JACKSON, Miss.| The Jackson State softball team took a 10-1 lead in the first inning and never surrendered the advantage on the way to a 22-5 victory against the Arlington Baptist Patriots on Friday afternoon.

Brooklyn Morris (1-0) started in the circle and picked up the win for Jackson State. The left-hander went two innings, giving up one run on two hits. M. McDowell also made an impact in the circle for the Tigers, throwing one shutout inning while allowing no hits, with one walk and one strikeout.

• Jackson State (1-0) were trailing 1-0 in the first inning when they first put runs on the board.
• JSU's offense started clicking and put up 10 runs, including a one-run double off the bat of Meah Almarez.
• Arlington Baptist failed to push any runs across before the Tigers offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning.
• Jackson State brought home a pair, with one run driven in by Ka'Liyah Gipson's single, which brought the Tigers lead to 12-1.
• The Patriots narrowed JSU's lead to 12-3 before the Tigers stretched the advantage to 21-3 in the third inning.
• JSU bats heated up in the inning, scoring nine runs, including a one-run home run off the bat of Summer Tyes.
• The Patriots fought back, closing the gap to 21-5 until Jackson State added some insurance in the fourth.
• The Tigers scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Jhordan Dyer, bringing the score to 22-5 in favor of Jackson State.
• The score remained as the Tigers coasted to the win.

Inside the Numbers

• Gipson had three base knocks in the game for Jackson State.
• Jackson State grabbed a 10-1 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
• Four Tigers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
• JSU had a total of 16 hits in the game.
• Both Gipson and Ariah Hill stole two bases in Friday's game.
• The Tigers swiped eight bases as a team.
• Jackson State pitchers limited Arlington Baptist to just 2-for-10 (.200) with runners in scoring position.
• JSU's pitchers faced 26 Arlington Baptist hitters in the game, allowing 10 ground balls and two fly balls while striking out two.
• Tyes led the Tigers at the plate, going 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs.
• Arlington Baptist was led offensively by A. Pena, who went 2 for 2.
• A. Nuno led the Patriots pitching staff, throwing 1.1 innings of two-run ball.

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