HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team will close out a four-game road swing with a 6 p.m. contest at ULM on Wednesday.
 
Live stats, provided by ULM, for the game between the Lady Lions (14-12) and the host Warhawks (10-12), will be accessible on the softball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
 
The Lady Lions opened the road portion of their Southland Conference schedule by taking two of three at Houston Baptist last weekend. Southeastern and HBU split Friday's doubleheader, then SLU put together a six-run second inning on the way to a 9-4 win in Saturday's rubber game.
 
Southeastern is hitting .284 as a team – good for fourth in the Southland – heading into Wednesday's contest. Lindsey Rizzo is ninth in the league with a team-high .402 batting average. Aeriyl Mass is second in the Southland in hits (34), runs scored (22) and triples (2), while Rizzo is third in the conference with 33 hits and 20 runs.
 
Mass' 17 RBI are good for sixth in the league, while teammate Ella Manzer is ninth in the Southland with 15 runs batted in. Mass, Cameron Goodman, Briahna Bennett and Ellie DuBois all share the team lead with two home runs each, while Manzer and Rizzo sit tied atop the squad's individual leaderboard with four doubles apiece.
 
SLU is leading the league and second in Division I with 81 stolen bases on the year. Mass (18, 2^nd), Rizzo (17, 3^rd), Goodman (14, 5^th), Kelci Bodin (10, 8^th) and Audrey Greely (8, 10^th) all rank in the league's top 10 for steals.
 
The Lady Lion pitching staff has a 4.80 team ERA coming into Wednesday's game. Heather Zumo (9-2, 2.40 ERA) has been the Lady Lions' most effective arm, ranking among the Southland leaders in ERA (8^th), wins (2^nd), innings pitched (70.0, 2^nd), strikeouts (69, 2^nd) and opposing batting average (.222, 7^th).
 
Ellie DuBois (0-1, 3.94 ERA, 3 saves) is second in the Southland in saves, while MC Comeaux (5-5, 5.84 ERA) and Sophie Hannabas (0-3, 7.84 ERA) have also seen plenty of action in the circle for the Lady Lions.
 
The SLU pitchers will be facing a ULM lineup that carries a .267 team batting average. Korie Kreps leads the Warhawks with a .381 batting average and nine doubles. Kreps and Jayden Mount share team-high honors with three home runs each with Mount also leading the team with 17 RBI.
 
In the circle, five ULM pitchers have combined for a 4.99 team earned run average. Gianni Hulett (4-2, 3.08 ERA, 2 saves) has been the most active arm for the Warhawks.
 
Up Next
Southeastern will return home to open a six-game home stand later this week. SLU welcomes Abilene Christian for a three-game series, starting with a 5 p.m. doubleheader on Friday at North Oak Park. Saturday's series finale is set for noon. All three games will be televised on ESPN+.
 
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.