2023 South Alabama Jaguars softball team explained
| Mode: | softball |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Team: | South Alabama Jaguars |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | SBC |
| Record: | 39–14 |
| Conf Record: | 20–4 |
| Head Coach: | Becky Clark |
| Hc Year: | 17th |
| Asst Coach1: | Kristina McCain |
| Asst Coach2: | Hannah Campbell |
| Stadium: | Jaguar Field |
The 2023 South Alabama Jaguars softball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Jaguars played their home games at Jaguar Field. The Jaguars were led by seventeenth-year head coach Becky Clark and were members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Preseason
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2023. South Alabama was picked to finish third in the conference with 118 votes.[1]
| Coaches poll |
| 1 | Louisiana | 144 (12) |
| 2 | Texas State | 130 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 118 |
| 4 | Troy | 99 |
| 5 | James Madison | 93 |
| 6 | Marshall | 80 |
| 7 | Southern Miss | 68 |
| 8 | Appalachian State | 63 |
| 9 | Louisiana–Monroe | 44 |
| 10 | Coastal Carolina | 43 |
| 11 | Georgia State
Georgia Southern | 27 | |
Preseason All-Sun Belt team
- Jessica Mullins (Pitcher, TXST)
- Olivia Lackie (Pitcher, USA)
- Sophie Piskos (Pitcher, LA)
- Hannah Shifflett (1st Base, JMU)
- Stormy Kotzelnick (1st Base, LA)
- Kelly Horne (2nd Base, TXST)
- Alexa Langeliers (Shortstop, LA)
- Jourdyn Campbell (3rd Base, LA)
- Sara Vanderford (3rd Base, TXST)
- Karly Heath (Designated Player, LA)
- Iyanla De Jesus (Designated Player, CCU)
- Ciara Trahan (Outfielder, TXST)
- Maddie Hayden (Outfielder, LA)
- Mackenzie Brasher (Outfielder, USA)
- Kayt Houston (Outfielder, APP)
National Softball Signing Day
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Schedule and results
| Legend |
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| | South Alabama win |
| | South Alabama loss |
| | Postponement/Cancellation/Suspensions |
| Bold | South Alabama team member | |
| 2023 South Alabama Jaguars softball game log |
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| Regular season (38–13) |
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| February (9–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| NFCA Leadoff Classic |
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| Feb. 10 | vs. | | | L
2–48 | Zabala
(1-0) | Lackie
(0-1) | None | | 556 | 0–1 | | | Feb. 10 | vs. No. 8 | | Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL | L
5–8 | Henry
(1-0) | Lackie
(0-2) | Boyd
(1) | | 476 | 0–2 | | | Feb. 11 | vs. | | Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL | W
5–3 | Hardy
(1-0) | Serafinko
(0-1) | None | | 435 | 1–2 | | | Feb. 11 | | | Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL | Game cancelled | | Feb. 12 | vs. | | Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL | L
1–5 | Montgomery
(1-0) | Hardy
(1-1) | Johnson
(1) | | 223 | 1–3 | | |
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| Mardi Gras Classic |
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| Feb. 17 | | | | L
1–3 | Johnston
(1-1) | Hardy
(0-2) | None | | 429 | 1–4 | | | Feb. 17 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
9–05 | Lackie
(1-2) | Guiterrez
(0-3) | None | | 429 | 2–4 | | | Feb. 18 | Missouri State | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
10–05 | Lackie
(2-2) | Houchlei
(0-2) | None | | 487 | 3–4 | | | Feb. 18 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
4–1 | Hardy
(2-2) | Smith
(1-1) | None | | 487 | 4–4 | | | Feb. 19 | Rutgers | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
4–0 | Lackie
(3-2) | Vickers
(2-1) | Hardy
(1) | | 369 | 5–4 | | |
