HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University softball program got most of its offense out of its lone All-SWAC representative, Brianna Alston, but not much else in an 8-3 defeat to Louisiana-Monroe.
 
The Basics
 

• Final Score: Louisiana-Monroe 8 | Mississippi Valley State 3

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-9, 0-0 SWAC) | Louisiana-Monroe (9-1, 0-0 Sun Belt)

 

• Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Southern Miss Softball Complex

 

• Series History: N/A

 

• Winning Streak: N/A

 
Mississippi Valley State Top Performers
 

• Alston contributed three of the club's eight hits Sunday morning, going 3-for-4 with an RBI single to score Jade Smith in the bottom of the fifth plus scoring once.

 

• Smith has found her niche as a pinch-hit specialist and speedy baserunner, logging another base knock off the bench before scoring.

 

• Kayla Sanchez and Naomi Drake joined Alston by driving in one run each, while Sydney Wesley and Laeni Terrones logged hits as well.

 

• Two Devilettes reached base via walk or hit-by-pitch as Keisha White got on via the former (also stealing a base) and Jaylon Davis earning a trip to first for the latter.

 
Coach Buckner's squad will spend next weekend in Jackson, Mississippi for the Capital City Classic with two games apiece coming against Tennessee-Martin and Southern during non-conference action.
 
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