GAME RESULT
Mississippi Valley State 8, Saint Louis 4
Black & Gold Invitational
Friday, February 7, 2020
Hattiesburg, Miss.
 
THE BASICS
Mississippi Valley State did all its damage in the second and third innings in an 8-4 victory over Saint Louis in the opening game of Southern Mississippi's Black & Gold Invitational Friday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Billikens jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Gabbie Kowalik's sacrifice fly plated the first run, and Alyssa Chavez's double chased home the second.
• Mississippi Valley answered with five runs in the top of the second.
• SLU closed the gap with a run in its half of the second on Kristi Stevenson's sacrifice fly.
• MVSU stretched the lead to 8-3 with a three-run third inning.
• The Bills tallied their final run in the seventh on a Kat Lane RBI single.
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Kaylea Chappelle recorded two doubles.
• Chavez and Lane had a double and a single apiece.
• Aubrey Hacke pitched four innings of three-hit shutout relief, striking out three and walking only one.
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens continue play in the Black & Gold Invitational with two games Saturday, facing Mississippi Valley State at noon and Southern Mississippi at 2:30 p.m.