Courtesy of GSU Athletic Communications
Softball
he Grambling State University softball team picked up their seventh straight win on Sunday afternoon, defeating UAPB 7-2 at the Torii Hunter Softball Complex.
The Tigers swept Saturday’s doubleheader against Arkansas Pine-Bluff 10-1 and 12-6. The seven-game winning streak is GSU’s longest since the 2018-19 campaign.
The Lady Tigers outhit UAPB 7-5 on Sunday with Tytianna Robinson accounting for two of GSU’s hits. Robinson went 2-for-3 wit a triple, a double and two RBI
Grambling State (18-8-1, 6-0 SWAC) got on the board in the top of the first inning when India Wells scored Kaytlyn Moore a sacrifice fly
In the top of the fourth, Nyah Jones reached second on an error and was brought in to score by an RBI single from Ta’mya Johnson. With Grambling State leading 2-0, Johnson scored on a UAPB wild pitch extending its lead to 3-0.
GSU scored four more runs in the fifth inning, building a commanding 7-0 lead. Jayda Williams stroked an RBI single to left field to make it 4-0. Robinson drove in two runs with a double to the right, scoring Jones and Asli Strozier. Robinson came around to score after stealing third and reaching home on an error.
UAPB(5-21,1-5) plated two runs in the bottom of the frame, but a comeback wasn’t in the cards for the Golden Lions. The Tigers walked away with the 7-2 win over UAPB.
As a team, the Lady Tigers recorded seven hits. Robinson went 2-for-3 at the plate, drove in one run and picked up two RBI’s.
GSU starting pitcher Dacia Richard (5-2) picked up her fifth win of the season, tossing 7.0 innings, allowing just two runs on five hits. She also fanned two batters.
LeeAnn Raney (0-6) was saddled with the loss for UAPB after surrendering five runs on four hits and five walks in 4.1 innings of work.
Track and Field
The Grambling State University men’s and women’s track and field teams took part in the Jim Mize Invitational hosted by Louisiana Tech’s this weekend an racked up on strong finishes.
The highlight of day one came from sprinter Amari Wrightsil placing second and landing a personal-best in the women’s 200m with a final time of 25.08. Sophomore CJ Guidry also placed second in the men’s 200m with a time of 21.32.
Jordyn Wyatt had a good day in the field placing sixth overall in the women’s discus with a throw of 115’2″.
GSU continued to build on its momentum on Saturday with several Tigers earning top eight finishes.
Dior Nicholson started the day with an impressive performance in the women’s shot put. Nicholson placed third overall and notched a season best with a toss of 12.85m.On the men’s side, Terrance Bell Jr. wrapped up the shot put in seventh place with a PR of 13.92m .
Lawrence Lambert jumped to second place in the men’s long jump. Lambert recorded a distance of 7.15m, finishing behind Mateo Smith of Louisiana Tech (7.23m).
Serena Jimerson clinched seventh place for the Tigers in the women’s long jump with a leap of 5.32m.
Jamie Richardson notched a first place win in the women’s high jump with 1.65m. Teammate Pearl Moss placed third and recorded her season’s best with a jump of 1.53m. Anaya Jones placed seventh and achieved a PR with a distance of 1.45m.
Jahorous Turner and Anthony Davis both notched top 5 results in the men’s high jump. Turner placed second (1.85m) while Davis followed behind coming in third (1.79m).
Grambling State looked solid in the women’s 4×100 meter relay. Sterling,Davis, Wrightsil, and Glasco had a strong run finishing second with a time of 48.17.
Guidry claimed fourth place in the men’s 100m dash with a time of 10.68. Nicholas Williams sprinted into eighth place (10.86).
Miciah Myles finished fifth in the men’s 800m with a time of 1:58.36.
Ivory Davis continued to be a force for the Tigers in the women’s 400m hurdles, coming in second with a time of 1:05.36.
Ruth Kibet, Mercy Kwambai and Lillian Thou competed for the Tigers in the women’s 3000m. Kibet paced the the ladies with a first place finish, clocking in at 11:30.79. Kwambai finished second, with a time of 11:39.15, and Thou notched fifth (12:05.15).
Mathias Cheboi wrapped up the day with a first place result in the men’s 3000 with a time of 9:02.26
Baseball
The Grambling State University baseball team overpowered Southern on Sunday afternoon at Wilbert Ellis Field at R.W.E. Jones Park, pummeling the Jaguars 16-6 in 7 innings to earn an early season Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series win.
The Tigers won Friday’s game 8-7 in 12 innings before falling in Saturday’s game by an identical score of 8-7 in 12 innings.
In the rubber match on Sunday Cameron Bufford drove in four runs for GSU (6-13 overall, 2-1 SWAC), going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a single and a walk. Keylon Mack was also a tough out, going 4-for-5 with four singles and an RBI. As a team, Grambling State totaled 17 hits, while the Tigers’ pitching staff limited Southern (5-13, 1-2) to just six hits.
Jacorey Boudreaux got the start on the mound for GSU, going 3.1 innings, surrendering three runs on three hits and six walks. Brett Washington (1-0) was credited with the win in relief, going 2.0 innings, fanning two batters and allowing three runs on two hits and a pair of walks.
Bufford got the Tigers on the board first with an RBI single into left field. Mack followed that with a run scoring base knock of his own to make it 2-0 in the first inning. Jose Vargas picked up the third RBI single in row for GSU, bringing Mack around to score. A wild pitch plated Grambling State’s fourth run off the frame, extending the advantage to 4-0.
Bufford continued to punish Jaguar pitching in the second inning, stroking an RBI double to the right centerfield wall, giving the Tigers a 5-0 lead.
Southern cut into the lead in the top of the third, bringing a pair of runs around to score, making it 5-2 in favor of GSU. SU’s Jaylen Armstrong pulled the Jaguars slightly closer in the fourth with a RBI single through the right side of the infield.
In the bottom of the fifth, Daylon Ardoin drew a bases loaded walk with one out, giving the Tigers a three-run cushion at 6-3. Terry Burrell III came through with a huge two-RBI double to left field. Ardoin was thrown out at third after getting caught in a run down, but Burrell advanced to third on the play.
Tiger Borom scored Burrell on a double through the right side of the infield that skipped the first baseman, growing GSU’s lead top 9-3.
Southern tried to make a game of it in the sixth, adding three runs to make it 9-6.
In the seventh inning, Grambling State put the Jaguars away scoring seven runs to enact the 10-run rule. What was even more impressive was that GSU scored all seven runs with two outs.
Kendrick Bershell earned his first save of the year, suppressing Southern’s bats for 1.1 innings, allowing no hits and striking out two batters.
Christian Davis (0-1) was saddled with the loss after going 2.0 innings and giving up five runs on five hits and a walk.
