HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team will return to action on Tuesday, hosting ULM for a 5 p.m. non-conference contest at North Oak Park.
 
Tuesday's game between SLU (19-14) and ULM (5-29) will feature the Flood the Field promotion, as the first 200 Southeastern students will receive a free t-shirt and snack. Non-Southeastern students and other fans can take advantage of a BOGO ticket offer for the SLU-ULM contest.
 
Tuesday's game will also feature a Cane's Challenge. If the Lady Lions score three or more runs, fans can take their game ticket or student coupon to their participating Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers to receive a free combo with the purchase of another of equal or greater value.
 
The Lady Lions-Warhawks meeting will be broadcast by the Southeastern Channel on the Southland Digital Network at www.Southland.org/live and via the Southland apps available for iPhone, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
 
Southeastern will be looking to bounce back after suffering a three-game series sweep at Southland Conference foe Northwestern State this past weekend in Natchitoches.
 
The Lady Lions are still leading the league with a .301 batting average, as Ella Manzer (.372, 3^rd), Jaquelyn Ramon (.354, 8^th) and Mima Doucet (.333, 10^th) rank among the Southland leaders. Lindsey Rizzo (.330) and Rebecca Skains (.324) are the other top hitters for average for SLU, while Ramon leads the Southland with 31 runs scored.
 
Skains is fourth in the Southland with 27 RBI, while her league-high 14 doubles rank fourth nationally. Bobbi Smith leads the league with four triples, while Skains, Manzer and Madisen Blackford have two home runs apiece.
 
Southeastern leads the nation by a wide margin with 153 stolen bases, led by Ramon's Division I-leading 48 steals. Ramon, Smith (21, 4^th), Rizzo (21, 4^th), Doucet (17, 7^th) and Pryscilla Prince (13, 9^th) all are in the Southland's top 10. The Lady Lion quintet has more combined stolen bases than any other team in Division I.
 
The Southland and school career record holder with 169 stolen bases, Ramon is currently the active Division I leader and is 12^th on the D-I all-time stolen base career leaderboard.
 
The SLU pitching staff carries a 2.65 earned run average into Tuesday's contest. The Lady Lions' top two pitchers – Alley McDonald (6-4, 1.52 ERA, 1 save) and Tanner Wright (5-4, 1.81 ERA) – both rank among the Southland leaders in wins and ERA. Karlee Kraft (3-0, 2.16 ERA), Sophie Hannabas (3-3, 4.00 ERA, 1 save), Briahna Bennett (2-3, 7.00 ERA), Shelby Sitzman (0-0, 4.94 ERA), Ali McCoy (0-0, 5.60 ERA) and Caitlyn VanHemelryck (0-0, 4.67 ERA) have also contributed in the circle for Southeastern.
 
The Lady Lion arms will face a ULM lineup that is hitting .233 as a team. Sydney McKay has a team-best .421 batting average, while Jessie Watts (2 HR, 17 RBI) and Jayden Mount (2 HR, 13 RBI) are the other top hitters for the Warhawks.
 
ULM enters Tuesday's contest with a 5.66 team earned run average. Watts (0-6, 5.08 ERA), Adrianna Chavarria (3-8, 3.90 ERA) and Murphy Williams (1-8, 5.25 ERA) are the primary arms for the Warhawks.
 
Following Tuesday's contest, SLU will be back on the road for Southland Conference play. The Lady Lions will be at UIW for a three-game series, which opens with a 5 p.m. doubleheader on Friday and concludes on Saturday at noon.
 
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
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