Alcorn State Moves One Step Closer to SWAC Softball Tournament Championship Game
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Alcorn State Moves One Step Closer to SWAC Softball Tournament Championship Game

Courtesy: SWAC.org

Box Score 1 Alcorn State 9, Mississippi Valley State 4
Alcorn State moved one step closer to the SWAC Softball Tournament Championship game, downing Mississippi Valley State 9-4 to eliminate the Devilettes from the tournament.

The Lady Braves (18-26) quickly built a 6-0 lead at the end of three, thanks in part to a two-run double by ADRIANA GUTIERREZ in the second inning and two RBI base hits – and double in the first and a single in the second – by TAYLOR HUGHES. Hughes went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored.

MVSU (15-29) tacked on two runs in the fourth thanks to a two-run double by Deja Talton, but Alcorn got those runs back with a two-run double by VICTORIA TYLER, who later picked up a RBI via sac fly.

Paige Breal (15-12) won her third game of the tournament, striking out nine and allowing four runs on seven hits. The Lady Braves will face Texas Southern Saturday at 10 a.m., with the winner advancing to the championship game against Alabama State.


Alcorn State 8, Alabama A&M 1 Box Score
Lady Braves pitcher Paige Breal fanned 13 hitters as Alcorn State eliminated Alabama A&M 8-1 from the 2016 SWAC Softball Tournament.

AAMU (12-35) struck first with a Tiana Sanders home run in the first, but from that point, Breal and the Lady Braves were able to hold the Lady Bulldogs scoreless as Alcorn's COURTENAY HOLT smacked a two-run homer to make the game 3-1, and SHAMBERLYNN ALOP hit a solo shot to help extend the Lady Braves' advantage. TAYLOR HUGHES hit a two-run double as part of a three-run sixth inning that closed the game for ALCN (17-26).

Breal (14-12) surrendered only four hits in the contest. Hughes was 2-for-2 with three RBI.
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