Coastal Carolina 3, Appalachian State 1
CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina improved to 34-12 on the season and 12-13 in the Sun Belt Conference as the Chanticleers picked up a 3-1 victory versus Appalachian State (30-21, 12-12 Sun Belt) on Thursday afternoon at St. John Stadium.

Texas State 5, UTA 2
ARLINGTON, Texas – Texas State (28-21, 16-8 Sun Belt) hung a four-spot on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning to complete a comeback victory over UTA (27-24, 15-10) on Thursday evening at Allan Saxe Field. The start time of the game was delayed 1:47 due to lightning in the area.

Louisiana 3, ULM 0
MONROE, La. – Another dazzling performance by Summer Ellyson was the highlight of the series-opening contest between No. 8 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball and ULM on Thursday. One game removed from tossing perfect softball in a relief appearance vs. Coastal Carolina, Ellyson fashioned a one-hit shutout with 16 strikeouts as Louisiana (47-4, 25-0 Sun Belt) defeated ULM 3-0.

Georgia Southern 6, Georgia State 5
STATESBORO, Ga. - Mekhia Freeman's sixth-inning sacrifice fly scored Ashlynn Gunter with the tiebreaking run and Jodi Handler hurled 3.2 innings of shutout relief, enabling Georgia Southern to claim a 6-5 Sun Belt Conference softball victory over visiting Georgia State on Thursday evening at Eagle Field.