Itta Bena, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Baseball team climbed a little bit higher in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Eastern Division's rankings by defeating the Alcorn State University Braves 2-1 in a three game series.  
 
Mississippi Valley took game one of the double, 5-3 before dropping game two 10-8. The rubber match served as the tiebreaker, with the Delta Devils winning 18-8 in eight innings.
 
Game One:
 
The Braves started the scoring in the first inning, to take an early 1-0 lead. MVSU responded with two runs in the bottom of the first, held Alcorn scoreless in the second, en route to scoring another one in the bottom of the second. The third and fourth remained scoreless for both teams. The bottom of the fifth saw MVSU seal the contest away with two additional runs. ASU scored two in the seventh but were unable to overtake the Delta Devils.
 
Game Two:
 
Mississippi Valley and Alcorn collided in game two of the doubleheader, with the pendulum appearing to be heavily in favor of the Braves. Up 10-3 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Delta Devils had their work cut out for them.
 
Arrington Smith singled to score Kalik May. The bases were loaded and there were two outs as Juan Casanova entered the batters' box with every intention of giving it his all, he nailed a grand slam homerun to bring the Delta Devils within two.
 
Game Three:
 
The Braves scored back-to-back homeruns, taking a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. The Delta Devils went scoreless during the first and second before scoring five in the third. In the sixth, Alcorn scored on their third homerun of the contest. They also score two in the seventh.
 
MVSU scored eight runs in the seventh inning to secure a sizable lead. Alcorn scored their final two runs in the eighth. The game ended in the eighth after Quentin McDonald landed a double, scoring Juan Casanova and Alex Bravo. He advanced to third on the throw and scored on an error by the third baseman, taking MVSU to a run-rule (10 runs) victory.