YOUNGSVILLE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University softball team continued its undefeated start to the 2023 season with a pair of run-rule victories on Friday's opening day of the 2023 Mardi Gras Mambo Friday afternoon at the Youngsville Sports Complex.
Southeastern (6-0) opened the day with a 10-0 victory over Manhattan (0-1) before besting Toledo (2-4) by the same score in the nightcap. The 6-0 start for SLU matches the longest win streak to start a season for the program – a mark established by the 2018 team.
In the opening game of the day,
Maddie Leal led Southeastern at the plate with a 2-for-2 performance and a team-high three RBI.
Maddie Watson hit her first home run of 2023 in the win over the Jaspers, while
Lexi Johnson added two RBI of her own.
Mary-Cathryn (MC) Comeaux (1-0) earned her first win of the season, striking out three and allowing one hit in 3.0 innings of work.
Alyssa Romano and
Ellie DuBois each tossed a scoreless inning to complete the mercy-rule win.
The nightcap saw Johnson and
Audrey Greely each hit home runs, while Watson and
Madison Rayner each drove in a pair of runs to fuel a 10-hit attack.
Cera Blanchard (3-0) struck out four Rockets and scattered three hits in her first complete-game shutout as a Lady Lion.
Southeastern will continue tournament play Saturday, facing Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m. and St. Thomas at 5 p.m. Live stats for both games will be available at
www.LionSports.net/sidearmstats/softball.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Softball, follow @LionUpSoftball on Twitter and Instagram, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
HOME RUN CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the softball program are encouraged to join the Home Run Club. Lady Lion softball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
All membership fees and donations to both the Home Run Club and S Club (softball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern softball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events (softball, baseball, football and basketball), effective with the start of the 2018 football season. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit
www.LionSports.net/clear.
