DECATUR, Ala. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team picked up a 2-1 win over No. 17 West Florida followed by a 10-0 loss to Valdosta State on the first day of the 2009 Gulf South Conference Crossover Tournament.
 
In the win over West Florida, the Blossoms plated a run in each of the sixth and seventh innings to secure a come-from-behind win.
 
West Florida’s (30-8, 5-4 GSC) Ashley Ingram scored the game’s first run with a solo homerun to left field in the bottom of the first inning. Both pitchers kept the game scoreless from that point until freshman Randa Perry’s RBI groundout in the top of the sixth tied the game at 1-all.
 
Freshman Katie Bowman, who scored on Perry’s grounder in the sixth, gave the Blossoms their final 2-1 lead with an RBI single to left field in the seventh, scoring senior Lindsey Randall, who singled to center one batter earlier.
 
Freshman Kayla Jackson (16-2) picked up the win with her 15th complete game of the season, allowing one run off nine hits and striking out 10 in her seven innings of work. Jackson wasn’t as fortunate in the second game of the day, picking up the loss after allowing eight runs off six hits in one and two thirds innings of work.
 
Valdosta State’s (31-5, 7-1 GSC) Holly Satterfield (10-2) proved to be too much to handle. Satterfield threw a complete game no-hitter and only allowed two runners to reach base.
 
The Blossoms (25-4, 4-2 GSC) continue play in the GSC Crossover with one game Saturday against West Georgia at 6 p.m. at Wilson-Morgan Park in Decatur.