BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University softball dropped two Sun Belt Conference games to South Alabama on Friday by scores of 2-0 and 7-2 inside Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium.

The Mountaineers fell to 7-26 overall, including 1-7 in the league, while the Jaguars ran their win streak to seven and now sit at 17-10, 5-2 in the SBC. Heather Josey was the only one with a hit in game one (double) before Natalie Orcutt, Jenny Dodd and Ally Walters each had two hits in the nightcap.

Game One: South Alabama 2, App State 0

App State was shut down by the two-time and defending Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week, Devin Brown (9-6), in game one as the hurler struck out a stadium-record 14 and walked only four. On the other side, in her first-career home start, Claire Eosso (0-2) turned in her best outing of the season. The freshman gave up two unearned runs in four innings and punched out a career-high four batters to go with three walks.

Vanessa Ciocatto pitched three innings of relief and didn't surrender a single run on three hits with one free pass and one strikeout. South Alabama scored its two runs (top of the fifth) on nine hits.

Game Two: South Alabama 7, App State 2

In game two, the Jaguars scored two in the second, three in the fifth and two more in the seventh. The Black and Gold were able to score one run in both the fourth and fifth frames. In the fourth, Dodd hit a solo home run to right center, her sixth blast of the season. In the fifth, Orcutt singled in Pepper Butler.

Annaleise Kennedy (2-8) was saddled with the loss in two innings of action and in relief, Ciocatto threw 2.2 innings followed by Eosso's two and one-third.

Next up, Appalachian plays host to the Jaguars in game three of the series on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.