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HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team went 0-3 on day two of the Lion Classic on Saturday at North Oak Park.
 
The Lady Lions (0-3) opened the day with an 8-3 loss to Akron. Later that afternoon, Kansas blanked Southeastern, 11-0 in five innings. In the nightcap, Northern Colorado rallied for a 6-5 walk off victory.
 
At the plate, senior outfielder Katie Matthews led Southeastern with a 4-for-10 performance in the three games. Junior Katie Doyle also had three hits in her Lady Lion debut, driving in two runs.
 
Southeastern will close out tournament action on Sunday, facing Northern Illinois at 9 a.m. and Southern at 1 p.m. Live stats for both games will be available at www.LionSports.net.
 
Game One – Akron 8, Southeastern Louisiana 3
Akron jumped out to a lead in the top of the first against Southeastern junior starter Kenna Terry (0-2). Katie Gross led off the inning with a double and scored when Alissa Birkhimer powered an opposite field home run to give the Zips a 2-0 lead.
 
Akron added to its lead in the third, as Birkhimer struck again. After the first two runners of the inning reached, Birkhimer hit a three-run shot in nearly the same spot as her first bomb of the game to push the lead to 5-0.
 
Akron tacked on two more in the top of the fifth, before Southeastern broke through in the bottom of the inning. Senior Lauren Coniglio led off the inning with a double and scored when sophomore Kayla Elswick followed with a double of her own. Two outs later, sophomore Megan McCullom singled to score Elswick and cut the Akron lead to 7-2.
 
The Zips added a run in the sixth to push the lead to 8-2. In the bottom of the seventh, McCullom drew a two-out walk, moved to second on a single by junior Ariell Van Hook and scored on a double by Doyle. That was as close as Southeastern would get, however, as Akron reliever Lisa Lash struck out Matthews to end the game.
 
AKR – 203 021 0 – 8 13 2
SLU – 000 020 1 – 3 7 2
Maurer, Lash (6) and Dorr. Terry and Gomez. W – Maurer. L – Terry (0-1). HR – AKR: Birkhimer 2. 2B – AKR: Gross, Ratcliffe; SLU: Doyle, Coniglio, Elswick. A – 275. T – 2:05.
 
Game Two – Kansas 11, Southeastern 0 (5 Innings)
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off Southeastern junior Kati Morse (0-1). After getting the first two batters, Morse walked the bases loaded and forced a run in with a wild pitch.
 
Southeastern mounted a threat against Kansas starter Alissa Pille (1-2) in the top of the third inning. Elswick and McCullom drew consecutive walks to open the frame, but Pille retired the next three batters to keep Southeastern off the board.
 
Kansas added to its lead in the bottom of the third inning. An RBI single by Liz Kocon and two Morse wild pitches led to three Jayhawk runs and a 5-0 lead.
 
Any hope of a Southeastern comeback was ended in the bottom of the fourth inning. Kansas touched up Southeastern senior Vicki Honeycutt for six runs to take an 11-0 lead. McCullom drew a walk in the fifth inning, but was left stranded as Pille finished off a complete-game one-hitter.
 
SLU – 000 00 – 0 1 2 (0-2)
KU – 103 70 – 11 10 0 (1-2)
Morse, Honeycutt (3) and Doyle. Pille and Bryant. W – Pille (1-2). L – Morse (0-1). A – 274. T – 1:47.
 
Game Three – Northern Colorado 6, Southeastern 5
The Lady Lions jumped on UNC starter Kelci Cheney in the top of the first inning. Juniors Michelle Duhe and Kelsey Nichols drew consecutive walks to open the game, then Duhe came home on a double by Doyle. Nichols then scored on a wild pitch by reliever Jamie Pollak and Doyle scored on a groundout by senior Meghan Gomez to give Southeastern an early 3-0 lead.
 
Northern Colorado retook the lead off Terry in the bottom of the second inning. Alex Neely started the scoring with an RBI double and later in the inning Melissa Marcovecchio tied the score with a two-run double of her own. Erin Geddis then doubled home Marcovechhio to put Northern Colorado up, 4-3.
 
Southeastern sophomore Megan Moore led off the fourth with a double. Senior Trish Bliss came in to run for Moore and scored all the way from second to tie the score when Morgan Yuhas made a diving catch in the gap of a Nichols line drive.
 
Northern Colorado retook the lead in the bottom half of the frame. Kaitlyn Flynn led off the frame with a double and scored on a one-out single by Marcovecchio to take a 5-4 lead.
 
Southeastern tied the score back up in the top of the seventh inning. After the first two batters reached, UNC pitcher Megan Wilkinson retired the next two batters, before Matthews tied the score with an RBI single.
 
Northern Colorado put the game away in the bottom of the seventh inning. Tianalia Fa'Asua led off the inning with a single. After Terry walked Erin Wilkinson, Megan Wilkinson singled home pinch runner Nicole Hudson to give the Bears their fourth win of the tournament.
 
SLU – 300 100 1 – 5 6 0
UNC – 040 100 1 – 6 12 3
Terry and Gomez. Cheney, Pollak (1), Megan Wilkinson (4) and Erin Wilkinson. W – M. Wilkinson. L – Terry (0-2). 3B – Marcovecchio. 2B – SLU: Doyle, Moore; UNC: Marcovecchio, Geddis, Smith, Neely.  A – 233. T – 2:17.
 
2012 Lion Classic Schedule
 
Friday, Feb. 10
 
Field One
Northern Illinois 8, Southern 4
Tennessee-Martin 6, Kansas 4
Northern Colorado 8, Tennessee-Martin 6
 
Field Two
Northern Colorado 11, Akron 10
Troy 8, Kansas 7
 
Field Three
Troy 9, Jackson State 0
Northern Illinois 9, Nicholls 8
 
Saturday, Feb. 11
 
Field One
Akron 8, Southeastern 3
Troy 3, Nicholls State 0
Kansas 11, Southeastern 0 (5 Innings)
Northern Colorado 6, Southeastern 5
 
Field Two
Northern Colorado 3, Jackson State 1
Jackson State 7, Southern 6
Troy 10, Northern Illinois 2
Northern Illinois 7, Tennessee-Martin 5
 
Field Three
Tennessee-Martin 5, Nicholls State 3
Akron 13, Southern 3 (6 Innings)
Kansas 5, Jackson State 3
 
Sunday, Feb. 12
 
Field One
9:00 – Southeastern vs. Northern Illinois
11:00 – Tennessee-Martin vs. Southern
1:00 – Southeastern vs. Southern
 
Field Two
9:00 – Akron vs. Troy
11:00 – Akron vs. Nicholls
1:00 – Jackson State vs. Nicholls
 
Field Three
9:00 – Northern Colorado vs. Kansas