Safe and Sound Lady Jaguars slide past Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Win series 2-1

Coming off of a tough game against Southeastern on Wednesday, the Lady Jaguars were playing with a chip on their shoulder.
Southern University’s lady softball team beats the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff in a 3 game series, 2-1, this past weekend on the Lady Jaguar Field.
Southern slaughtered the Golden Lions on Saturday, beating them by a score of 12-4.
The Jags led 6-0 at the end of the second inning, however, the third inning was dominated by the Golden Lions after Makayla Hunter allowed a two run homer. UAPB finished the inning to only trail by two. Southern responded with a four run inning as Alicia Barajas went 3-for-3 with four runs scored.
Hailey Forbes of the Golden Lions allowed 10 runs and 6 hits. Kayleight Thomas of Southern allowed four runs on four hits in 2 innings while Tonnay Hawkins batted 2-for-3. Southern went on to win Friday’s game 12-4.
The Jaguars played back to back games on Saturday in order to close out the series against the Golden Lions. Southern dominated the first game just as they did the previous one beating UAPB 9-4. Sophomore catcher, Kiara Suttles rallied for the Jaguars smashing two home runs both early and late in the game. Four Southern players had two RBI in the game. Sophomore outfielder, Sydney Andrews and sophomore infielder Jamani Greer both had two RBI while Aguilar and Tonnay Hawkins went 2-for-4 for the Golden Lions. Maria Aguilar also helped cut into the Jaguars lead by a two run shot at the bottom of the third inning. Southern quickly responded with a two-run single by Adriane Robinson. The Jaguars went on to score three more runs which helped to close the game. Senior pitcher, Delphia Holmes allowed 10 hits and four runs. The Jaguars finished the game with 9-4.
The second game of the double header didn’t end the same way the previous games did. UAPB rallied and beat the jaguars 3-2. The game came down the seventh inning. The Golden Lions trailed 2-1 in the seventh inning before Aguilar received a RBI single. A RBI allowed Paige Garcia to give her team the lead and end the seventh inning with two home runs. Tiara Scott allowed five hits and six walks for Southern. Makayla Hunter pitched four innings with no activity for the jaguars. Kiara Suttles hit a solo home run but it wasn’t enough to allow Southern to come out with the win. The Lady Jaguars lost the game 3-2 but overall won the series.
They may have lost the battle, but overall the Lady Jaguars won the war.
Southern’s next game will be on Monday, April 25 against Grambling State University as a part of an away three game series.