VICKSBURG, Miss. — Xavier University of Louisiana softball lost 6-5 Sunday to Alabama A&M, then 9-4 to Jackson State to finish 1-3 in the River City Classic.
        The Gold Nuggets (3-3) will return to Mississippi Tuesday to play NAIA No. 12 William Carey in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Hattiesburg.
        XULA scored three times in the top of the first inning and led 3-2 through four innings, but Alabama A&M took the lead for good with a four-run fifth that included home runs by Venice Sanders and Zahria Jones.
        XULA's offensive leaders against Alabama A&M were Madison Winston with three hits, Mecolett Bradley with two hits and two RBIs, Melane Jimmie wirh two hits and Shay Angelle and Alisha Wallace with RBIs. Angelle tripled home a run in the first.
        The Gold Nuggets never led Jackson State. It was 3-2 through 3 1/2 innings, then the Tigers pulled away with a five-run fourth inning that included Samiyyah Huckabee's two-run home run and Jace Jackson's two-run triple.
        XULA's Alexis Richardson had three RBIs against Jackson State, including a two-run triple in the sixth. Bradley tripled, and Kadence Means doubled.
        Jackson State collected 11 walks against three XULA pitchers.