D'IBERVILLE, Miss. | Alabama State used strong efforts from Alize Stevenson and class Allison Sledge on the second day of the Southwestern Athletic Conference RoundUp  to maintain its hold on first-place in the league.

The Lady Hornets (59-40, 17-4) picked up wins over Alabama A&M (1,070 - 740), Southern (1,112 - 1,046) and Grambling (999 - 665) before dropping a heartbreaker to Jackson State (1,086 - 1,063).

Despite a second-place overall standing in the current tournament with a 6-3 record, Alabama State still holds the top-spot in total pins (10,430) and pins per game average (208.6).

Alabama State leads Prairie View A&M by one game heading into tomorrow's final day and leads the SWAC with an average of 194.89 pins per game and 23,387 total pins.

Noteworthy
Alabama State placed five bowlers in the top-15.

Sledge (207.05) and Stevenson (205.53) are in second and third place, respecitvely. Haley Young (fifth), Bailee Chapman (13th) and Gabrielle Hosein (14th) all propelled Alabama State to its second-place standing.

Quotable
"We bowled well today and are still in first in the conference," Alabama State head coach Andrew Chatmon said. "The ladies showed a lot of fight and determination battling today; the regular season championship will basically come down to one game tomorrow between us and Prairie View A&M. We have had several individual stellar performances, but this is a team sport and all must step up."

What's next
The Lady Hornets close out the tournament with scheduled matches against Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern and Alabama A&M.

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