LAFAYETTE, La. – No. 2 seed South Alabama hit two-run home runs in back-to-back innings and held off a desperate rally from the No. 1 seed UL Lafayette to earn a spot in the 2014 Softball Championship final with a 4-2 win at Lamson Park on Friday night.

South Alabama (40-11) freshman Amanda Minahan and junior Blair Johnson each delivered two-run blasts in the seventh and eighth innings to lead the Jags to the 4-2 victory. The No. 22-ranked Jaguars advance to the championship game scheduled for Saturday at 3 p.m. at Lamson Park.

South Alabama will be looking for its third-straight softball tournament title and faces the winner of No. 6 seed UL Monroe vs. No. 1 seed and host UL Lafayette.

Jags senior Hannah Campbell went the distance in the circle for USA, striking out three to one walk and allowing only a pair of runs (one earned) on 12 hits. Campbell improved to 17-5 on the year, and dropped her earned run average to 0.93.

South Alabama snapped a 13-game losing streak to UL Lafayette. The last time UL Lafayette was held to fewer than three runs was in a 3-0 shutout loss to James Madison on Feb. 22 at the 2014 NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla.

The Cajuns jumped to an early lead in the bottom of the second when senior Shelbi Redfearn scored on a one-out, bases-loaded passed ball after two singles and a walk. The Jags worked out of the jam with two fly outs.

After Minahan’s two-run homer put South Alabama up 2-1 in the top of the seventh, the Ragin’ Cajuns rallied in the bottom half of the inning. UL Lafayette tied after three consecutive no-out singles, the last from sophomore Samantha Walsh scoring Hayden to equalize. After sophomore Shellie Landry provided a fourth single to reload the bases, Campbell forced two pop ups and a foul out to keep the lead.

No. 1 seed UL Lafayette faces an elimination game against No. 6 seed UL Monroe on Friday night. The winner advances to a winner-take-all championship game on Sunday against the No. 2 seed South Alabama.