Mercer Travels to Alabama for Jaguar Challenge

Friday, February 15

Mobile, Ala.

10:30 A.M.

Mercer University

Tulsa

Mercer Travels to Alabama for Jaguar Challenge

2/14/2019 12:22:00 PM | Softball

Mercer will play five games against Tulsa, Lipscomb, South Alabama and North Dakota

By: Mary Bess Skinner

MACON, Ga. – Mercer will travel to Mobile, Ala. this weekend to compete in the South Alabama-hosted Jaguar Challenge for its first road trip of the 2019 season.

The Bears will take on Tulsa, Lipscomb (twice), South Alabama and North Dakota over a three-day span, starting at 10:30 a.m. (ET) on Friday. Live stats will be available for all five Mercer games. There will be live video stream for the Bears' third game against host South Alabama.

TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK
Date: Friday, Feb. 15 – Sunday, Feb. 17
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Teams: Mercer (3-3), Tulsa (2-3), Lipscomb (3-2), South Alabama (1-3), North Dakota (1-4)
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5
Video: Game 3
Twitter Updates: @MercerUSoftball

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

	Date	Time	Team
Game 1	Fri. Feb. 15	10:30 AM	Tulsa
Game 2	Fri. Feb 15	12:45 PM	Lipscomb
Game 3	Fri. Feb 16	4:45 PM	South Alabama
Game 4	Fri. Feb 16	7 PM	North Dakota
Game 5	Sat. Feb 17	1:15 PM	Lipscomb

NOTABLES

Friday will be the first head-to-head contest between Mercer and Lipscomb since 2014. Lipscomb leads 17-8 in the all-time series.
Mercer will match up with North Dakota for the first time in program history.
The Bears trail South Alabama 4-0 in the overall series history. The two teams have not played one another since 2012.
The first and last time Mercer faced Tulsa was in 2010 when the Bears fell 4-0 in a neutral matchup in Atlanta, Ga.
Mercer has yet to play a road or neutral game this season.
Catie Josselet leads Mercer with four doubles.
Abby Walsh has already tallied two triples.
Kenlie Harvey roped Mercer's lone home run of the Mercer Invitational last weekend. It was the first of her career.
Shaila Warren tied a career-high three hits against Georgia Southern, driving in two runs and tallying two doubles.
Laurenne Sanchez made her first start of the season on Thursday at third base and drew two walks.
Lynn Gardner struck out a season-best five batters on Thursday. The freshman allowed just six hits and all four of her runs allowed were unearned against the Eagles last night. She leads the Bears' pitching staff, recording three wins for the season.
Allie Jones leads the Southern Conference in stolen bases, going 3-3 this season so far.

SCOUTING TULSA
Tulsa started its 2019 season in Baton Rouge, La. at the Tiger Classic where the Golden Hurricanes went 2-3. The team fell twice against #11 LSU, while splitting with Bucknell and overcoming Iowa. Juli Hollingsworth, who totaled eight hits and averaging a .533 batting average, led the Golden Hurricanes.

SCOUTING LIPSCOMB
Lipscomb traveled to Lake Charles, La. to compete in the Cowgirl Classic against Campbell, Samford, #14 Arkansas and McNeese St. Jordan Fortel and Peyton Ward, who both notched seven hits during the tournament, led the Bison. Kate Turner leads with four RBIs so far this season. Turner also went 2-0 in the circle for the Bison and earned a 0.64 ERA.

SCOUTING SOUTH ALABAMA
South Alabama began 2019 in the Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores, Ala. last weekend, going up against Missouri State, Tennessee State, Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky. The Jaguars were able to pick up a 9-1 win against Tennessee State. Brittani Reid led the offense by connecting on four hits and two RBIs with a .364 batting average.

SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota traveled to Las Vegas, Nev. to participate in the Marucci Desert Classic last weekend. The Fighting Hawks went 1-4, picking up a 2-1 win over #25 Long Beach State and falling to Utah Valley (4-8), UNLV (1-10), Southern Utah (6-7) and Seton Hall (4-6). Four Fighting Hawks picked up four hits each over the weekend.

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