Itta Bena, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University Devilettes Softball team played in front of their home crowd as they hosted the Lady Hornets of Alabama State University. In the first contest, MVSU edged past ASU in extra innings, 3-2.
Omeshia Moffett and Natalie Covarubias each scored in the first inning to put the Devilettes up 2-0. Alabama State scored their only runs in the third and the seventh.
At the end of regulation, the score was locked at two. It took two extra innings to bring the game to a close. A single from Moffett scored Yasmin Battle.
In Game one on Saturday, ASU struck back to take a 9-7 victory.
The Devilettes took an early 3-0 in the first, gave up six in the second, before scoring one run in the bottom of the second and third innings. ASU picked built on their lead, scoring one in the fourth before they wrapped their scoring in the sixth. Mississippi Valley rallied back with two runs in the bottom of the sixth but was unable to regain the lead.
The rubber match served as the series decision; the Devilettes took the game and the series, winning 7-5.
The first three innings were scoreless, however ASU exploded with four runs in the fourth. MVSU scored one in the fourth, four in the fifth and wrapped scoring in the sixth with two runs. The Lady Hornets scored two in the top of the sixth.