HAMMOND, La.  – For the second time in the past three seasons, the Southeastern Louisiana softball team finished as the Division I leader in stolen bases, as the NCAA released the final stats for the 2018 season on Friday.
 
The Lady Lions swiped a single-season school-record 184 bases – 23 more than Bethune Cookman's second-place total of 161. SLU was tops in Division I with 3.12 steals per contest with BCU (2.82 spg) its closest competition.
 
In the three years since head coach Rick Fremin has been at the helm of the SLU program, Southeastern has stolen 518 bases. Last season, the Lady Lions were tied atop the national rankings with Marshall with 162 steals, while finishing second to the Thundering Herd with 2.95 steals per game. In 2016, Southeastern led the nation in steals (172) and stolen bases per contest (3.13).
 
The aggression on the base paths helped SLU to new heights in 2018. This season's Lady Lions set new single-season standards for victories (38), conference victories (18), best Southland Conference finish (2^nd), fewest losses (21) and the best winning percentage (.644).
 
Southeastern featured the top three base stealers in the Southland Conference this season. Senior Maddie Edmonston led the league with 42 steals, while senior Kinsey Nichols (37) and junior Jaquelyn Ramon (35) were right behind her in the Southland standings. Freshman Anna Rodenberg (18) and senior Peyton Sutton (13) gave SLU five student-athletes with double-digit steals.
 
SLU's top base running trio in 2018 also occupies the top three spots on the school's career stolen base leaderboard. Ramon in the program's all-time leader with 121 steals, followed by Nichols (93) and Edmonston (75).