LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Louisiana-Lafayette scored three unanswered runs to defeat South Alabama 3-1 in a Sun Belt Conference baseball game Sunday at M.L. Tigue Moore Field, securing the weekend series.

The Jaguars took a first-inning lead on Marc Stephens’ RBI single. The Ragin’ Cajuns answered immediately in the bottom half, tying the game on Drew Markle’s run-scoring triple before Rigoberto Hernandez drove him in with a single for a 2-1 lead. Hernandez added another RBI single in the fifth.

Louisiana-Lafayette improved to 15-5. South Alabama fell to 13-7.