The Lady Lions push their record to 47-13 on the year and move to Championship Saturday against top seed McNeese. Southeastern and the Cowgirls will play at noon, with SLU needing two wins for a championship and McNeese needing one. The Cardinals’ season ends at 22-34.
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Southeastern pounded out 11 hits in only four offensive innings. Lexi Johnson started the scoring in the bottom of the first with a two-out RBI double to play Ka’Lyn Watson.
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In the second, Cece Goodman capitalized with two outs again, bringing home Maddie Watson and Maddie Leal with a two-run triple to left-center to make it 3-0.
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Maddie Watson’s offensive outburst continued in the third with a two-run single, followed by another two-run single from Leal. Ka’Lyn Watson’s RBI single to plate Leal capped a five-run inning that put the game at 8-0.
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The SLU defense and pitching did their job masterfully, snuffing out any Lamar opportunity to score. The fourth inning ended with a back throw double play after a hard-hit liner to third base and the fifth saw the potential game-extending runner thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice.
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For Southeastern, pitcher Ellie DuBois threw all five innings for a complete game shutout and a 3-0 record with only three hits allowed, one walk, and four strikeouts. Ka’Lyn Watson, Maddie Watson, Leal, and Cam Goodman all had two hits apiece in the contest.
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For Lamar, Sam Bean, Felixia Hinojosa, and Brooke Davis had singles. Aaliyah Ruiz was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs in 2.0 innings in the start.
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