CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Lee scored four runs in the third and seventh innings to defeat the Delta State University softball team 11-6, in Gulf South Conference action, on Saturday at University Field.

FINAL SCORE: LEE 11 (22-24, 10-15 GSC), DSU 6 (23-18, 14-11 GSC)
 
GAME CHANGER:
- Lee took advantage of a DSU error, scoring three runs on a bases loaded double, to take a 5-2 lead in the third inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Lady Statesmen were outhit 13-9.
- Kelly Byrd and Jordan Jones led the Lady Statesmen with two hits apiece. Byrd also had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs.
- Five other DSU players had at least one hit.
- DSU had five doubles in the contest.
- Starting pitcher Taylor Johnson (9-8) allowed seven runs, four earned, on 10 hits in three innings.
- Mari Alex Sandridge gave up four unearned runs, on three hits, in four innings of relief.

KEY PLAYS:
- The Lady Flames took took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Lady Statesmen answered with
   an RBI double by Byrd and a run scoring single by Marrisa Landrum.
- Lee tacked on four runs, to take a 5-2 lead, in the third on an RBI groundout and a three-RBI double by
   Claudia Jones.
- The visitors added two more runs in the fourth on a two-RBI single.
- DSU answered with three runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Abi Gibson and and a double by Byrd.
- Lee took advantage of another error to score four insurance runs in the seventh.
- The Lady Statesmen finished the scoring in the bottom of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Kaitlyn Eaves.
 
NOTEWORTHY:
- The Lady Statesmen are 11-15 when their opponent scores the first run of the game.
- DSU is now 4-10 when being outhit by its opponent.
- Byrd leads the Lady Statesmen with 13 multiple-hit and 10 multiple-RBI games.
- Jones has at least one hit in seven straight games.

UP NEXT:
- The Lady Statesmen and Lee are scheduled to wrap up their series with a doubleheader on Sunday, April 15. First pitch is scheduled for Noon.