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Jaguar Softball Wins To Close Out The Mardi Gras Classic

Jaguar softball wins four straight to close out the Mardi Gras Classic at Jaguar Field in Mobile Alabama.

Jaguar Recap

Friday- Game one the Jags lose to Missouri State 3-1.

Friday- Game two Jags win 9-0 versus Mississippi Valley St

Saturday- Game one Jags win 10-0 vs Missouri St.

Saturday- Game two Jags win 4-1 vs Rutgers. Jenna Hardy pitched 7 innings giving up one run on five hit’s striking out six, and walking one on 105 pitches.

Sundays game was more of the same. South Alabama beats Rutgers 4-0. Olivia Lackie picks up the win and is now 3-2 on the year. Olivia pitched 4 innings of shut out ball, giving up 2 hits striking out 4 on 48 pitches. Lackie’s ERA is now down to 1.77 on the young season. Jenna Hardy came in for 3 innings of relief and also gave up no runs. Hardy gave up 3 hits striking out 2 on 54 pitches. Jenna’s ERA has dropped to 1.67.

South got the scoring started in the bottom of the second. Victoria Ortiz singled to right on the 2-2 pitch.

Gabby Stagner steps up next and hits the 1-0 pitch to center field for a 2 run home run, scoring Ortiz. The Jags would lead 2-0 after 2 innings.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning. Meredith Keel singled on a 3-2 pitch to second base. Keel would advance to second on a wild pitch. After the Odalys Cordova and Sasha Wllem were retired for two outs in the inning. Victoria Ortiz came to the plate and hit a RBI single to first base on the 0-1 pitch. Keel would advance to third on the play and Ortiz would take second on the throw. Gabby Stagner came up next and delivered a 2 RBI single to left center field scoring both Keel and Ortiz. Jags lead 4-0 at the end of the 3rd inning.

That lead would hold up for the rest of the game. Jag win 4-0 improving their record to 5-4 overall. Extending their winning streak to 4 games, and improving their home record to 4-1 on the year.

Next up

South Alabama travels to Lake Charles, Louisiana for a Tuesday game against McNeese State at 5 pm.

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Jaguar Baseball Splits Double Header

South Alabama Jaguar baseball splits a double header versus Eastern Kentucky as part of the Jaguar Classic. In the first game the Jaguars would fall 2-0. The Jaguars had a chances in game one but couldn’t capitalize on them. Gehrig Conrad would take the loss for the Jags, giving up 1 run on three hits. Conrad pitched 5 innings walking three and striking out five.

In game two thing changed, big time. The Jags would score early and often.

In the bottom of the 2nd. Diego Altamirano would strike out for out 1. Cole Ketzner walked Colson Lawrence would single to right and Ketzner advanced to third. Tyler Borges struck out swinging for out 2. Lawrence stole 2nd. JG Bell would hit a 2 RBI single to the right side. Erick Orbeta would ground out 2 second to end the inning Jags lead 2-0.

In the bottom of the 3rd the Jags would get a run on an Altamirano hit an RBI single to center scoring Will Turner. Jags led 3-0.

In the bottom of the 4th, Orbeta would hit an RBI double to left, scoring Boges on the play. After a Will Turner walk to load the bases, Mitchell Heer was hit by the pitch and picked up the RBI scoring Orbeta. South Alabama would lead 5-0 at that point.

Eastern Kentucky would pick up a run in the inning The Jags still led 5-1

In the bottom of the fifth. Borges would reach on a throwing error, scoring Lawrence who had singled and reached second after a wild pitch. Borges would score on a wild pitch. Bell would score on another wild pitch. Altamirano hit a bases loaded RBI single to center field, scoring Thrasher and the bases would remain loaded. After an Eastern Kentucky pitching change. With one out Cole Ketzner would hit a 2 RBI double down the line scoring HEER and Turner. The Jags would break it open leading 11-1

South Alabama would keep the scoring going in the bottom of the 6th on a Will Turner 3 RBI triple scoring Thrasher Orbeta and Bell. Heer would then hit an RBI sac fly to right scoring Turner. Jags increase the lead to 15-1.

