MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team won three of four games against Southern Arkansas this weekend with an 8-0 win and a 7-6 loss on Saturday, followed by 14-4 and 6-4 wins on Sunday.
 
The wins improve UAM to 22-3 overall and 3-1 in GSC games this season, while SAU drops to 4-19 overall and 3-5 in the GSC.
 
In Sunday’s wins, the Blossoms combined to record 35 hits, including a 20-hit performance in the team’s 14-4 game-one win.
 
In that game, junior Lindsey Randall recorded the best game of her career, going 5-for-6 from the plate with four RBI and two runs scored. She had three run-producing at-bats in the game, including her fourth homerun of the season, a solo shot to left field in the top of the fifth inning.
 
The second game needed four extra frames to decide a winner, finally ending in freshman Randa Perry’s RBI-single in the top of the 11th inning, plating junior Becca Tipton, who singled to left earlier in the inning. The Blossoms held their lead in the bottom half of the frame to record the win.
 
Tipton was the star of the second game, also posting a 5-of-6 day from the plate with a pair of runs scored and two RBI. Her two RBI came from a homerun to center field in the top of the sixth frame, scoring freshman Kayla Jackson, who singled to center just one batter earlier. Jackson went 4-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored.
 
Jackson (14-1) also earned both wins in the double-header sweep, posting a complete game effort of seven innings in the first game, with only four runs allowed off eight hits, while only giving up one walk. In the second game, she picked up the victory after a one-hit performance in the final four innings of the contest in relief.
 
On Saturday, Jackson recorded her 12th win of the season after throwing her sixth shutout of the year in complete-game fashion. She only allowed two hits in the game, and the Lady Muleriders only reached scoring position twice in six innings. She picked up her first loss of the season in game two of Saturday’s double-header after pitching the final three innings in relief, allowing the winning run to score in the bottom of the seventh.
 
In Saturday’s 8-0 win, the Blossoms did most of their damage with a six-run second inning, highlighted by a pair of two-RBI base hits. Randall struck first with a double to left field, scoring freshman Meagan Wilson and senior Amy Mardis. Tipton followed two batters later with single to right center field, scoring Jackson and junior Emilie Hobbs.
 
The Blossoms step out of GSC play, traveling to face Arkansas-Pine Bluff this Tuesday, March 24 for a double-header starting at 1 p.m. On Wednesday, UAM is scheduled to host Southern University for a double-header starting at 1 p.m. at Blossoms Field.