It’s only the beginning Southern softball team shows promise

The Southern University softball team started off the season in high regards after defeating Rust College in their season opener and Langston College in the following games.
To say that life is easy is an understatement for Southern (3-3) for they are at even odds with their record and has a chance to go back to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship circle.
With playing Rust College, Southern obliterated Rust 22-0 and left Langston College in the dust 7-1 and then again 11-3.
When Southern found their struggle was against LSU-Alexandria on all three of their bouts and that’s when their streak fell.
In Brusly, Louisiana, Southern found their first struggle on February 20, 2016, found their non-conference schedule to be grueling.
LSU-Alexandria (7-3) scored their first run in the first inning and a bunt singled Emily Nolan in which Southern combatted in the bottom of the second inning and sailed sophomore catcher, Kiara Suttles with her home run to scale a tie.
Southern found their lucky advantage in the bottom of the third and led when senior infielder; Alicias Barajas scored a run after a bunt as well.
That lead however was scoured after LSU-Alexandria scored two more runs in the top of the fourth and edged the competition further.
The opposition left the Lady Jaguars empty in the backdrop during the fourth inning and LSU-Alexandria came back In the top of the fifth inning when Kimberly Gonzales sailed over home base in which her and Kennedy Beard scored two runs leading 5-2.
The Lady Jaguars captured two more runs to edge the score a bit closer 5-4 but at the top of the seventh, LSU-Alexandria barged far ahead when they captured 3 runs to sail ahead and capture the win.
LSU-Alexandria on that afternoon outhit Southern 16-5 and sent runners to home however late in the competition but effective.
After that diabocal, Southern on the same afternoon tried their moxie again and didn’t even come close to the positive dividend like their performance in the first matchup.
Southern fell 1-11 in which the positive was Suttles once again captured a run on the same afternoon and that was the last positive factor Southern reached.
On the bottom of the second, LSU-Alexandria scored 3 runs and after that they sent players scaling around the bases in each and every inning after that.
On the last trial and effort by Southern on February 21,2016 it came to be a certain one for Southern fell 7-9 but not without a fight.
LSU-Alexandria entered the diamond without a struggle when scoring three runs in the top of second inning and Southern didn’t find any reprieve.
That could’ve been said until the bottom of the third inning in which was a homerun frenzy when Barajas and Suttles charged the ball over the fence. This also sent junior outfielder, Bailey Rankins to home as well when Southern and LSU-Alexandria tied 3-3.
They met each others’ gaze after the tie in the fourth inning when both teams scored two runs a piece. It was a stare down of fates in which Southern attempted to pick up a positive.
After those two runs, LSU-Alexandria caught the lad by storm when having three women scale across the bases and leaving Southern in their fifth inning without reprieve leading 8-5.
Southern found the light in the darkness when they scored their two runs in the later part of the game however, it still didn’t match the intensity that LSU-Alexandria fed scoring three runs a piece in many of their innings.
But their fight was ever the mighty.