MVSU Devilettes falls to LSU and East Carolina in NCAA Tournament

Mississippi Valley State fell to LSU 8-0, and East Carolina 4-2 to end their SWAC Championship season at 28-28.

BATON ROUGE, La. - The East Carolina softball team defeated Mississippi Valley State, 4-2, for its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory Saturday afternoon before 945 fans at LSU's Tiger Park. The Pirates improve to 37-29 on the season and 1-1 in the Baton Rouge Regional. The Devilettes end their season at 28-28 after making their fifth appearance in the NCAA Championship.

MVSU jumped ahead in the top of the second. Angelia Jones doubled with one out which moved Megan Hays to third base. Hays had walked to lead off the inning. Then, Pirate hurler Brooke Swann unleashed a wild pitch that allowed Hays to score, putting the Devilettes ahead 1-0.

ECU responded in the bottom half of the second. Back-to-back doubles by Vanessa Moreno and Angel Barrella tied the game before Cristen Aona belted a long ball off of the scoreboard to score Barrella, making the score 3-1 in the Pirates' favor.

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MVSU to Open NCAA play against Ninth-seeded LSU Softball

BATON ROUGE -- LSU will once again have to postpone the final game in Tiger Park for one more weekend as the overall No. 9 national seeded Tigers begin NCAA Regional competition this weekend at home, facing Mississippi Valley State on Friday at 7 p.m. as part of the three-day double-elimination tournament.

Mississippi Valley State (28-26) earned the at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament from the Southwestern Athletic Conference after winning the league tournament. The Devilettes won the SWAC Eastern Division, tied with Southern University for the overall championship, before defeating the Lady Jaguars in the tournament championship game, 6-3.

Mississippi Valley Devilettes are making their fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. (Photo Courtesy of Kevin M. Robinson Photography)

The Tigers (42-16) fell to No. 3 national seed Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals last weekend at Tiger Park after knocking off NCAA College Station Regional participant Auburn. The No. 9 national seed is the highest for LSU since the NCAA Tournament went to the Super Regional format in 2005.

All of LSU's NCAA Regional games will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network in Baton Rouge on The X - 104.5/104.9 FM. The broadcasts can also be heard in the GeauxZone on LSUsports.net.

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A familiar tune for A&M Lady Bulldogs

Bulldogs fall in SWAC first round for sixth time

BIRMINGHAM - Alabama A&M women's basketball coach Altherias Warmley had hoped this year would be different. Unfortunately for A&M, it was a lot like the previous ones.

A&M, which struggled early, battled back and appeared to be in control midway through the second half. But A&M faded down the stretch as Mississippi Valley State came away with a 67-61 victory in the opening round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon at Fair Park Arena.

"We made too many mistakes and got outhustled," said Warmley, whose team committed 20turnovers and was outrebounded 37-26. "Valley played hard and we didn't match their intensity. We made some mistakes at crucial periods in the game and time ran out on us.

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Jackson State ice MVSU Devilettes 76-57

ITTA BENA, Miss. - The Jackson State University women's basketball team controlled the action from the beginning to the end of regulation, as the Lady Tigers defeated the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes 76-57 in SWAC action Saturday night.

The Devilettes jumped out to an early 11-5 lead at the 17:13 mark in the first half. JSU went on a 14-0 run that was jumped started by an Erica Trahan jumper. JSU took a 19-11 lead with 11:51 remaining in the first half. The Lady Tigers went on to extend their lead to 43-27 at the half. The Lady Tigers shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, while Valley shot 40.9 percent.

In the second half, Jackson State extended its lead by as much as 27 points with 6: 49 left in the game.

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