LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The UWG softball team fell in the finale of a three-game series at West Alabama on Sunday afternoon, falling 12-4 in six innings.
 
West Georgia (11-21, 4-13 GSC) had a lead early in the game, and kept it close until a big sixth inning from West Alabama (17-13, 8-6 GSC) gave the Tigers an eight-run lead and ended the game early.
 
West Alabama struck first in the ball game, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first on three hits and an error.
 
After two scoreless frames for the Wolves, UWG struck for three in the third. Madison Vandergriff led off with a walk, and the Kristyn Nix hit an opposite field home run that tied things up at 2-2. Chandler Mevis then singled, went first to third on a double from R.J. Janke and scored on an Emma Bailey sacrifice fly.
 
The Tigers answered right back in their half of the third, using two singles to get runners on, moving them over via the sacrifice bunt, and then both runners scored on a pair of wild pitches, giving the Tigers another lead at 4-3.
 
UWA added a run in the bottom of the fifth, and the Wolves responded with another of their own as Nix picked up the RBI, her third of the day.
 
In the bottom of the sixth, the UWA offense erupted for seven runs to end the game in the sixth inning.
 
UWG had six hits coming from six different players, although Nix drove in three of the four West Georgia runs.
 
NOTABLE NUMBERS
- Kristyn Nix extended her hitting streak to 15 games with her third-inning home run. It was her second home run of the season and her career. 

UP NEXT
West Georgia is back into non-conference play next weekend, traveling to Augusta to take on the Jaguars in a Saturday doubleheader on April 2.