MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State looks to rebound following its mid-week non-conference loss on Wednesday with a pair of games at the HBCU Collegiate Softball Invitational on Friday at Turner Lake Park in Covington (Ga.).
 
Each game of the tournament will be carried by HBCUPlus.
 
Alabama State (1-3) opens play on Friday at 11 am against North Carolina Central before facing South Carolina State later that afternoon. The Lady Hornets will then face Howard on Saturday to kick off the day at 2 p.m. before a 4 p.m. contest against North Carolina A&T.
 
The Lady Hornets end the weekend on Sunday against Fort Valley State.
 
Alabama State Notes

• Kindal DeRamus, the two-time SWAC Player of the Year, was named Preseason Player of the Year again by the conference this season and opened the season hitting .455 (5-for-11) with a double and two runs batted in.
• Meanwhile, Brooke Ramsey picked up three hits on the opening weekend of play to finish the weekend at .375 for the Lady Hornets.
• DeRamus was one of three players named First Team Preseason All-SWAC this year, joining Jaeda Gardner and Alexia Denby.
• DeRamus moved into fifth all-time at the school after the weekend with 205 career hits, leaving her two shy of Meagan Dixon (2011-14) for fourth-place all-time and just 10 shy of tying Kenisha McKee (1999-2002) for the record at the school. She is also tied for sixth all-time at the school in runs scored.
• In the circle, Ashley Pye made a pair of appearances over the weekend and finished 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 4.1 innings pitched. Meanwhile, Charity Bibbs (0-3) logged a team-high 10.0 innings pitched allowing five runs (four earned), and struck out five while not giving up a walk.

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