YOUNGSVILLE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University softball team rolled to a pair of shutout victories on day two of the Mardi Gras Mambo Saturday at the Youngsville Sports Complex.
Southeastern (9-3) opened the day with a 9-0 run-rule victory over Lipscomb (4-7). In the nightcap, the Lady Lions blanked Eastern Illinois (6-8), 5-0.
Heather Zumo (5-0) and
Alyssa Romano combined for the first perfect game in program history in the win over Lipscomb. Southeastern now has nine no-hitters in school history and Zumo has played in a part of the last three such performances.
At the plate,
Madison Rayner led Southeastern with a 3-for-3 showing that include two doubles and three RBI in the victory over Lipscomb.
Maddie Watson hit her second home run of the year in the day's opening game, while Rayner,
Aeriyl Mass.
Lexi Johnson and
Cam Goodman scored two runs apiece.
KK Ladner (1-0) scattered three hits and struck out six in six shutout innings of work against EIU on the way to her first win as a Lady Lion.
Mary-Cathryn (MC) Comeaux tossed a scoreless seventh to preserve the shutout.
Audrey Greely doubled and drove in three runs in the nightcap. Watson and
Bailey Krolczyk each scored two runs in the win.
Southeastern will close out the tournament with a 9 a.m. contest versus St. Thomas Sunday. Live stats for the contest will be accessible at
www.LionSports.net/sidearmstats/softball.
Game One – Southeastern 9, Lipscomb 0 (5 Innings)
Southeastern jumped on top in the bottom of the first inning. Mass walked to lead off the game, stole second and scored when Rayner deposited a double over the head of left Maci Cunconan to put SLU up, 1-0. In the bottom of the second, Watson ripped a home run well over the left field fence to double the Lady Lion advantage.
RBI by Rayner and Watson highlighted a three-run third inning. Mass, Rayner, Johnson and
Blaire Bizette all drove in runs in a four-run fourth that saw Southeastern bat around on the way to a 9-0 lead.
A day after striking out 11 in six innings of scoreless work in Saturday's 3-0 win over Portland State, Zumo was once again dominant in the circle. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native struck out seven of the 12 batters she faced before giving way to Romano in the final inning. Romano retired Katelyn Belding, Elise Shewmaker and Meghan Kline to close out the perfect game.
Game Two – Southeastern 5, Eastern Illinois 0
Southeastern failed to put up a run for the first time all day in the bottom of the first, but scratched out a run in its half of the second. Krolczyk laced a double into the left centerfield gap and came home one out later on a sacrifice fly by
Lindsey Rizzo to put the Lady Lions ahead, 1-0.
SLU padded its lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Greely and Goodman drew consecutive bases loaded walks to force in a pair of runs. Greely doubled home Rizzo and Watson in the bottom of the sixth inning to close out the scoring.
Ladner had the best stuff of her young Lady Lion career in Saturday's win. The transfer from Southern Miss struck out five batters in a row during one stretch. Comeaux allowed a leadoff single in the seventh, but retired the next three batters to secure Southeastern's fifth shutout victory of 2022.
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.
