BEAUMONT, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University softball team opened the Southland Conference portion of its schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Lamar Saturday afternoon at the LU Softball Complex.
Southeastern (22-6, 2-0 SLC) opened the day with a 6-2 victory. The Lady Lions completed the sweep with a 14-7 win over Lamar (9-21, 2-3 SLC) in the nightcap.
In the opener,
Maria Detillier,
Madison Rayner and
Lexi Johnson each had two hits to lead SLU. Johnson and
Audrey Greely each drove in two runs for Southeastern.
KK Ladner (6-1) earned the win, striking out four and allowing one earned run in six innings of work.
Ellie DuBois tossed a scoreless seventh to close out the win.
Southeastern scored five runs in both the fourth and seventh innings on the way to the doubleheader sweep. Greely was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, while Detillier also crossed the plate three times.
Bailey Krolczyk led the Lady Lions with two RBI.
Cera Blanchard (10-3) scattered six hits and allowed two earned runs in 5.1 innings of work in the circle to claim her 10
th win of the season.
SLU will look to complete the sweep with a win in Saturday's noon series finale. The game will be televised on ESPN+ and live stats, provided by the hosts, will be accessible on the softball schedule page at
www.LionSports.net.
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.
