MONTGOMERY – The Mississippi Valley State Devilettes stopped the Lady Hornets quest for conference perfection 12-10 in Montgomery, Alabama.
 
Alabama State took an early 3-0 lead over the visiting Mississippi Valley team in the first inning. MVSU rallied back in the top of the second to take a one run lead, as they scored four in the inning.
 
Ane Pahulu sent a beautiful long ball over the center field wall to land a three RBI homer. Holly Brown and Ikeyia Alexander came home on the play. Annaisa Sanchez singled up the middle and advanced to second on the throw to earn an RBI for Dejanae Gage.
 
Holding ASU scoreless in the second, MVSU scored three in the top of the third.  Holly Brown singled to right center and advanced to second on the throw, Kailyn Dunn scored on the play. Pahulu doubled to left center to score Holly Brown and Sharia Comier.
 
The Lady Hornets scored one in the bottom of the third. In the fourth inning, Mississippi Valley scored three runs to extend their lead. With the bases loaded, Alexander walked to score Sanchez. Jordan Brown singled to left center to score Dunn and Deja Talton.
 
ASU responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth and one in the fifth. MVSU scored twice in the top of the sixth. The runs served as the Devilettes final runs of the contest. Pahulu's steaming bat didn't lose any heat as she nailed a triple into right field to score Alexandria and come home on a throwing error by the second baseman.
 
Alabama State scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and was unable to overcome the Devilettes in the final inning.
 
MVSU finished with 12 runs on 12 hits and three errors while Alabama State tallied 10 runs on 17 hits and one error.
 
The Devilettes return home to host the Lady Bulldogs of Mississippi State University on Wednesday, April 27. First pitch is set for 6:00 pm.