HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team will open the road portion of its 2019 schedule on Wednesday, traveling to Louisiana Tech for a 5 p.m. non-conference contest in Ruston.
Links to live stats and video (paid subscription required), provided by the hosts, will be accessible on the softball schedule page at
www.LionSports.net.
Southeastern (4-2) opened the season by winning Lion Classic I at home, while Louisiana Tech (5-0) went unbeaten at the season-opening Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
SLU heads to Ruston with a .361 team batting average.
Ella Manzer (.692, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 2B),
Rebecca Skains (.571, 4 2B, 2 3B, 6 RBI) and
Jaquelyn Ramon (.471) are the top hitters for average. Manzer, Skains, Ramon and
Bobbi Smith share the team lead with five runs each, while
Briahna Bennett's six RBI matches Skains' team-high total.
Southeastern, which has led Division I in stolen bases in two of the three seasons, has 23 steals through the season's first week. Ramon, who is the school's career leader with 128 steals, leads the team with seven stolen bases, followed by Smith with five.
Seven different Lady Lions have combined for a 2.97 team earned run average.
Sophie Hannabas (1-1, 2.44 ERA),
Tanner Wright (2-0, 1.45 ERA) and
Alley McDonald (1-0, 1.45 ERA) have seen the most action for SLU in the circle.
Southeastern will be facing a Louisiana Tech squad that enters Wednesday's contest with a .308 team batting average. Mary Terral leads the team with a .438 batting average, three home runs and seven RBI.
Louisiana Tech's undefeated start is thanks in large part to a pitching staff that has a 1.70 team earned run average. The duo of Krystal De La Cruz (2-0, 1.27 ERA) and Preslee Gallaway (2-0, 1.95 ERA, 2 saves) have carried the majority of the pitching load for LTU.
Following Wednesday's contest, Southeastern will return home to host Lion Classic II on Friday through Sunday at North Oak Park. The Lady Lions will open the tournament on Friday with games versus Prairie View (3 p.m.) and Missouri State (5 p.m.). On Saturday, SLU opens the day with a 1:30 p.m. contest versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, before closing the day with a matchup versus UTSA at 3:30 p.m. The Lady Lions close the tournament with an 11 a.m. game versus SIU-Edwardsville on Sunday.
LionVision subscribers will be able to access a live video stream of Friday and Sunday's games at
www.LionSports.net/watch.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics has 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.
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.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Softball, follow @SLUlionsoftball on Twitter and Instagram, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
