HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team opened a nine-game home stand with a 4-3 loss to Appalachian State in non-conference action Wednesday evening at North Oak Park.
Southeastern fell to 15-8 overall with the loss. The visiting Mountaineers improved to 13-9 on the season.
Cameron Goodman led SLU at the plate with a 2-for-3 performance.
Audrey Greely and
Kelci Bodin were each credited with RBI.
Alley McDonald (4-1) suffered her first loss in the circle for the Lady Lions.
Appalachian State took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning versus SLU starter
Tanner Wright. ASU's Tyler Thorp hit an RBI double over the head of Goodman in centerfield to stake the visitors to the early advantage.
Southeastern answered in the bottom of the second inning versus ASU starter Sydney Holland (8-2).
Ella Manzer walked,
Madison Watson reached on an error and
Ali McCoy walked to load the bases with no outs. Bodin followed with an RBI single to score pinch runner
Pryscilla Prince to tie the score.
Greely then reached on a Mountaineer error that allowed both Bodin and McCoy to score and gave SLU a 3-1 lead.
ASU loaded the bases itself in the top of the third inning versus McDonald. An RBI single by Thorp, a sacrifice fly by Sydney Russell and an RBI single by Caylie Kifer chased McDonald from the game and put the Mountaineers up, 4-3.
Heather Zumo replaced McDonald and struck out eight in 4.2 scoreless innings of rleif to keep Southeastern within striking distance.
The Lady Lions mounted their next threat in the bottom of the fifth inning. Goodman led off the frame with a triple, but was thrown out trying to score on an
Aeriyl Mass grounder.
Lindsey Rizzo singled to chase Holland, but Kenzie Longanecker came in and retired
Madisen Blackford and Manzer to get out of the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh, Mass singled and Blackford was hit by a pitch to put two runners on with two outs, but Longanecker struck out Manzer to secure the victory.
Up Next
Southeastern will host Houston Baptist for a three-game Southland Conference series this week at North Oak Park. The series opens with a 5 p.m. contest on Friday and concludes on Saturday with a 12 p.m. doubleheader.
The Southeastern Sports Network will offer a free video stream of the series. Tune in online at
www.LionSports.net or the Lions Game Day Experience app for Android or iOS devices. Fans can also watch on Southeastern's YouTube channel (/SLUathletics) with any mobile, tablet or smart TV device (e.g., Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Roku).
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Softball, follow @LionUpSoftball on Twitter and Instagram, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
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.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics 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.
