LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn Baseball honored its seniors Saturday afternoon at McGowan Stadium with a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series finale against Alabama State, with the Braves dropping a 14-10 contest in Lorman, Mississippi. For Alcorn, it was also the final game of the 2026 campaign.
 
Prior to the game, Alcorn paid thanks to seniors Rayfield Adams III, Hunter Bell, Myles Dews and Hayden Konkler, along with graduate students Jaylyn Bennett and Garrett Oswald.
 
Alcorn (9-42, 3-25 SWAC) starter Kanious Davis was chased from the mound after just 2.2 innings, surrendering four earned runs on two hits while walking four. The right-hander, who entered the day at 3-4, absorbed his fifth loss of the season.
 
Alabama State (30-21, 20-10 SWAC) struggled with Davis early on, but the second time through the lineup proved to be the difference.
 
After falling behind 1-0 in the first on a Jaylyn Bennett RBI double that scored Davis himself, the Hornets erupted for four runs in the third inning. Devin Chandler's two-run double and Miguel Oropeza's RBI double did the damage, and a wild pitch later in the frame pushed the lead to 4-1.
 
The homestanding Braves battled back with a pair of runs in the home-half of the third.
 
Bennett, who had a strong afternoon at the plate, ripped a triple to center to score senior Rayfield Adams III, and then scored himself when Alabama State starter Joe Dolinshek uncorked a balk.
 
That allowed the Purple and Gold to get within 4-3.
 
The Hornets tacked on single runs in the fourth and seventh, and then blew the game open with a six-run eighth inning. First baseman Miguel Oropeza, who went 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the contest, delivered a three-run double down the left-field line that pushed the lead to 12-4. Niguel Jenkins followed with an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 14-4.
 
Dolinshek earned the win for Alabama State, going 5.1 innings and allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits.
 
However, the Braves refused to pack it in.
 
Alcorn scored two in the eighth on RBI singles from Chance Jackson and Davis, and then mounted a spirited four-run rally in the ninth.
 
Adrian Vallescorbo, Jackson, and Jamir Hollway all drove in runs during the final frame, with Hollway delivering a two-run single through the right side that made it a 14-9 game. Davis, fittingly, capped the scoring with an RBI single to center that brought the final deficit to four.
 
It was a classic Davis day despite the rough start on the mound, as he finished 4-for-6 with two RBIs at the plate, proving his power as a two-way player for the Purple and Gold.
 
Bennett also turned in a standout performance for Alcorn, going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two RBIs, and two stolen bases before exiting in the ninth to a standing ovation – similarly to Adams who was substituted in order to receive a standing ovation one last time from the McGowan Stadium crowd.
 
Jackson chipped in with a 2-for-4 effort that included two RBIs of his own.
 
For the seniors, it was a bittersweet sendoff at McGowan.
 
The final score wasn't what anyone on the Alcorn side had hoped for, but the fight shown in the late innings was a reflection of the character that has defined this group throughout their careers in a Braves uniform.
 
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