HATTIESBURG, Miss-- The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference released the GCAC Players of the Week awards for the week ending April 11, and the University of Mobile had three athletes honored. Leslie Pickette was named GCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week, Jessica Palmer was named GCAC Softball Player of the Week and Maegan Rice was named GCAC Women's Golfer of the Week.

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MOBILE, Ala-- The 25th-ranked University of Mobile softball team won the opener 7-1 to split Friday's non-conference twin bill with visiting Thomas University. The Night Hawks of Thomas won the finale 6-2. Leslie Pickette got the win in the opener by limiting Thomas to 1 run on 2 hits in 5 innings of work, while fanning a pair. Jessica Palmer finished 3-3 with 2 RBI, Jessica Swanson finished 3-3 with 2 runs, Holli McLeod finished 2-4 with 2 RBI and Hannah Harrell drove in a pair.

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MOBILE, Ala-- The 25th-ranked University of Mobile softball team took the opener 4-1 over 14th-ranked William Carey University Wednesday to earn a split in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader. William Carey took the finale 2-1. In the opener, the Lady Rams rode the right arm of Leslie Pickette and took advantage of 4 William Carey errors. Pickette scattered seven hits, while allowing only one run and striking out six in a complete-game effort. Katie McCrary took the loss for William Carey after giving up 3 unearned tallies in 2.1 innings of relief.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released the NAIA Top 25 polls for the spring sports, and the University of Mobile has a couple of teams ranked. The UM women's tennis team is ranked 23rd in the latest NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll after receiving votes last week. Mobile received 108 points in the poll, nine behind 22nd-ranked Biola University (Calif.) and 21 more than 24th-ranked Westmont College (Calif.).

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MOBILE, Ala-- The 24th-ranked University split Friday's twin bill with Columbia College (Mo.) dropping the opener 2-3 and rebounding for a 5-0 win in the finale. In that final game, Leslie Pickette grabbed the win for Mobile by limiting the Lady Cougars to three hits in 6 shutout innings. She struck out seven and walked two. Offensively, Mobile plated five runs on only five hits, with the big blow being a four-run 4th inning that started the scoring. Ally Scott and Nicole Walker both finished 1-3 with 2 RBI, while Jessica Swanson was 1-2 with 1 RBI.

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JACKSON, Miss-- The 25th-ranked University of Mobile softball team dropped a Gulf Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader at 9th-ranked Belhaven University Tuesday, dropping the opener 1-0 and falling 4-2 in the finale. In the opener, the Lady Blazers got a 2-out run in the 1st on Tiffany Ansley's RBI-single and made that stand up as Sarah Burns limited the Mobile bats to two hits in 7 shutout innings.

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MOBILE, Ala-- The 25th-ranked University of Mobile softball team run-ruled Lindenwood University 10-2 in six innings in the opener Sunday, and then rallied for a 4-3 walk-off win in the finale. Mobile (25-10, 6-0) visits 9th-ranked Belhaven University Tuesday, March 30 for a 3 pm Gulf Coast Athletic Conference twin bill.

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MOBILE, Ala-- The 25th-ranked University of Mobile softball team pulled out a pair of late-inning wins versus Spring Hill College in GCAC action at Mobile Friday. The Lady Rams won the opener 2-1 in 8 innings and won the finale 2-0. The opener saw Mobile's Victoria Buie and Spring Hill's Samantha Brooks do battle.

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HATTIESBURG, Miss-- The University of Mobile softball team ended the William Carey Round Robin Saturday by falling 7-9 to Southern Nazarene and run-ruling Grace College 10-0. Mobile (21-10, 4-0) hosts Spring Hill for a 4 pm doubleheader Friday, March 26.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala-- The 18th-ranked University of Mobile softball team finished the Faulkner University Invitational by dropping a pair of games versus NAIA Top-25 teams Saturday. Mobile fell to 12th-ranked Shorter College 3-2 to open the day and then dropped an 8-1 decision to 22nd-ranked Auburn University-Montgomery to cap the tournament.

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