HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team dropped a pair of one-run decisions at the UTSA Classic on Saturday afternoon at Roadrunner Field.
Four of Southeastern's losses this season have been by one run, as the two losses on Saturday dropped SLU to 4-6 overall. Southeastern opened the day with a 2-1 loss to Iowa State (9-2) and fell, 2-1, to UTSA (10-4) later in the day.
The Lady Lions' lack of offense spoiled strong efforts in the circle by freshman
Nicole Ayala (2-1) and junior
Taylor Bishop (2-2). Junior outfielder
Katie Lacour accounted for four of SLU's seven hits on the day. In the loss to UTSA, junior designated player
Amber Sather had a pair of hits and drove in SLU's lone run.
In the opening game of the day, Iowa State plated a pair of runs in the top of first inning against Ayala. Junior centerfielder Brittany Gomez led off the game with a triple, then scored on a double by junior right fielder Aly Cappaert. Cappaert would later score on a throwing error by SLU sophomore catcher
Lacey Fritz to give ISU an early 2-0 lead.
SLU loaded the bases in its half of the first, but could not break through. The Lady Lions would score their only run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Senior second baseman
Vanessa Eng walked, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by senior first baseman
Teresa Lemos and an ACU error, before scoring on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 2-1.
Southeastern would get no closer. Lacour led off both the fifth and seventh innings with base hits, but was left stranded in both innings.
In the day's second game, SLU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first versus UTSA. Lacour led off the game with a single, moved to second on a single by senior shortstop
Megan Moore and scored on an RBI single by Sather.
Bishop held UTSA at bay until the Roadrunners took the lead for good in the bottom of the third inning. A two-run home run by senior Megan Low gave UTSA a 2-1 lead.
For the remainder of the game, Bishop and junior Kacy Freeze matched zeroes. UTSA managed one hit for the final three innings, as Bishop took the loss despite throwing a complete-game three-hitter.