Eastern Kentucky would have a big inning in the top of the 7th the would pick up 6 runs on 4 hits. That would cut the Jaguars lead to 9 (15-6)

Then the wheels would really fall off for Eastern Kentucky in the bottom of the 7th. The Jags would get an RBI single to right from Orbeta scoring Borges. The next batter Thrasher would walk to load the bases. Turner would get an RBI single to center scoring Bell. The bases would remain loaded with nobody out. The next batter, Heer walked picking up the RBI scoring Orbeta. After an EKU pitching change, the next batter Altamirano would get the RBI bases loaded walk scoring Thrasher. Ketzner was next up with bases still loaded and nobody out. Ketzner would get an RBI single to right down the line scoring Turner from 3rd. Donaldson would pop out for out number one. Borges got a RBI bases loaded walk scoring Heer. Bell lined out to center for a RBI sac fly scoring Altamirano for out number 2. The next batter up Orbeta would get the bases again after being hit by the pitch. Thrasher would walk next on 4 straight pitches. The next batter to come up, Turner was hit by the pitch that scored Borges Turner picked up an RBI. Heer walked on 4 more pitches picking up the RBI scoring Orbeta. After another pitching change for Eastern Kentucky Altamirano wold get another bases loaded walk and RBI scoring Thrasher. Ketzner would pop out to end the inning. The Jags would pick up 11 runs on just 3 hits in the inning. They lead 26 -6.

In the top of the eighth Eastern Kentucky would go down 1-2-3. The game would end there in the bottom of the 8th.

The South Alabama Jaguars score 26 runs total of Eastern Kentucky pitching, 24 of those runs were earned runs. The Jags would earn 20 walks and 6 were batters hit by Eastern Kentucky pitchers.

Next up The Jaguars are now 2-1 on the season, and will take on UAB to close out the Jaguar Classic Sunday at 3pm

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Jaguar Men’s Basketball Remains Red Hot.

South Alabama Jaguar men’s basketball remains red hot. The Jaguars came away with their second straight 30 plus point victory. South humiliated first place Southern Miss on Thursday winning by 31. The Jags took it one step further by beating the Warhawks of Louisiana Monroe by 36 points, the final 81-45. Which was the Jaguars largest Sun Belt Conference victory in 15 years when the Jaguars beat Ex-Sun Belt member Denver by 38 ( 71-33)

To make the accomplishment even more memorable. It happened on Senior Day.

The Jags got off to a slow start, which hasn’t been the case for the pat hand full of games. South was down 6 points 10-4 at the 13;29 mark of the 1st half. After a timeout where Coach Richie Riley challenged his team, they responded by going on a 15-0 run. During that run the Jags would both tie the game at ten at the 12:20 mark and balloon a lead to 9 points 19-10 with 9:39 remaining in the 1st half. South would continue to build on the lead getting it as high as 25 with 2;03 remaining in the half. That lead would stay nearly intact as the Jags led by 24 at halftime 44-20.

In the second half it was more of the same. South Alabama kept its foot on the gas. The lead would increase throughout the rest of the game. It would get as high as 39 with 1:37 left to play, before ending the game as a 36 point victory.

The Jags were led by…

Greg Paham II- who came off the bench and, played 25 minutes had 19 points and 1 rebound.

Jamar Franklin- who also came off the bench, and played 23 minutes had 12 points and 3 rebounds.

Judah Brown- who got the start had 12 point (all from behind the 3 point line) with 2 rebounds and played 25 minutes.

Owen White had 10 points and 9 rebounds

Isaiah Moore- finished with 8 points and 3 rebounds

South Alabama shot 56.1 % overall and 50% from behind the 3 point line.

The Jaguars improved their record to 15-14 and 8-8 in the conference. South Alabama has won 4 in a row and 7 out of their last 8. The Jags have climbed in the standings and would now be the 7th seed in the tournament, if it was played today. They are getting hot at the right time.

Next up for Jaguar basketball

The Jags are on the road for the final two games of the regular season. The Jags travel to Texas St Wednesday at 7pm and then Lafayette on Friday to take on the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. This game will be nationally televised on ESPN 2 at 8pm to close out the regular season schedule.

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Jaguar Women’s Basketball Loses At Texas St

South Alabama women’s basketball lost at Texas St. on Saturday the final 77-57. It was the last road game of the season for the Jaguars.

South Alabama, who is stuck in last place, would get the scoring started early. The Jags would grab a quick 6-0 lead and then lead 9-2 just three minutes into the 1st quarter. The Bobcats who are in 3rd place in the Sun Belt would close the gap to two points 15-13 at the end of the quarter.

Texas St. would grab the lead at 19-17 with 6:51 left in the second quarter. Then, the Bobcats would again take the lead, this time for good 22-20 with 5:43 remaining in the second quarter. By halftime the Jags would trail by 10 the score was 35-25.

In the second half the Texas St lead would balloon to 23 points with 1:11 left in the game. The Jags would close the gap to 20 points with twenty six seconds left in the game.

