MOBILE, Ala. – The Texas State softball team (10-14, 1-3 Sun Belt) manufactured a 9-6 victory against the South Alabama Jaguars (9-14, 0-4 Sun Belt) on Friday evening at Jaguar Field. The result snapped a five-game losing skid for the Bobcats.

KEY MOMENTS
- Texas State was held to only one hit through the first five innings of the game but erupted for six runs on five hits in the top of the sixth inning to take a 9-5 lead.
- Freshman designated player Samara Lagway tied the game at 5-5 with a two-run double to right center in the fifth.
- Sophomore infielder Tara Oltmann provided the biggest hit of the game three batters later as she smoked a two-RBI double to left field to put the Cats ahead, 7-5.
- Junior catcher Haleigh Davis continued the sixth-inning rally with a two-out, two-run triple to right center.
- Despite scoring six runs, South Alabama managed to strand 11 base runners during the game. The Jags left multiple runners aboard in five of the seven innings played.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior infielder Bailee Carter scored on each of her three walks drawn. She swiped a pair of bags in the third inning, including a steal of home on a designed steal play.
- Senior pitcher Krista Jacobs (1-3) struck out five South Alabama batters in 6.2 innings of work. She allowed 12 hits, walked three, and saw five runs (two earned) score against her.
- The first four batters of the Jaguar lineup wore out Texas State pitching. The quartet combined to hit 9-of-15 with two doubles, three walks drawn, and three runs scored. The rest of the USA lineup registered five hits in 19 trips to the plate.

NOTABLES
- Texas State turned to small ball to climb back into the game. The Bobcats stole six bases and successfully laid down three sacrifice hits. Junior infielder Hailey MacKay executed a suicide squeeze play in the top of the fifth inning to build momentum for the TXST offense.
- Jacobs picked up her first victory of the season in the circle. She had lost her previous three decisions. The 6.2 innings of work marked a career-high for Jacobs.
- South Alabama out-hit Texas State by a final tally of 14-6. Defensively, USA committed four errors, while TXST botched three chances.

ON DECK
- The Bobcats will continue the three-game matchup versus South Alabama with game two at 3 p.m. on March 16 from Jaguar Field.

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