ULM Warhawks

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The ULM softball team locked up Mississippi State in a 1-1 tie through three innings, but a home run in the bottom of the seventh gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 victory. One of the nation's best hitters, Mia Davidson, hit her 18th home run of the year for Mississippi State's walk-off win.
 
"It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of good that came out of that game," said ULM head coach Molly Fichtner. "We are obviously right there. The only thing we can improve on to beat a team like that, we have to adjust offensively a little bit more. I would like to see us have a little bit more of a sense of urgency at the plate and not let a pitcher beat us in the same spot two times."
 
The Warhawks responded to the Bulldogs' early 1-0 lead with a run in the fourth inning. With two outs, Lourdes Bacon singled up to center field. She swiped second with an acrobatic move. Gabby Davila singled up the left-field line and drove in her 20th run of the season in bringing Bacon across to tie the game.
 
In the second inning, Mississippi State's Madisyn Kennedy singled to plate the Bulldogs' first run after Matalasi Faapito's triple put her in scoring position.
 
Bacon finished the night with two of the Warhawks' hits and Davila finished the game with a hit and an RBI.
 
Victoria Abrams (7-4) pitched a magnificent game with Madison Blount behind the plate. Abrams scattered six hits in seven innings and got out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning without giving up a run.
 
Victoria Abrams, you can't say enough about her, and Madison Blount behind the plate, they did a really good job," Fichtner said. "Even when they had the bases loaded, for her to get out of it the way she did, it was incredible."
 
ULM begins a five-game homestand with a Sun Belt Conference series vs. South Alabama Friday-Sunday, April 22-24. The link for live stats will be available on the softball schedule page at ULMWarhawks.com.