MOBILE, Ala. | Gracie Dees recorded her eighth multi-hit game of the spring Friday night as South Alabama evened the series with a 3-1 victory at Jaguar Field and held off a seventh-inning rally attempt by Texas State.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On the win: "Scape (Sydney Scapin) gave us a great start tonight. She kept Texas State off balance and got a lot of swing and misses. They are a very good offensive team, so to hold them down was impressive. Offensively, we did some good things and had some timely hitting. I thought we missed out on a few opportunities and could have pushed a few more across to extend the lead, but it ended up being enough. Tomorrow is a big game to decide the series."

Key Moments
•    After leaving runners on base each of the first two innings, South Alabama (24-16, 8-3 SBC) was able to scratch a pair of runs across the scoreboard in its half of the third
•    Brooklynn Bockhaus walked to leadoff the inning and two batters later, Dees doubled to left to put runners at second and third, and following a pitching change, Virginia Mambelli plated a run with a RBI ground out to first (USA, 1-0)
•    Olivia Branstetter was then hit by a pitch and Kara Wine lined a RBI-single through left side of infield after nine-pitch at-bat to score the second run of the inning (USA, 2-0)
•    Karmyn Bass lined a two-out double in the Texas State (23-16, 5-6 SBC) fourth – the first hit and baserunner allowed by Sydney Scapin (6-6) – and Aiyana Coleman was intentionally walked, but sophomore right-hander maintained the Jaguar lead with a line out to third to end the inning
•    In the bottom half of the inning, Presley Lively reached on a bunt single and Bockhaus (single) advanced to third on the play on a Bobcat throwing error, before coming home one batter later on Dees' sac fly to left (USA, 3-0)
•    Texas State broke up the shutout attempt in the seventh with a run on a bases-loaded walk drawn by Kat Zarate, but Ryley Harrison retired the final two batters in the frame to pick up her fourth save of the season and even the series

Key Stats
•    Dees was 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and a RBI
•    Wine also had a hit and drove in a run
•    Bockhaus reached base in both her plate appearances as she had an infield single and a walk, and scored a pair of runs
•    Scapin tossed six-plus innings in the circle allowing just six base runners – three hits, three walks – and struck out eight

Postgame Notes
•    The game marked the first official sell out of the spring at Jaguar Field
•    Dees has had a hit in five of her last eight – 15 of her last 22 – and scored a run and driven in a run in four of her last eight
•    The multi-hit game was the eighth of the season for Dees
•    Mambelli has reached base safely in a season-high nine-straight games, and 15 of her last 16, after the hit by pitch in the opening frame
•    With her third-inning walk, Bockhaus has now reached base in a career-best, four-straight games, and also scored in four straight
•    The third-inning double was the 13th of the season for Dees, moving her into sole possession of third place on South Alabama's freshman list
•    Lively has reached base safely in 11 of her last 12, and had a hit in nine of her last 11 games
•    The hit-by-pitch was the 24th career for Branstetter and her fourth of the season
•    Mambelli has driven in a run in five of her last eight, and nine of her last 13 games, while reaching base safely in 12 of her last 14
•    Wine has had either a hit, a walk or driven in a run in 21 of her last 26 games this spring
•    Ansleigh Smith has had a hit in four of her last seven
•    With her walk, Sydney Stewart has reached base safely in five of her last eight games
•    Harrison's four saves this spring are now tied with five other former Jags for second-most in a single season with the last coming during the 2021 season when Olivia Lackie did so
•    The four saves are also two saves shy of Hannah Campbell's single-season mark of six (2013)
•    The save was also the sixth of the season for the Jaguar pitching staff, matching the single-season mark set by the 2013 squad

Up Next
•    South Alabama will take on Texas State on Saturday in the series finale with first pitch versus the Bobcats set for 12 p.m.

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