April 24, 2009 - Hattiesburg, MS – The Southern University Lady Jaguars softball team needed eight innings but came away with their twentieth victory of the season with a 9-8 win over Jackson State University on day two of the 2009 SWAC softball tournament.

Southern (20-19) saw JSU take a 2-0 lead after the first inning but the Lady Jags quickly erased that with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second.  In the top of the second inning Jackson Wendi Reed hit a two run homer over the center field fence to give the Lady Tigers a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the second sophomore Victoria Stewart flied out and scored sophomore Kesha Tauriac.  Senior Lauren Dodd came up next and flied out to score freshman Audrey Phillips to give the Blue and Gold a 5-4 lead.  Neither team scored until the sixth when Jackson State scored two in the top of the inning and two in the seventh inning.  The Blue and Gold scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth, one in the seventh to tie the score at 8-8 and one in the bottom of the eighth to take the victory and advance to the semifinals.

Stewart led the team at the plate with two hits, two runs, and an RBI.  Junior Aruba Nicholas went 1 for 3 with two runs and a walk.

SU will face the Mississippi Valley State University Devilettes at 12:00 pm on Saturday, April24, in day three of the 2009 SWAC softball post season tournament.