The Jags were led in scoring by…

Kelsey Thompson- 23 points 1 rebound and shot 33% from behind the 3 point line.

Kiana Anderson- 8 points and 9 rebounds. In 27 minutes of playing time.

Casey Ferguson- 6 points her points came on 3’s , shooting 50% from 3 point line. (2-4)

The Jaguars as a team shot 41.7% for the game. and 36.4% behind the 3 point line. South did out rebound the Bobcats 29-28, and out scored the Bobcat’s off the bench 20-11.

Texas St. shot 51.7% overall and 47.8% from the 3 point line.

The Jaguars are currently in last place in the Sun Belt, with a 6-21 record overall and 2-14 in conference play. The still have two more chances to get out of the 14th slot before tournament play begins. The final two regular season games are at home where South Alabama has picked up 5 of their 6 wins. Wednesday 2/22 the Jags play Georgia Southern and Friday 2/26 when Troy comes to Mobile. Both tips are set for 7 pm.

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South Alabama Baseball Hosts The Jaguar Classic

South Alabama baseball opens the 2023 season at Stanky Field, as the Jags host the Jaguar Classic. On day one of the classic the Jags took on Northwestern State. South Alabama would win. The final score 3-2.

Jeremy Lee made his 2023 pitching debut, after missing last year due to an injury. Lee did not disappoint, pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up 2 hits on two unearned runs striking out 8.

Northwestern State got the scoring started with two outs in the top of the 6th. taking a 2-0 lead.

The Jags would answer back in the bottom of the 6th. Colson Lawrence singled to left. Lawerence then stole 2nd on the next pitch. Will Turner walks and Mitchell Heer singles to center. Lawerence would score on a wild pitch. Jags trailed at the end of the 6th innings 2-1.
The Jags would continue to score in the bottom of the 7th. Joseph Sullivan was able to score on a wild pitch tying the game 2-2. Will Turner would single to center scoring Lawerence. The Jags would lead 3-2.

Mathew DeLano would get the win coming into relieve Lee. Delano pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out 2 on no hits and no runs. Grant Wood would pick up the save for the Jags. Jaguar pitchers only gave up 2 hits on the day.

South Alabama is 1-0 on the season despite playing some sloppy defense. Trey Lewis has 4 errors in the game at shortstop and Diego Altamirano had one at catcher.

The paid attendance for the game was 1,217 people.

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South Alabama Softball Hosts The Mardi Gras Classic

South Alabama Softball opened up the home schedule by hosting the Mardi Gras Classic. The Jags went 1-1 on day 1 of the classic, losing game one 3-1 vs Missouri State. Then in game two The Jaguars beat Mississippi Valley State 9-0 in 5 innings.

In game one versus Missouri State. All of the scoring happened in the 4th inning. In the top of the 4th Missouri State started the scoring when Kelsie Lewis hits a 3 run home run off of Jags starter Jenna Hardy.

In the bottom of the 4th Mackenzie Brasher singles on the first pitch of the inning. Marley Sims singled on the 1-0 pitch to center field. Sims advanced to second on the throw home, in which Brasher was thrown out at the plate.

Meredith Keel singled to center on the first pitch off her at bat scoring Sims on the play. Gabby Stagner walks sending Keel to second. Stephanie Gonzalez grounds out on the sac bunt for out number two moving both runners up. Odalys Cordova filed out to center ending the threat. Unfortunately, that is as close as the Jags would get.

With the loss Hardy drops to 0-2 on the year. Overall, Jenna pitched well, with the exception of the 4th.

Her line was 7 innings 3 hits and 3 runs all earned, walking 2 and striking out 11 on 111 pitches.

Game Two

In the second game Mississippi Valley State would play the Jaguars.

The Jags would start the scoring off in the bottom of the first. Mackenzie Brasher singled to shortstop. Brasher would then steal second and advance to third on a throwing error by the catcher.

Meredith Keel would single on the 1-2 pitch to center, picking up the RBI scoring Brasher. Sasha Willem flied out to center for out one. Keel would then steal 2nd on the first pitch to Odalys Cordova. On the next pitch (1-0) Cordova would hit an RBI triple to right field scoring Keel from second.

Stagner would then double on an 0-2 pitch, knocking in Cordova. South led 3-0 with only 1 out. Victoria Ortiz reach on an error by the 1st baseman. Stagner would advance to 3rd on the play. Shelby Garrett walked on 5 pitches to load the bases. Bailey Welch walked and picked up the RBI when Stagner scored. The Jaguars led 4-0 still only 1 out. Next batter Marley Sims walked and picked up the RBI scoring Ortiz 5-0 Jaguars lead. Mackenzie Brasher reach on the third error of the inning by Mississippi Valley. Picking up a RBI scoring Garrett on the play. South Alabama opens up a 6-0 lead. Meredith Keel would line into a double play on the 1st pitch of her second at bat of the inning. Ending the inning with the Jaguars leading 6-0.

