Box Score VICKSBURG, Miss. – With a chance to win the series on Saturday, the UWG softball team fell 7-6 in eight innings to Delta State in Gulf South Conference play.
 
On a day where the Wolves (6-3, 4-2 GSC) left 14 runners on base and made five errors, they still had a chance to win the third game of the series, but in the end, fell short on the road.
 
West Georgia led by two in the seventh and again by one in the eighth, but Delta State (8-6, 3-3 GSC) fought back each time and eventually won the game on a bases loaded walk in extra innings.
 
Delta State had to overcome a 4-0 deficit after Kayla Hughes put UWG up early on an RBI single in the first, and then again in the fourth before a two-RBI single by Alley Taylor gave the Wolves the four-run lead.
 
After a single DSU run in the bottom of the fourth, the Statesmen made it a one-run game with two in the sixth.
 
Madison Slappey provided an insurance run with an RBI triple in the top of the seventh, but the Statesmen responded with two runs in their final frame to force extra innings.
 
The Wolves took another lead after a Maddie Gorsuch single scored Chandler Mevis in the eighth.
 
Needing three outs to win the series, the Wolves made two errors, and allowed three walks in the eighth, allowing DSU to score a pair and win the series.
 
UWG used three pitchers on the day with Morgan Goree taking the loss allowing four runs with one earned in 1.2 innings of relief.
 
Offensively, the Wolves got another big game from Madison Slappey who was 3-for-4, capping off a solid series that saw her go 7-for-9 with two doubles, a triple, and three RBIs.
 
Maddie Gorsuch also went 3-for-4 getting the start at third base. Kayla Hughes and Kristyn Nix also had  multi-hit games, going 2-for-3 with Hughes notching two RBIs.
 
The Wolves are back on the road next weekend, taking on Shorter in a three-game GSC series in Rome, Georgia.