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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team fell victim to a 17-hit Sam Houston State attack on Sunday, falling to the Bearkats, 10-2, in six innings at the Bearkat Softball Complex.

The Lady Lions fell to 17-23 overall and 5-16 in league play. SHSU pitcher Morgan Mikulin (9-7) held Southeastern to four hits to allow the Bearkats (20-19, 11-10 SLC) to complete the series sweep.

Southeastern jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Senior Heather Sherrill continued her torrid stretch, extending her current hit streak to nine games with a two-out solo home run – her third of the season. A walk issued to senior Allyson McCubbins followed by a single by freshman Meghan Gomez gave the Lady Lions a chance to add to their early advantage, but Mikulin bounced back to strike out sophomore Katie Duhe to end the inning.

The Bearkats knotted the score in the bottom of the first. Hailey Wiginton led off the inning with a double off Southeastern starter Catherine Gunther (8-10) and later scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Mikulin to knot the score.

SHSU took the lead for good in the bottom of the second inning. An RBI double by Sarah Parich and a run-scoring single by Alex Survant plated two runs and put the Bearkats up, 3-1.

Southeastern cut into the lead in the top of the fourth inning. Duhe and sophomore Kelly Lyman reached on consecutive errors to open the frame. One out later, sophomore Heather Grivas singled home Duhe, putting runners at the corners with one out. Mikulin again pitched out of the jam, however, retiring freshman Jordan Logan and sophomore Tamra Ladnier to end the inning with the Lady Lions down, 3-2.

Sam Houston State got the run back in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Amy Brown. The Bearkats broke the game open in the fifth, as RBI's by Callie Wood, Wiginton, Brown and Mikulin fueled a four-run frame that gave SHSU an 8-2 lead.

The Bearkats enforced the mercy rule in the bottom of the sixth inning. Amanda Lindsey singled home the first run and Lady Lion sophomore Bailey Zievert hit Ashley Nelson with the bases loaded to force in the final run of the contest.

Southeastern will return to action on Wednesday, heading to Baton Rouge for a 4 p.m. doubleheader at LSU.