In the bottom of the second, South Alabama pick up where they left off the inning before. With 1 out Odalys Cordova would single to left, and stole second before Stagner hit a double to right center scoring Cordova. Victoria Ortiz would hit an rbi sac fly to left field scoring Cordova. The Jags would lead 7-0 at the end of the second inning.

In the bottom of the 3rd the Jags would continue to hammer Mississippi Valley State. South Alabama would pick up 2 more runs that inning. One run came on a double steal by Mackenzie Brasher who stole second, and Marley Sims, who stole home after stealing 2nd on a previous pitch. Meredith Keel singled to left scoring Brasher, who stole her second base of the inning on a previous pitch. That would wrap up the scoring in the inning. The Jags were pouring it on leading 9-0. The Jags stole 5 bases that inning which would include Meredith Keel stealing 2nd.

Olivia Lackie would make the lead stand up. Lackie pitched 4 innings of no hit no runs ball, striking out 10 on just 48 pitches.Madison Lagle came in for relief in the final inning. Lackie picked up the win, and is now 1-2 on the year. The Jags are now 2 -4 on the season.

Next up on day 2 of the Mardi Gras Classic.

The Jags take on Missouri State again at 3 and Rutgers at 5:30

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South Alabama Has a Dominate Performance Over Southern Miss


If you look up the word dominance in the dictionary, It says the definition is controlling power or influence over others. That is exactly what happened Thursday night at the Mitchell Center. The Jags exerted their dominance over Southern Miss winning by 31. The final 85-54. The 54 points scored were the lowest scored by Southern Miss this season.

South Alabama men’s basketball came into the night, not trailing in five of the past 6 games. Add one more game to that total after tonight. South struck first. Kevin Samuel got the opening tip and got the ball to Judah Brown who connected on a 3-pointer to give the Jags the lead at the 19:39 mark of the 1st half. South Alabama would not look back. South would steadily increase their lead to 15 at the half. 42-27.

The 2nd half was more of the same. The Jag lead would balloon to 34 with 18 seconds left in the game. The lead would drop to 31 after a 3 pointer to wrap up the scoring.

Southern Miss shot 40.4% for the game, and just 23.5% from 3 point range. The Golden Eagles record dropped to 23-5 on the year, and 12-3 in the Sun Belt Conference. Which is still good for first place in the conference. In an odd stat, all 5 of USM’s losses have come on the road.

The leading scorers for Southern Miss were…

Victor Hart- 10 points and 4 rebounds

Denijay Harris- 10 points and 2 rebounds

Austin Crowley- 9 points and 1 rebound

South Alabama shot 55.9% for the game and 40.6% from 3 point range. The Jags improved their record to 14-14 on the year and 7-8 in the conference. The Jaguars are now tied for the 9th seed in the conference tournament with Georgia Southern.

South Alabama was led by…

Isaiah Moore- 16 points and 2 rebounds

Jamar Franklin- 15 points 4 rebounds and 4-5 from 3 point range

Owen White- 14 points 5 rebounds and 4-13 from 3 point range.

Kevin Samuel- 12 points and 6 rebounds

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Judah Brown- 9 points 2 rebounds and 3-7 from 3 point range

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South Alabama Jaguar Men’s Basketball Prepare for a Rivalry Game.

South Alabama versus Southern Miss has become a bigger rivalry this year with addition of USM into the Sun Belt Conference. On Thursday February 16th the rivalry continues. The Jaguars will welcome the Golden Eagles to the Mitchell Center at 7pm

This season, USM has been on fire. The Golden Eagles started off the season going 8-0, which included a win over the SEC’s Vanderbilt. Southern Miss has a current record of 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the conference, and have won 9 straight games.

All 4 of the losses by USM this season have come on the road. This will be the 48th meeting between the two teams. South Alabama trails in the series 27-20. That includes the Jaguars going 11-12 in those games in Mobile. The Jags were beat earlier this season in Hattiesburg 76-72. The Jags and Golden Eagles are tied 8 wins each in recent history.

The Jags are playing pretty good basketball right now. USA has not trailed in 5 of its last 6 games. The Jags are 13-14 overall and 6-8 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jaguars have won 5 out of the last 6, and are 8-4 at home this season. Kevin Samuel is now the active career leader in rebounds with 1,291.

