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Box Score 2 LORMAN - Head Coach Priscilla Arzaga and her Lady Braves softball team took their first series of the season in a key SWAC East matchup against Alabama State 2-1 this afternoon at the Alcorn State Softball Complex.
The Lady Braves lost game one today but fought back to take game two and the series led by
Alexandria Harris.
Game 1: Alabama State 11, Lady Braves 6In game one today, the Lady Braves allowed Alabama State to go ahead early in the first 4-0 on a few RBI singles.
The Lady Hornets scored the next two innings to push their lead to 10-1 going into the bottom of the third. Harris was a key part of nearly every run on the weekend scoring the first run for the Lady Braves on a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the third Harris hit a three-RBI triple to cut the lead to 10-4 but the damage was done in the early parts of the game.
The Lady Hornets would score one more run in the sixth to make the score 11-4. Harris and Chqueta "Nikki Givens each hit an RBI single to give the Braves a little hope in the last inning but it wasn't enough.
Game 2: Lady Braves 7, Alabama State 3After being down 3-0 up until the third inning, the Lady Braves picked up the slack and started playing some ball.
Adriana Gutierrez led off the bottom of the third inning with a single. Two batters later freshman Jessie Gressley hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 3-2. Immediately after Gressley's homerun, Harris stepped up and delivered with another homerun over the left field side to even the score at 3-3.
Gressley and Harris went to work once again the bottom of the fifth. After Gressley's lead off double, Harris hit a line drive over center field for a two-run homerun giving the Lady Braves their first lead 5-3.
Shivonne Marshall got into the act in the bottom of the sixth leading off with a bunt and beating out the throw for a single. Gutierrez singled right after Marshall and Givens followed with a RBI single to score Marshall making the score 6-3. The Lady Braves would score their final run on a stolen base by Gutierrez.
Harris finished the weekend with 10 RBIs, eight hits, four doubles, scored three runs, and hit two homeruns on nine at bats.
The Lady Braves wrap up SWAC play next weekend against Alabama A&M on the "Reservation" beginning Friday at 2 p.m.
