MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Mississippi Valley State University softball program had already scored once and were threatening to tie or win game two with a runner on first with only one down in the bottom of the seventh, but an unlucky 4-3 double play snuffed out the Devilettes' comeback hopes during its 5-4 defeat to Grambling.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (Game 1)
  • Alcorn – 22
  • Mississippi Valley – 5
    • 5 Innings

 

• Score (Game 2)
  • Grambling State – 5
  • Mississippi Valley – 4

 

• Records
  • Mississippi Valley (0-6, 0-0 SWAC)
  • Alcorn (5-4, 0-0 SWAC)
  • Grambling State (4-6, 0-0 SWAC)

 

• Location
  • Montgomery, Alabama – Lagoon Park / Barbara Williams Complex

 

• Series History (Alcorn)
  • Diamond Devilettes Lead 69-42 (62.2%)

 

• Series History (Grambling State)
  • Diamond Devilettes Lead 31-29 (51.7%)

 

• Winning Streak (Alcorn)
  • Braves (W2) / Diamond Devilettes' Last Win: March 19, 2025 (16-15)

 

• Winning Streak (Grambling State)
  • Tigers (W7) / Diamond Devilettes' Last Win: March 26, 2021 (10-2, 5 Innings)

 
Diamond Devilettes' Top Performers (Game 1):
 

• Sheridan Kynard became the first to score for Valley on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first as part of a 2-for-3, two runs scored day.

 

• Later in the same at-bat, Hailey Akers delivered the first clutch, RBI-producing hit of the season, plating both Michelle Diaz and Kelsey Kaluna-Thomas to put a crooked number on the scoreboard in the opening frame.

 

• Kaluna-Thomas was the player of the contest for the Diamond Devilettes, drawing the club's only base on balls, scoring once, and rocketing a two-run single into right field.

 

• Diaz joined Kynard in the multi-hit category, going 2-for-3 with a pair of base knocks and a score.

 

• Taniya Partee and Madison Wesley rounded out the hit-getters, the former of which crossed the dish as well.

 
Diamond Devilettes' Top Performers (Game 2):
 

• Kynard walloped both a triple and a double in the nightcap, driving in a run and scoring another.

 

• Ashytn Clark pitched fantastically in the circle, going the distance while striking out five Tigers and allowing just two earned runs on top of belting a single in the batter's box as well.

 

• Diaz could not be stopped by GSU, reaching in each of her three plate appearances (all singles) with an RBI, a run scored, and the team's first stolen base.

 

• Devyn Dotson logged a two-bagger, Akers singled, and Partee was the potential tying run in the seventh after she drove home Dotson with an RBI-single.

 
Next:
  

• A quick turnaround for Valley is next as a Saturday showdown with Miles College takes place at noon before battling the Big Blue of Bluefield State University around 4:30 p.m., both games at Lagoon Park.

   
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