Box Score

BATON ROUGE – Southern catcher Harley Roller drew a bases loaded walk to force in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Lady Jaguars handed Southeastern Louisiana a 3-2 extra-inning loss in non-conference softball action Wednesday afternoon at Jaguar Field.

Southeastern stranded 11 batters on the base paths and fell to 9-14 overall. Southern was led to victory by freshman pitcher Michael Pless, who struck out four and held the Lady Lions to seven hits in the loss.

Sophomore Michelle Duhe led Southeastern at the plate with two hits, while junior Katie Matthews delivered the Lady Lions' lone RBI. In the circle, sophomore Kenna Terry threw six innings, striking out a season-high nine batters. Sophomore Elise Kittrell (0-1) took the loss, walking three in an inning of relief.

Southeastern mounted the game's first major threat in the top of the third inning, as freshman Megan Moore reached on an error and Michelle Duhe walked to put a pair of runners on. However, Pless recovered to retire freshman Megan McCollum and junior Meghan Gomez to get out of the inning.

Southern jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the third inning. Audrey Phillips singled to right field with one out to get the inning started. Shawntall Steamer followed with a home run over the left field fence to put the Jaguars up, 2-0.

The Lady Lions finally got on the board in the top of the sixth inning. Senior Katie Duhe drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a single by freshman Tori Sheppard. Senior Tamra Ladnier then hit a grounder to second, but Steamer's throw to first to complete the double play sailed wide, allowing Duhe to score and Ladnier to advance to second. Moore followed with a single to put runners at the corners, but Pless popped up sophomore Kelsey Nichols to keep the Southern lead at 2-1.

Southeastern knotted the score in the top of the seventh inning. Freshman Aly Williams drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a single by Gomez and moved to third when Katie Duhe drew a walk. Matthews followed with a fly ball to left just deep enough to score Williams with the tying run.

The first two batters of the seventh inning reached for Southern, chasing Terry from the game. However, Kittrell came in and kept the Jaguars off the board.

The international tiebreaker went into effect in the eighth and senior Heather Grivas was put on second to start the eighth for the Lady Lions. Ladnier bunted her over to third, but Pless retired Moore and Nichols to keep Southern up the board.

With Shelby Senegal on second to start the Southern eighth, Kittrell walked Kia Williams to put a pair of runners on. Shabanese Brown then hit a comebacker right to Kittrell, but Kittrell's throw to third to get the lead runner was a hair late. With the bases loaded, Roller worked a bases loaded walk to force in the game-winning run.

Southeastern will be back in action on Saturday, hosting Louisiana Tech for a 2 p.m. doubleheader at North Oak Park.