THIBODAUX, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team won its fourth straight Southland Conference series opener on Friday, defeating Nicholls, 6-1, at Swanner Field.
The Lady Lions improved to 18-13 overall and 8-2 in league play. The Colonels fell to 8-14 on the season with a 1-9 mark in Southland action.
Audrey Greely hit her first collegiate home run and drove in three runs in a 2-for-2 performance, while
Lindsey Rizzo added two hits of her own and
Cameron Beal scored two runs to highlight the SLU offensive attack.
Heather Zumo (11-2) continued her dominance in the circle, striking out six and allowing just one hit in five shutout innings. She and reliever
Ellie DuBois combined to hold the Colonels to just three hits.
Southeastern left the bases loaded in the top of the first against Nicholls starter Taryn Westbrook (2-2), but got on the board in the second. Beal singled and advanced to third on consecutive sacrifices by Greely and
Cameron Goodman. A throwing error by shortstop Ashlyn Reavis allowed Beal to score and gave the Lady Lions a 1-0 advantage.
SLU padded its lead in the top of the third inning. Another Reavis error scored
Madisen Blackford, who led off the inning with a single. Greely singled home another unearned run to put Southeastern on top, 3-0.
Zumo cruised early, retiring the first 10 Colonels she faced. A Kelsey Miller single in the fourth broke up the perfect game and Melise Gossen reached on an error to put a pair of runners on. However, Zumo retired Samantha Gwiazda to get out of the inning unscathed.
The Lady Lions broke open the game in the top of the fifth inning with a two-out rally. Following a Beal walk, Greely powered a two-run home run well over the left centerfield fence. Goodman followed with a triple and scored on an RBI double by Mass to give Southeastern a commanding 6-0 advantage.
Reavis greeted DuBois with a triple to lead off the bottom of the sixth and scored on an infield single by Miller. The Colonels would get no closer, as following a Kennedy Hebert walk, DuBois retired the final six batters she faced to secure the victory.
Up Next
The series wraps up with a noon doubleheader on Saturday. Live stats will be available at
www.geauxcolonels.com/sidearmstats/softball.
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.
