and scored the lone run
•    In her five innings of work, Miller struck out eight and scattered the four hits
•    Jaguar pitching tied a season-high with the 11 strikeouts and did not allow a walk

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the 26th in the all-time series
•    South Alabama won its seventh-straight in the series and now leads the all-time series 20-6 and 11-2 in Mobile
•    The Jags improved to 11-1 when scoring first this spring
•    With the four-run first, South Alabama has now scored 22 runs in the opening frame, second-most in an inning: 28 – fifth inning
•    The double for Dees was her team-leading seventh of the spring and marked the seventh time in her last nine games, and the 16th time in her 21 games this spring that she has had a hit
•    With her first-inning walk, Branstetter has reached base safely in 12 of her last 14 games
•    Dunn has now reached base safely in six of her last nine, and Stagner has reached base safely in five of her last six games
•    The three RBI by Stagner were a new career high for the freshman
•    Presley Lively saw her 20-game, reached base safely streak come to an end
•    The one run scored marked just the fourth time this season that Nicholls has been held to a run or less
•    The save marked the third of Harrison's Jaguar career

Up Next
•    South Alabama will continue its homestand and host the Jaguar Classic this weekend. The Jaguars will take on Mississippi State at 3 p.m. and Samford at 5:30 p.m. on Friday to open tournament play.

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