BATON ROUGE, La. – Five Southeastern Louisiana University pitchers combined for a no-hitter and the Lady Lions scored in every inning on the way to a 13-0 nonconference softball victory at Southern Tuesday afternoon at Lady Jaguars Field.
Mary-Cathryn (MC) Comeaux (9-3),
Leah Marshall,
Alyssa Romano,
KK Ladner and
Heather Zumo combined for the 10
th no-hitter in program history, as SLU (30-12) closed out nonconference play with a convincing victory. Southern fell to 10-28 with the loss.
Aeriyl Mass,
Madison Rayner and
Maddie Watson each homered to lead a 12-hit Southeastern attack. The Lady Lions scored multiple runs in every inning off Southern starter Annelise Corona (1-7).
Mass walked and scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first, while
Cam Goodman also came home on a double play to give SLU a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the second, Mass lined a home run over the right field fence to extend the lead to 4-0. Rayner led off the third with a solo shot over the left field fence before
Madisen Blackford stole home to push the Lady Lion advantage to 6-0.
Mass tripled home a run in the top of the fourth, while
Sadie Hewitt and
Blaire Bizette each added RBI to extend the lead to 9-0. Watson powered a grand slam over the left field fence to provide the final 13-0 margin.
Southern drew a walk in the second and two free passes in the fourth, but could not record a hit, as Southeastern threw a different pitcher each inning. Of the 10 no-hitters in program history, Zumo, who closed out the game with a perfect fifth, has played a part in four.
Southeastern will return home to host HBU for a three-game series at North Oak Park. The series opens with a 4 p.m. doubleheader Friday and concludes Saturday at noon. All three games will be televised on ESPN+.
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.
