South Alabama softball shuts out McNeese pounding out 11 hits and shutout the Cowgirls 3-0 in an afternoon tilt in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Jaguars would open up the scoring in the top of the first inning. Mackenzie Brasher struck out swinging for out one. Meredith Keel would come up next and walk on 5 pitches. Odalys Cordova would hit the first pitch of the at bat to the pitcher who threw to second getting Keel out and Cordova would beat out the return throw to first. With 2 outs Victoria Ortiz would hit the 1-1 pitch for RBI double to left center, scoring Cordova.from first. Gabby Stagner would then come to the plate. Stagner hit the 1-0 pitch for a RBI double to left center. scoring Ortiz. The Jaguars were up 2-0. With one on and two out, Sasha Willem would come to the plate. Willem would hit the 0-1 pitch to left field for an RBI single, scoring Stagner on the play.
South Alabama would go up 3-0. Emma Kropp would fly out to right field on an 0-2 pitch to end the inning.
South Alabama would have the Sun Belt Conference Player Of The Week, Olivia Lackie on the mound. Lackie would pitch a 7 inning complete game shutout, giving up no runs on 5 hits. Olivia would strike out 5 on 103 pitches, improving her record to 1-2 on season.
The Jaguars would pound out 11 hits in the game, against 3 McNeese pitchers. Ashley Vallejo would pick up the loss for the Cowgirls. Vallejo’s record would drop to 1-3 on the season.
Next Up
The Jaguars make the quick turnaround, hosting the South Alabama Invitational. The Jags will play Tulsa on Thursday evening at 5 pm. The invitational will go all the way through Sunday.
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