JACKSON, Miss.| The Jackson State softball team took a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning, but could not hang on and fell 10-3 to Bethune-Cookman Friday evening at the JSU Softball Field.

Marissa Medina (0-1) started and took the loss in the circle for Jackson State . The right-hander went five innings, giving up four runs, three earned, on four hits, allowing four walks and striking out eight. Jalia Hubbard led the way offensively for the Tigers, going 1-for-2 in the ballgame with a home run, two walks and two RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 1-0, Jackson State (17-24, 6-10 SWAC) first put runs on the board in the fifth inning.
• The Tigers managed to push across two runs in the inning.
• JSU lost the lead they built in the fifth, but got back on the board in the seventh trailing 10-2.
• Jackson State picked up a run on Hubbard's two-out solo home run off of Victoria Guzman, which tightened the Wildcats lead to 10-3.
• The Tigers were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Medina fanned eight Wildcats hitters.
• Jackson State's highest scoring inning was the fifth, when it pushed two runs across.
• JSU's pitchers faced 37 Bethune-Cookman hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and two fly balls while striking out nine.
• The Tigers drew eight walks from Bethune-Cookman pitching.
• Hubbard led the Tigers at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
• Bethune-Cookman was led offensively by Ciera Clark, who went 1-for-1 with a home run and two RBI.
• Sophomore Halyne Gonzalez led the Wildcats pitching staff, throwing four innings of two-run ball.