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Grambling soccer wins as baseball, softball, volleyball teams all struggle

Last week for Grambling fans was a tough one. 

The week of March 8-14 started out with the women’s volleyball team playing at Arkansas Pine-Bluff, in which they lost 0-3. Gillian Jones led the team with 7 kills.

The Lady Tigers played again Thursday at home against Jackson State where they lost 1-3. Gillian Jones had a team high 11 kills.

Tuesday the women’s softball team defeated Jarvis Christian College 6-5. Centerfielder Tyra Triplett had two hits and two RBIs in the game.

Wednesday they traveled to Monroe to face off in a two-game series against ULM. The first game they lost 2-4 and the second 0-8.

The first game leftfielder Morgan Adams homered for one run. Sophomore Antiya Randle also had an RBI that game.

The men’s baseball team also started their week off on Wednesday at Mississippi State. They fell short in a shutout 0-10. 

Later they traveled to Atlanta for the Ralph Garr-Bill Lucas HBCU Baseball Classic. They failed to get a win in the three-game series with Florida A&M.

Friday the score of the game was 4-7. The Saturday game was 1-3 and Sunday was 8-10.

The women’s soccer team was the only squad to have a winning week. They defeated Alcorn State 5-2 on Friday.

Kailey Pena and Paula Burillo-Blasco both scored two goals each. Haylee O’Leary scored the team’s second goal.