HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team will open its road schedule this weekend, competing in the UAB Green and Gold Classic in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
SLU (3-2) will face Jacksonville State (0-1) on Saturday at 10 a.m. and then take on UAB (2-2) at 3 p.m. On Sunday, Southeastern faces No. 9 UL Lafayette (0-0) at 10 a.m. followed by a 12:30 p.m. rematch with UAB.
 
Live stats for all tournament games will be provided by the host Blazers. SLU's two games with UAB will be streamed live at www.ConferenceUSA.com (paid subscription required). Links to live stats and live video are available on the softball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
 
Southeastern opened the season by hosting the Lion Classic last weekend. SLU opened the tournament with three wins over South Dakota on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, the Lady Lions fell to USD and North Texas.
 
SLU is hitting .331 as a team heading into the weekend's action. Audrey Greely leads the team with a .500 batting average, while Aeriyl Mass and Ellie DuBois each have a home run and a triple to their credit.
 
DuBois, Ella Manzer and Briahna Bennett each share the team lead with two doubles each. Mass has a team-high eight runs, while DuBois paces the squad with seven RBI. Cameron Goodman has swiped a team-high five bases, while DuBois and Kelci Bodin have each drawn six walks to lead the Lady Lions.
 
Southeastern heads to Birmingham with a 6.58 team earned run average. Heather Zumo (2-0, 3.50 ERA), who tossed the seventh no-hitter in school history in Thursday's season opener and was named Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week for her efforts, and MC Comeaux (1-1, 6.79 ERA) have split the majority of the innings in the circle for SLU.
 
Jacksonville State dropped its season opener, 7-6, in extra innings to ULM last week. Karsen Mosley led JSU at the plate with a 4-for-5 showing, while Reagan Watkins (0-1, 2.00 ERA) took the hard luck loss, scattering five hits and striking out eight in seven innings of work.
 
UAB split its opening four games of the season last week. Sierra Frazier leads the Blazers with a .500 batting average and a home run, while the trio of Emily Kachel (1-1, 5.00 ERA), Amy Woodham (0-1, 3.32 ERA) and Jaycee Cook (1-0, 0.00 ERA) have split the majority of the work in the circle for UAB.
 
UL Lafayette will be making its season debut this weekend in Birmingham. Kaitlyn Alderink (.364) is the top returning hitter for average for a Ragin' Cajun squad that hit .305 with 27 home runs last spring before the season was halted. Staff ace Summer Ellyson (11-1, 1.83 ERA, 1 save in 2020) returns in the circle for UL Lafayette.
 
Up Next
This weekend marks the first of three straight weekend road tournaments SLU will participate in. Next weekend, Southeastern heads to Tallahassee, Florida to compete in the FSU Conquered Invitational, hosted by Florida State. SLU faces Florida A&M in a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Friday to open the tournament.
 
TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail and text message in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
 
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.