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| Feb. 21 | | | | W
3–0 | Lackie
(1-2) | Vallejo
(1-3) | None | | 621 | 6–4 | | | South Alabama Invitational |
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| Feb. 23 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | L
2–4 | Nash
(3-1) | Hardy
(2-3) | None | | 326 | 6–5 | | | Feb. 24 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
3–2 | Hardy
(3-3) | Tufts
(3-3) | None | | 437 | 7–5 | | | Feb. 24 | RV | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | L
4–8 | Wesley
(2-1) | Lackie
(4-3) | None | | 437 | 7–6 | | | Feb. 25 | Tulsa | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
5–3 | Hardy
(4-3) | Moore
(4-2) | None | | 430 | 8–6 | | | Feb. 26 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
2–0 | Lackie
(5-3) | Floyd
(2-1) | None | | 527 | 9–6 | | |
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| March (14–4) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Jane B. Moore Memorial |
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| Mar. 3 | vs. | | | W
9–06 | Lackie
(6-3) | Piper
(1-6) | None | | 1,547 | 10–6 | | | Mar. 3 | at No. 19 | | Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL | L
0–3 | Penta
(10-0) | Hardy
(4-4) | None | | 1,547 | 10–7 | | | Mar. 4 | vs. | | Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL | W
12–05 | Hardy
(5-4) | Anderson
(4-1) | None | | 1,720 | 11–7 | | | Mar. 4 | at No. 19 Auburn | | Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL | W
2–1 | Lackie
(7-3) | Lowe
(2-1) | None | | 1,720 | 12–7 | | | Mar. 5 | vs. Tennessee Tech | | Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL | W
8–05 | Hardy
(6-4) | Cole
(0-6) | None | | 1,589 | 13–7 | | |
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| THE Spring Games |
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| Mar. 10 | vs. | | | W
1–0 | Hardy
(7-4) | Parrott
(2-2) | None | | 123 | 14–7 | | | Mar. 10 | vs. | | ROC Park • Madiera Beach, FL | L
2–4 | Adams
(4-4) | Lackie
(7-4) | Loecker
(2) | | 189 | 14–8 | | | Mar. 11 | vs. | | ROC Park • Madiera Beach, FL | L
1–3 | Young
(6-0) | Hardy
(7-5) | None | | 224 | 14–9 | | | Mar. 11 | vs. | | ROC Park • Madiera Beach, FL | W
11–05 | Lackie
(8-4) | Beckham
(0-2) | None | | 269 | 15–9 | | | Mar. 12 | vs. | | ROC Park • Madiera Beach, FL | W
3–2 | Hardy
(8-5) | Laudenslager
(1-6) | Lackie
(1) | | 123 | 16–9 | | |
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| Mar. 18 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
8–06 | Lackie
(9-4) | Doolittle
(5-2) | None | | 504 | 17–9 | 1–0 | | Mar. 18 | Georgia State | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
4–3 | Hardy
(9-5) | Adams
(2-5) | None | ESPN+ | 504 | 18–9 | 2–0 | | Mar. 19 | Georgia State | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
9–5 | Hardy
(10-5) | Adams
(2-6) | None | ESPN+ | 332 | 19–9 | 3–0 | | Mar. 21 | | | | W
5–2 | Lagle
(1-0) | McNeill
(7-4) | Hardy
(2) | ESPN+ | 103 | 20–9 | | | Mar. 24 | | | | W
2–1 | Lackie
(10-4) | Mullins
(11-7) | None | ESPN+ | 417 | 21–9 | 4–0 | | Mar. 25 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX | L
2–6 | Pierce
(4-2) | Hardy
(10-6) | None | ESPN+ | 536 | 21–10 | 4–1 | | Mar. 26 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX | W
7–0 | Lackie
(11-4) | McCann
(4-3) | None | ESPN+ | 547 | 22–10 | 5–1 | | Mar. 31 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
6–0 | Lackie
(12-4) | Nichols
(1-1) | None | ESPN+ | 437 | 23–10 | 6–1 | |
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| April (12–3) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Apr. 1 | Louisiana–Monroe | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
2–1 | Hardy
(11-6) | Abrams
