MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Lady Statesmen clinched a berth in the Gulf South Conference Softball Tournament with a pair of wins over Southern Arkansas University, shutting the Lady Muleriders out 2-0 in game one before taking a 6-2 victory in the final game of the regular season. 

Edie Oliver (18-11) was solid in the circle for the Lady Statesmen (27-23, 15-15 GSC), keeping Southern Arkansas (8-33, 7-19 GSC) scoreless on seven hits with a walk and a strikeout in the game one win. 

Senior Brittany Tillery made sure that she wasn't a part of the first Delta State team to miss the GSC Tournament when she slapped a pitch toward second base and made it to second on an error during an intentional walk attempt, allowing Kimbo Seale to score from second for the game's first run in the top of the fifth inning. 

Tillery gave the Lady Statesmen an insurance run in the top of the seventh with a line-drive home run to left field. 

Alexandra Doyle (6-21) was charged with the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits with four walks and two strikeouts. 

The Lady Statesmen struck first in the second game when Brooke Allgood's RBI-double plated Tillery in the top of the first, but the Lady Muleriders answered with two in the bottom of the first. 

Kate Moreland answered the call, allowing just four hits to Southern Arkansas over the final six innings, and the Lady Statesmen scored four runs in the top of the third, highlighted by a three-RBI double by Kim Hensley. 

Moreland (5-7) earned the win, allowing two runs on seven hits with a walk and five strikeouts. 

Rachel Heidemann (1-10) took the loss, allowing six runs on 12 hits with two walks and a strikeout. 

The Lady Statesmen will play Friday, May 1, in the first round of the GSC Tournament. The time and opponent are yet to be determined.