MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State softball team dropped Monday's nonconference doubleheader with Middle Tennessee State 11-2 in five innings and 9-4 in the nightcap at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex to conclude the regular season.
 
The Lady Hornets (17-31 overall) showed improvement in game two by battling back to trail just 3-2 through four innings on the strength of a couple of solo home runs by Valerie Centeno and Kendall Core.
 
It was Centeno's second home run of the season and Core's fifth. 
 
ASU picked up two additional runs on a RBI groundout by Carly Evans and a RBI single by Perry Hindi.
 
Centeno, Hindi and Core each had two hits apiece to lead the ASU attack. 
 
But, the Lady Hornets allowed two runs in the fifth, three in the sixth and another in the seventh as the Blue Raiders (20-26) hit the ball well all night.
 
In game one, Hindi had a two-run triple that scored Aleesa Yanez and Jazzmin Romero in the fifth inning to account for each of ASU's runs. 
 
Middle Tennessee State scored a run in the first inning and then broke it open with a four-run third followed by a five-run fourth and then added another in the fifth. 
 
Alabama State will return to action next Wednesday when the SWAC Tournament begins in Decatur, Alabama. 
 
Time and opponent are to be determined.
 
Live stats can be followed at http://www.sidearmstats.com/alasu/softball/
 
Tweets will be made throughout the game @ASUBUZZ. 
 
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