(4-6) | Lackie
(2) | ESPN+ | 408 | 24–10 | 7–1 | | Apr. 2 | Louisiana–Monroe | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
4–0 | Lackie
(13-4) | Abrams
(4-7) | None | ESPN+ | 481 | 25–10 | 8–1 | | Apr. 8 | | | | L
5–7 | Schorman
(11-4) | Lackie
(13-5) | None | ESPN+ | 1,398 | 25–11 | 8–2 | | Apr. 8 | at Louisiana | | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA | L
0–85 | Landry
(10-4) | Hardy
(11-7) | None | ESPN+ | 1,398 | 25–12 | 8–3 | | Apr. 9 | at Louisiana | | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA | L
0–2 | Landry
(11-4) | Lackie
(13-6) | Lamb
(2) | ESPN+ | 1,004 | 25–13 | 8–4 | | Apr. 11 | Nicholls | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
3–2 | Lackie
(14-6) | McNeill
(9-7) | None | ESPN+ | 331 | 26–13 | | | Apr. 14 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
9–05 | Lackie
(15-6) | Northrop
(8-6) | None | ESPN+ | 296 | 27–13 | 9–4 | | Apr. 14 | Appalachian State | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
5–2 | Hardy
(12-7) | Neas
(7-6) | None | ESPN+ | 296 | 28–13 | 10–4 | | Apr. 16 | Appalachian State | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
1–0 | Lackie
(16-6) | Buckner
(4-7) | None | ESPN+ | 338 | 29–13 | 11–4 | | Apr. 21 | at | | | W
5–48 | Hardy
(13-7) | Kendrick
(8-3) | None | ESPN+ | 235 | 30–13 | 12–4 | | Apr. 22 | at Georgia Southern | | Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA | W
6–1 | Hardy
(14-7) | Barnard
(1-6) | None | ESPN+ | 223 | 31–13 | 13–4 | | Apr. 23 | at Georgia Southern | | Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA | W
11–05 | Lackie
(17-6) | Kendrick
(8-4) | None | ESPN+ | 194 | 32–13 | 14–4 | | Apr. 28 | at | | | W
10–5 | Lackie
(18-6) | Leinstock
(11-13) | None | ESPN+ | 681 | 33–13 | 15–4 | | Apr. 30 | at Southern Miss | | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | W
4–18 | Hardy
(15-7) | Leinstock
(11-14) | None | ESPN+ | 784 | 34–13 | 16–4 | | Apr. 30 | at Southern Miss | | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | W
11–05 | Lackie
(19-6) | Lee
(3-5) | None | ESPN+ | 784 | 35–13 | 17–4 | |
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| May (3–0) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| May 4 | | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
6–1 | Lackie
(20-6) | Johnson
(24-7) | None | ESPN+ | 444 | 36–13 | 18–4 | | May 6 | Troy | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
6–0 | Hardy
(16-7) | Baker
(2-3) | None | ESPN+ | 503 | 37–13 | 19–4 | | May 6 | Troy | | Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL | W
7–68 | Hardy
(17-7) | Johnson
(24-8) | None | ESPN+ | 503 | 38–13 | 20–4 | |
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| Post-Season (1–1) |
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| (1–1) |
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| Date | Opponent | (Seed)/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 11 | vs. (6) | (3) | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA | W
4–1 | Lackie
(21-6) | Berry
(11-6) | None | ESPN+ | 920 | 39–13 | 1–0 | | May 12 | | (3) | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA | L
2–3 | Nester
(27-7) | Hardy
(17-8) | None | ESPN+ | 918 | 39–14 | 1–1 | |
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Schedule Source:[3] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.
Notes and References
- Web site: Louisiana Tops Sun Belt Softball Preseason Coaches Poll . sunbeltsports.org . 8 April 2023 . en.
- Web site: JAGUAR SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF 7 IN FALL CLASS . University of South Alabama Athletics . 9 November 2022 . en.
- Web site: 2023 Softball Schedule . University of South Alabama Athletics . 29 May 2023 . en.
