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HAMMOND, La. – The reigning Southland Conference Tournament champion Southeastern Louisiana University softball team opened its home schedule with a pair of shutout victories on the opening day of the Lion Classic Friday at North Oak Park.
 
SLU (4-3) opened the day with a 5-0 victory over UTSA (5-2), before closing the day with a 12-0 run-rule win over Mississippi Valley State (1-5). The day started with South Dakota (5-1) earning consecutive wins over MVSU and UTSA.
 
In the Lady Lions' first game of the day, reigning Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week Macie LaRue (3-0) scattered two hits and struck out five in six shutout innings of work against the Roadrunners, who came to Hammond sporting a 5-0 record. Shenita Tucker, Chloe Magee and Colleen Kulivan led SLU at the plate with two hits apiece.
 
Blair Walsh led Southeastern at the plate in the rout of MVSU, finishing 3-for-3 with five RBI. Brilee Broussard hit an inside-the-park home run, as she and Brilee Ford contributed two hits apiece. Lainee Bailey (1-0) and Celia Lamkin combined to hold the Delta Devils to two hits in the shutout effort.
 
Southeastern will play two more Saturday, facing Mississippi Valley State at 9 a.m. and South Dakota State at 3:30 p.m.
 
Game One – Southeastern 5, UTSA 0
Southeastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against UTSA starter Madison Collins (0-1). Tucker led off the inning with a single and eventually scored on an RBI single by Maria Detillier to give SLU the early 1-0 advantage.
 
The Lady Lions padded their lead in the bottom of the second inning. RBI singles by Shelby Morris and Tucker, as well as a UTSA error helped Southeastern extend its lead to 4-0.
 
Southeastern closed out its scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Kulivan singled home Broussard to give SLU a 5-0 lead.
 
That cushion was more than enough for LaRue, who continued her dominant start to 2025 by allowing just one Roadrunner to advance to scoring position in her six shutout innings. SLU reliever Hallie Burns walked the first two batters she faced in the seventh, but struck out the next three UTSA batters to secure the shutout win.
 
Game Two – Southeastern 12, Mississippi Valley State 0 (5 Innings)
Armed with a lineup that featured eight new starters as compared to the previous game, SLU jumped on top versus MVSU starter Ashtyn Clark (0-1) in the bottom of the first inning. Broussard set the tone early, leading off the game with a line shot into the right field corner, as the speedster raced home with an inside-the-park home run.
 
Bailey and Walsh singled home runs later in the frame, before an RBI triple by Mykail Lusco gave Southeastern a 4-0 lead.
 
The Lady Lions doubled their advantage in the bottom of the second inning. Ford singled home the inning's first run, before Walsh drove in two more with a single of her own. Cydnee Schneider plated Walsh with an RBI double to put SLU up, 8-0.
 
Ford singled home the first SLU run of the bottom of the third inning, before Walsh tripled home a pair to put the Lady Lions up, 11-0. Ariel Gomez drove in Lusco with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth inning to close out SLU's scoring.
 
Bailey struck out seven Delta Devilettes in three innings of work to earn the win. Celia Lamkin tossed two scoreless innings in relief to secure Southeastern's second shutout victory of the day.
 
2025 Lion Classic Schedule – Feb. 14-16, 2025 – North Oak Park
 
Friday, February 14
Game 1 - South Dakota 8, Mississippi Valley State 0 (5 Innings)
Game 2 – South Dakota 7, UTSA 1
Game 3 - Southeastern 5, UTSA 0
Game 4 - Southeastern 12, Mississippi Valley State 0 (5 Innings)
 
Saturday, February 15
9 a.m. – Southeastern vs. Mississippi Valley State
11 a.m. – UTSA vs. South Dakota
1 p.m. – UTSA vs. Mississippi Valley State
3:30 p.m. – Southeastern vs. South Dakota
 
Sunday, February 16
10 a.m. – Southeastern vs. South Dakota
Noon – Southeastern vs. UTSA
 
Teams listed first will be home team and occupy first base dugout
 
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