LAKE CHARLES—In Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss to Louisiana Tech, McNeese’s softballs stranded seven baserunners, including five in scoring position, and prevented them from making timely hits. . This is the second loss to Tech in the last three days. On Sunday, the final day of the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge, the Bulldogs defeated the Cowgirls 8-0 in six innings.
McNeese (12-9) missed its first scoring opportunity in the first inning. Samantha Mundine and Alexis Dibley He was placed on second and third base with one out. Emily Phillips Jump to the right, Riley Bouvier A ground ball to second base stops both runners.
The Cowgirls broke a scoreless game and scored on Bouvier’s sacrifice fly to left in the third inning. Chrislyn Moreno. Moreno led off the inning with a single.
Los Angeles Tech (13-4) took a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, scoring three runs on two hits and an error by McNee.
Nicole Hammoud hit a solo home run in the first inning to tie the score at 1, then Alana Rogers’ RBI double gave them a 3-1 lead.
McNeese put runners in scoring position again in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs, but Tech’s second reliever, Brooke Melnichuk, struck out Bouvier to end the inning. Melnychuk was a complete reliever for the Bulldogs, retiring all seven batters he faced and earning his first save of the season.
Mundine was a bright spot in the Cowgirls offense, making three of seven Cowgirl hits. chloe gomez McNee collected a double in the fifth inning, his only extra-base hit.
Lindsey Davis This year, they lost and fell to 2 wins and 4 losses. Davis pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, three runs, two walks, and three strikeouts.
McNeese will host Houston on Wednesday night in one game starting at 6 p.m.