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Longwood LONG 4-7
2
Winner South Alabama USA 3-8
Longwood LONG
4-7
1
Final
2
South Alabama USA
3-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Longwood LONG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
South Alabama USA 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 5 1

W: Hardy, Jenna (1-4) L: Backstrom, Sydney (3-4) S: Lackie, Olivia (2)

0
Longwood LONG 4-8
14
Winner Mississippi State MS 6-6
Longwood LONG
4-8
0
Final
14
Mississippi State MS
6-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Longwood LONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Mississippi State MS 1 2 2 9 X 14 12 0

W: Kenley Hawk (3-0) L: Kanagawa, Reggie (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Mississippi State, South Alabama Top Longwood On Opening Day Of The Snowman

Lancer Rally Comes Up Short In Game One, And Huge Fourth Give Bulldogs The Early Victory

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Two down and two to go, Longwood closed up day one of The Snowman tournament 0-2 after falling to Southern Alabama 2-1, and Mississippi State 14-0.  
 
Sydney Backstrom and Regan Kanagawa manned the circle, grabbing the starts for the Lancers (4-8) on day one of the tournament. In game one, it was a duel between pitchers with Backstrom pitching the complete game and striking out seven while only giving up only five hits to 22 batters.
 
In game two, Mississippi State took care of business, not allowing the Lancers to get in rhythm in any phase of the game.

"We are built for struggle," said Longwood head coach Dr. Megan Brown. "Those who wish not to embrace struggle will not avoid it. You will either embrace the struggle that is essential to success or choose to live with the struggle of mediocrity. Today, we choose to embrace the struggle required for success."
 
Longwood returns to the diamond Saturday to take on Belmont and Southern Alabama in the second, and final day of the tournament.
 
Game 1: South Alabama Softball Edges Past Longwood 2-1 In Pitcher's Duel
 
Friday afternoon, South Alabama squeezed past the Longwood softball team in the first game at The Snowman, hosted by Mississippi State.
 
The Jaguars (3-8) rode the arms of Jenna Hardy and Olivia Lackie to take down Longwood ace Sydney Backstrom. The pitchers made life tough for opposing offenses, only surrendering 11 total hits and three walks while striking out 16 batters.
 
Hardy and Lackie combined to limit Longwood's offense to six hits while walking only one as they struck out nine. Hardy (1-4) picked up the win after four innings of work, and Lackie (2) earned credit for a three-inning save.
 
Meanwhile, Backstrom (3-4) took a tough-luck loss after limiting South Alabama to five hits and two walks against seven strikeouts in her six innings of work.
 
South Alabama struck first, continuing a strong start to the classic after the team took down Belmont 9-1 earlier in the day. Abby Allen poked an RBI single to right-center in the home half of the first for a 1-0 lead. Belle Wolfendon added an RBI single in the fourth for South Alabama for a 2-0 lead.
 
Longwood (4-7) rallied in the sixth to get on the board, with Emily Vinson hitting a one-out single. After she advanced to third, Alexis Wayland tagged a sacrifice fly to left field that cut the lead to 2-1. Korynna Anderson picked up a single to extend the inning, her second hit of the day, but Lackie forced a flyout to end the half inning.
 
Game 2: Bulldogs Defend Home Field against Lancers In The Snowman Tournament
 
In game two of The Snowman Longwood fell to Mississippi State (6-6) after two huge scoring innings by the Bulldogs.
 
The Bulldogs put together three hitless innings defensively in the shutout against the Lancers. Defending their home field, Kenley Hawk started for Mississippi State. Hawk tallied seven strikeouts and allowed only two hits in her four innings. Matalasi Faapito came in as relief in the top of the fifth and set the Lancers down in order.
 
Montana Davidson led the team off in the bottom of the first with a solo homer over the left field fence. Davidson had three home runs on the day, having two come in the huge bottom of the fourth inning for the Bulldogs. One of those hits included a grand slam, scoring four of the nine in the inning.
 
Mississippi St. scored two more times in the bottom of the second on four hits. A two out rally brought two home on the same play. A single to short stop Korynna Anderson scoredwas thrown in the dirt passed first, giving Chloe Malau'ulu the single RBI, with Jackie McKenna also scoring on the throwing error.
 
Sophomore Reagan Kanagawa (1-5) earned the start and took the loss against Mississippi State, and threw 101 pitches, facing 23 batters.
 
Later in the home side of the fourth, Malau'ulu and Davidson mirrored one another, swatting back-to-back home runs to start off the inning. Angelina Sherba replaced Kanagawa in the circle and closed out the inning after nine runners scored.
 
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