Cara_Nunez_SB_021616
Elisabetta Zengaro
2
West Alabama UWASB 6-8, 0-6 GSC
9
Winner Delta State DSU 14-4, 6-0 GSC
West Alabama UWASB
6-8, 0-6 GSC
2
Final
9
Delta State DSU
14-4, 6-0 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Alabama UWASB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
Delta State DSU 0 1 0 2 5 1 X 9 10 1

W: Justice, Katie (5-1) L: Amanda Medders (2-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | J.T. Webb

Nunez Leads Lady Statesmen to Victory over West Alabama

CLEVELAND, Mississippi – Carah Nunez drove in four runs to help lead the Delta State University softball team to a 9-2 victory over the University of West Alabama on Saturday at University Field. With the win, DSU earned its second straight Gulf South Conference series sweep.
 
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: Delta State 9, West Alabama 2
Records: Lady Statesmen (14-4, 6-0), Tigers (6-8, 0-6)
Location/Stadium: Cleveland, Miss. | University Field
Attendance/Start Time/Time of Game: 219 | Noon | 1:40
Weather: 67 degrees, Cloudy, S 16 mph wind
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

 
  • Before recording their first hit of the contest, the Lady Statesmen opened the scoring in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout by Jordan Jones.
  • The Tigers scored their lone runs of the game in the top of the third, when Kassidy Tally dropped a fly ball by Ashley Stassin.
  • DSU took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth when Jordan Jones, who reached on a two out error, scored from first on a single by Kara Lane Nowell. Nowell was then driven in on an RBI double by Cara Nunez.
  • The Lady Statesmen exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth, using an RBI double by Abi Gibson, an RBI groundout by Morgan Kazerooni and a bases loaded double by Nunez.
  • Kazerooni drove in the final run of the game when her single to right center scored Tally.
  • Amanda Medders (2-3) allowed seven runs, four earned, on seven hits in 4.2 innings. Andrea Edmonds allowed a run on one hit in 0.1 innings of relief, and Stassin allowed one run on two hits in one inning.  
  • Katie Justice (5-1) went the distance, and allowed two unearned runs on eight hits.
  • Tally, Gibson and Nunez had two hits apiece to lead DSU.
 
STAT OF THE DAY
 
  • The Lady Statesmen scored five runs with two outs.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
 
  • The 6-0 start in GSC play marks the best for DSU since going 11-0 to start the 2004 season.
  • With her base hit in the seventh inning, Kazerooni has hit safely in 11 straight contests.
  • Tally has reached base safely in all 18 games.
  • The complete game for Justice was her sixth of the season.



 
UP NEXT
 
  • DSU hosts Lee University for a three-game GSC series beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 20. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
 
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