Monday April 19, 2021

Softball: Alexandria, LA

After a week long delay due to the weather the Lady Bears were able to take the field against the LSUA Generals this afternoon in Alexandria. The Generals would defeat the Lady Bears 5 to 0. 

LSUA would get on the board first via a three-run homer by B Hughes, in the first inning, to take the early 3-0 lead. LSUA bats got hot again, in the third inning, when they would hit back-to-back to back singles to load the bases. L McMahon would single with the bases loaded driving in two more runs to increase their lead to 5-0. Baton Rouge struggled offensively to get anything going all game long. The Lady Bears had five hits in the ball game but failed to find that timely hit to scratch across any runs.

LSUA outhit Baton Rouge 9 to 5. Both teams were credited with two errors in the ball game.

Ryleigh Rutherford started the game and earned the victory for the LSUA Generals. She pitched two innings allowing 0 runs on 1 hit while walking 1. Bobbi McNaughton pitched in relief for the Generals. Kelsie took the loss for the Lady Bears. KB pitched six innings allowing 5 runs on 9 hits while striking out 5.

Lady Bears Highlights:

Kaitley Fisher went 1 for 3.

Brooke Duhon went 2 for 3.

Kelsie Bell Etheridge went 1 for 2 with 1 BB.

Kylie Lormand went 1 for 2.

With the loss the Lady Bears fall to 6-20 on the season.

The Lady Bears will return to action this Thursday April 22 as they travel to Eunice to take on the LSUE Lady Bengals in a doubleheader starting at 3 pm.