THIBODAUX, LA – Southern battled Nichols in a close game at Swanner Field on Wednesday afternoon, but the miscues on the field ended up being too much for the Lady Jaguars to overcome. Nichols came away with a 6-3 victory.
Southern dropped to 13-31 while Nicholls improved to 24-22.
Southern 3, Nicholls 6
W: M. Yoo (11-10)
L: Chakirrious Parker (2-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Southern got on the board first to start the game. Asia George reached on an error and stole second. George would come in to score on a single by Alana Mark.
- Nicholls would respond in the bottom of the inning by tying things up at one apiece.
- The Colonels would add two in the second and third to take a 5-1 lead after three innings of play.
- Southern would respond in the fourth. Londyn Lau would walk with one out and advance to second. Alissa Castaneda would get hit by a pitch before turning the lineup back to the top of the order. George would hit a triple to left center to score Lau and Castaneda, cutting the lead to 5-3.
- Nicholls would get a triple of their own to lead off the fourth and follow that with a single to extend the lead back to 6-3.
- The Lady Jaguars would not be able to produce anymore runs the remaining three innings.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Nichols outhit Southern 9-5.
- The Lady Jaguars committed four errors while Nichols had two.
- Southern would leave six runners stranded and the Colonels left seven on base.
- Southern drew one walk and struck out six times.
- Five different Lady Jaguars collected a hit on the day. George led the team going 1-for-3 with two RBIs and scoring once.
- Claire Sisco and MaKynli Miller went 2-for-2 to lead Nicholls at the plate. Sisco scored twice while Miller scored once.
UP NEXT
Southern will host their final weekend series of the season on April 28-29 against Prairie View A&M at Lady Jaguar Field with Friday's game schedule for 5 p.m. Senior Day festivities will be held on Saturday with gams at noon and 2 p.m.
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