MONROE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team closed out a four-game road swing with a 2-1 victory over ULM in a nonconference pitcher's duel Wednesday night at the ULM Softball Complex.
The Lady Lions (15-12) scored two unearned runs in the top of the sixth inning to give SLU the road win. ULM fell to 10-13 overall with the loss.
A quartet of SLU pitchers held the host Warhawks to six hits.
Heather Zumo,
MC Comeaux (6-5),
Sophie Hannabas and
Ellie DuBois all saw action in the circle with DuBois pitching a perfect seventh to set a single-season school record with her fourth save of the season.
Lindsey Rizzo,
Aeriyl Mass and
Audrey Greely were the only Lady Lions to collect hits in Wednesday's victory. Mass and Greely each scored runs for Southeastern.
Zumo and Warhawk starter Adrianna Chavarria (1-3) matched zeroes until ULM took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jayden Mount led off the frame with a double and scored on a one-out bunt single by Kennedy Johnson. Zumo left two more Warhawks in scoring position to keep the deficit at 1-0.
SLU finally got to Chavarria in the top of the sixth inning. Singles by Mass and Greely, followed by a passed ball put a pair of runners in scoring position with two outs. Rizzo then reached on a two-base error by Mount that allowed Mass and Greely to come home for a 2-1 Lady Lion lead.
Hannabas struck out a pair of Warhawks in a 1-2-3 sixth, then DuBois sat down ULM in order in the seventh to close out the win. The freshman from Shreveport, Louisiana native's fourth save of the year topped the previous program season mark of three saves set by Carla Newsom in both the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
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
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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.
