BATON ROUGE, La. – The two-time reigning Southland Conference Tournament champion Southeastern Louisiana University softball team dropped a 14-1 decision to No. 19 Nebraska in the winner's bracket game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Saturday at Tiger Park.
Southeastern (49-15) moves on to face the winner of Saturday's elimination game between No. 10 LSU and UConn Saturday at 5 p.m. Nebraska awaits the surviving team of Saturday's action in the regional championship game Sunday at 1 p.m.
Nebraska jumped on top in the top of the first inning. A three-run home run by Hannah Camerzind staked the Huskers to an early 3-0 advantage.
SLU answered against USA Softball National Player of the Year finalist Jordy Bahl in the bottom of the first inning.
Shelby Morris drew a leadoff walk and scored on an RBI single by
Cydnee Schneider to pull Southeastern within, 3-1.
Nebraska loaded the bases against SLU starter
Hallie Burns (12-6) in the top of the second inning.
Britney Lewinski came in for the Lady Lions and forced Ava Kuszak to line out to
Maria Detillier to keep the deficit at 3-1.
The Huskers added to their tally in the top of the third inning. Bella Bacon doubled home the frame's first run, then another run came in on a bases loaded wild pitch. Samantha Bland singled home the next run, then Ava Kuszak drummed a grand slam to straight away center to give Nebraska a commanding 10-1 lead.
Nebraska added to its tally in the top of the fourth inning. Back-to-back home runs by Bahl and Bland keyed a four-run fourth to give the Huskers a 14-1 lead.
Southeastern could not manage anything else against Bahl and suffered its first run-rule loss of 2025.
2025 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional | May 16-18 | Tiger Park
Friday, May 16
Game 1 – No. 19 Nebraska 10, UConn 2 (6 Innings)
Game 2 – Southeastern 4, No. 10 LSU 3
Saturday, May 17
Game 3 – Nebraska 14, Southeastern 1
Game 4 – UConn vs. No. 10 LSU | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+ (Elimination Game)
Game 5 – Southeastern vs. Game 4 Winner | 5 p.m. | ESPN+ (Elimination Game)
Sunday, May 18
Game 6 – Nebraska vs. Game 5 Winner | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Game 7 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner | 4:30 p.m.*
* - Game 7 is only necessary if Game 5 Winner also wins Game 6
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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.
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