Southern Miss comes in led by…

Austin Crowley- 16.9 ppg

Felipe Haase- 15.2 ppg

DeAndre Pinckney- 13.9 ppg

USM is averaging 75.7 points per game. The Golden Eagles are shooting 46.5% overall and 32.5% from behind the 3 point line.

South Alabama is led by…

Isaiah Moore- 18.7 ppg

Kevin Samuel- 10.4 ppg

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones -10.0 ppg

The Jags are averaging 70.0 points per game. South is shooting 46.1% overall and 32.5% behind the 3 point line.

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South Alabama wraps up the non conference schedule versus Hartford

The South Alabama Jaguars wrap up the non conference schedule beating the Hartford Hawks by the final of 77-53. This was the first ever match up between the Jaguars and the independent Hawks.

This game was a mismatch from the beginning. The Jags scored first, sixteen seconds into the game on a jumper in the paint by Kevin Samuel, and never looked back. The Hawks hit a three pointer at the 13:19 mark of the first half to get within 5 at 16-11. That is as close as the Hawks would get for the rest of the game.

South Alabama would build a steady lead. The Jags would lead by 11 at halftime the score was 38-27.

Both teams teams came out a little cold. The Jags didn’t score in the second half until the 18:24 mark. Hartford went scoreless for the first 4:35 of the 2nd half, hitting a three to cut the Jag lead to 17 at 46-29 . That score stopped a Jaguar 10-2 scoring run.

South Alabama would slowly increase the lead throughout the rest of the second half to twenty on two different occasions. The Jags would increase the lead to 25 points at 77-52 with 28 seconds left.

South Alabama’s leading scorer on the night were….

Isaiah Moore- with his usual 20 points and 2 rebounds

Greg Parham II- 13 points and 1 rebound

Kevin Samuel- 13 points and 10 rebounds Yet another double-double

And honorable mention and crowd favorite Adam Sizemore 3 points on a three pointer with 2 minutes of playing time.

The Jags shot 52.5% overall and 36.4% from 3 point land. Hartford shot 38.3% overall and 29.4% from behind the arc.

Game Notes:

Kevin Samuel had his 9th double-double this season.
The Jaguars had only 3 turnovers for the whole game.
Isaiah Moore scored 20 points for the 11th time this season.

Up next: Southern Miss comes to the Mitchell Center as the Jags continue their 4 game home stand. Southern Miss is the top team in the Sun Belt Conference. USM has an overall record of 23-4 and 12-2 in the Sun Belt. The Jags are in 10th place.

In the previous match-up on January 19th in Hattiesburg. Southern Miss had trouble with the Jags. The Golden Eagles used great shooting from the free throw line to beat the Jags by 4 points 76-72.

The Jags improve their overall record to 13-14 and 6-8 in the conference, with just 4 games remaining in the regular season.


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South Alabama softball comes up short in the final day of the NFCA Leadoff Classic

South Alabama softball wrapped up the the NFCA Leadoff Classic viruses Indiana. The Jaguars would lose this one. The final 5-1.

Jenna Hardy would get the start for the Jags. Hardy would pitch a great game for 5 innings giving up 3 hits….

South Alabama would strike first in the bottom of the 5th. Victoria Ortiz would single on the 1st pitch of the inning. Ortiz then advanced to second on a wild pitch. Bailey Welch would bunt a foul out to the 3rd baseman. Mackenzie Brasher grounded out to the pitcher. Ortiz would advance to third on the play. Stephanie Gonzalez, who pinch hit for Marley Sims, doubled down to left field scoring Ortiz. The Jaguars led 1-0. Sims would renter the game a a pinch runner for Gonzalez. Sims would advance to third on a wild pitch. Indiana would change pitchers. Parker would exit the game. Montgomery would enter. Meredith Keel would walk to put runners on the corners. Sasha Willem would ground out to end the inning with the Jags up 1-0.

Unfortunately that’s all of the runs the Jaguars would get. In the top of the 6th inning. Indiana would 2 runs on a two run homer. Olivia Lackie would enter the game for Hardy. Lackie would give up a walk and 2 runs in the inning. Jags trailed 4-1. Indiana would add one more run in the top of the 7th. The Jaguars would go quietly in the bottom of the 7th. The final Jags lose 5-1.

Lackie would finish the game pitching 2 innings giving up 3 runs only 1 earned, on 3 hits and 1 walk.

After the first weekend of the season, South Alabama is 1-2 and will open up their home season this Saturday February 17th as they host the Mardi Gras Classic vs Missouri State at 12:30