Splitsville: Southern Drops three-game road series to Grambling

Amid a four-game losing streak, the Jags looked to shake back against heated rival Grambling State. In the SWAC West division, Southern resided in the middle of the pack and truly needed another positive series to increase their chances down the stretch. In their last appearance against the Tigers, Southern swept their opponents at home, and they looked for a repeat performance this time out.
The first game of the series was relatively quiet for both teams as both teams combined only scored only one run in the entire game. Grambling scored the lone run in the bottom of the fifth inning, but Southern was unable to score for the remainder of the game and lost the first game 1-0.
The second game was a more lively showing from both teams as the game’s score was much higher. The Jags opened up the game with a run in the first inning when freshman center infielder Alana Mark hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop, and that brought redshirt sophomore outfielder Lauren Parks home from third base. However, this score by the Jags would be the only run scored by the Jags, as they failed to score for the next six innings. The Tigers then responded to the Jag’s lone run with two in the first inning and another four additional runs in the next six innings. This offensive run grabbed the second game for Grambling at 6-1.
Although much more competitive, the third game also went to Grambling as they took that game 3-4. In this game, Southern saw contributions from Freshman infielder Alissa Castaneda who recorded two of the Jag’s three rbi’s. The third rbi came courtesy of Freshman pitcher Julia York who brought home a run off of a rbi single. With this loss, Grambling completed the sweep and split the season series with the Jags as well.
These losses have left the Jag’s in a peculiar place as they now rest at fifth in the SWAC West division. With just one conference series to go in the season, the Jags will look to finish strong against UAPB.