DECATUR, Ala. – The University of West Alabama softball team split on the final day of the Gulf South Conference Crossover, as UWA topped Southern Arkansas, 13-6 and dropped a 10-2 decision to Arkansas at Monticello to close out the day at Wilson Morgan Park.

The Tigers finished the crossover with six wins and will enter Tuesday’s non-conference match up against Stillman College with a 35-8 overall mark, 9-6 in GSC play.  First pitch is set for 5 p.m. at the UWA Softball Complex. Live stats will be available at athletics.uwa.edu.

UWA’s bats heated up quickly on a chilly day at the GSC Crossover, as it plated four early runs in the first inning en route to a 13 run, 16 hit performance against the Lady Muleriders.  The Tigers posted runs in all but one inning of the contest.  Jessica Powell started the scoring in the first with a two-run homer to left field.  UWA plated an additional pair of runs in the second with an RBI from Ashley Edgar and Valisha Fincher.  The Tigers extended the lead with a four-run, five-hit third inning.    Laura Bagwell and Jennifer Lillard each collected a team-high three hits, including solo home runs from each.  Bagwell lifted a homer to left field, while Lillard connected on her first round tripper of the season to lead off the fifth. UWA’s line up had six batters post multi-hits in the affair.

Aubree Hudson registered the win, tossing four complete innings.  Hudson fanned a pair and walked two in the outing.  SAU touched her for five runs off seven hits.  Brittany McGee picked up her second save of the season with three innings of work.     

In the final contest against UAM, the Cotton Blossoms scored six of their ten runs off the long ball.  After the Tigers plated a run in the top of the second on a Bagwell RBI double, UAM matched the Tigers in its half of the second on Becca Sustaire solo homer to start the scoring for UAM.  The Red and White took a brief 2-1 lead after Edgar powered an opposite field solo shot to right field to start the third.  UAM starter Kayla Jackson helped her cause in the third with a three-run blast in the third to re-gain the lead, 4-2.  Jackson scattered three UWA hits and carded five strikeouts in a complete game effort.  The Cotton Blossoms exploded for six runs in the fourth, sparked by Lindsey Randall’s two-run blast.

As a team, the Tigers batted .320 at the plate, paced by Edgar’s .458 clip.  The senior catcher finished the four-day event with 11 hits in 24 plate at bats along with four RBIs.  The Roseville, Calif.-native is currently riding a 12-game hitting streak.  UWA turned in ten home runs as a team, including a pair by Hartley and Fincher.  In the circle, Hudson was credited with four wins in 21 2/3 innings pitched.  Jessica Cervantes tallied four saves to surpass the NCAA Division II mark for saves in a season.  Cervantes broke the record with her 12^th save of the season in UWA’s 5-4 win over Ouachita Baptist on Sunday.