MONTGOMERY, AL ā The balls were jumping off the bats of the Alabama State softball team, but the Lady Hornets lost a barnburner in their home finale against Mississippi Valley State 12-10 Sunday afternoon at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex.
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The Lady Hornets (23-23 overall, 14-1 SWAC) lost for just the first time this season against a SWAC opponent.
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ASU has outscored SWAC opponents 118-31 thus far and still holds the best overall mark in the conference.
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Texas Southern holds the next best record at 14-2 in the SWAC.Ā
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Kendall Core batted 4-for-5 including her sixth home run of the season, a three-run shot, and added a double with four RBI to lead Alabama State.Ā
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Alabama State poured out 17 hits on the day, but had to try to rally for most of the day.
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After taking an initial 3-0 lead in the first inning, the Devilettes (13-25 overall, 9-9 SWAC) came back with four runs in the top of the second and added three more in the third to take a 7-3 lead.Ā
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Trailing 10-4 in the fourth, Core sent a three-run home run to center to cut the deficit to 10-7.
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Laura Aguilar's RBI single scored
Brittney Wilson to get it as close as 10-8, but MVSU's Ane Pahulu drove in two insurance runs in the sixth to make it 12-8.
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Aleesa Yanez and Wilson added RBI singles in the sixth to make it interesting, but were unable to score thereafter.Ā
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Up next
Alabama State will travel to Huntsville to take on SWAC rival Alabama A&M for a three-game series beginning Friday at 3 p.m.
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#GOHORNETS#
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