MEDIA AND LIVE STATS
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GAME INFORMATION
Site: Dot Hicks Field (Huntington, W. Va.)

South Alabama (26-19, 10-5 SBC) vs. No. 25 Marshall (32-11, 13-2 SBC)
Game 1
Date: Friday, April 17
Time: 5 p.m. (CT)

Game 2
Date: Saturday, April 18
Time: 2 p.m. (CT)

Game 3
Date: Sunday, April 19
Time: 11 a.m. (CT)

NOTES
•    The three meetings this weekend will mark the first in the series in Huntington
•    Ryley Harrison (12-9, 5 SV) ranks in the Top 10 in the league in earned run average (seventh – 2.51), innings pitched (third – 148.0), strikeouts (third – 134), strikeouts looking (fourth – 33), wins (t-sixth), and is tied for the league lead in saves
•    Her five saves are also tied for fifth-most in the nation entering play this week
•    Harrison has 11 complete games and four, complete-game shutouts, which is tied for tied for 19th nationally, this spring
•    Sydney Scapin's .218 opponent's batting average is second lowest in the SBC, as the sophomore is 8-7 on the year
•    As a staff, South Alabama leads the SBC in shutouts (10), which is tied for 18th in the nation, and strikeouts looking (70) and third in strikeouts (261) 
•    In Sun Belt play, the Jaguar pitching staff has been outstanding, posting a 1.83 ERA, while holding league opponents to a .209 batting average, both of which are the lowest in SBC play
•    Gracie Dees (.292) has a team-best 20 extra-base hits, including 15 doubles which leads the conference and are tied for 13th most in the NCAA
•    Dees is two doubles shy of matching Victoria Ortiz's (17, 2019) single-season, freshman doubles record at South Alabama, and also one double shy of tying Gabby Stagner (16, 2023) for third-most doubles in a season and two doubles shy of equaling the program's single-season mark held by Ortiz and Brittani Reed (17, 2019)
•    Virginia Mambelli leads the team in batting average (.364), home runs (6) and RBI (25), and the junior currently hold a 14-game on base streak
•    In Sun Belt play, Mambelli ranks in the Top 10 in on-base percentage (.509 - seventh) and OPS (1.220 - eighth)
•    Olivia Branstetter has been outstanding in SBC play as she holds a .364 batting average against conference foes
•    Dees and Branstetter have 24 RBI each, while Lillie Stagner has driven in 21
•    Presley Lively (.313) leads the SBC in triples (7) and is tied with three other players for most in the nation in the category
•    The trio of Lively (28), Branstetter (24) and Dees (20) have scored nearly half of the Jags' 170 runs scored this season
•    Of Kara Wine's 19 RBI this spring, 11 have come in SBC play

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