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Cowgirls Travel To Houston Baptist Saturday McNeese Basketball (Source: KPLC) By McNeese Sports Information | February 26, 2021 at 1:46 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 1:46 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - McNeese women’s basketball will play Houston Baptist for the second time in five days when the Cowgirls travel to Houston for a 12 p.m. Southland Conference game. The two team recently faced off in Lake Charles on Feb. 22 with the Cowgirls picking up a 73-55 win. It will be the first of three straight road games before closing out the regular season at home against Lamar on March 6.
McNeese (6-11, 6-4 SLC) heads into the game in fourth place in the league standings behind Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, and Southeastern Louisiana with four regular season games remaining. The Cowgirls will look to get back into the win column following their 65-9 home loss at the hands of Southeastern Louisiana Wednesday night.
SFA Softball picked first in Southland Conference preseason poll SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE (Source: SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE) By Southland Conference | February 5, 2021 at 10:58 AM CST - Updated February 8 at 1:00 AM
FRISCO, Texas (News release) - Stephen F. Austin is the preseason favorite heading into the 2021 Southland Conference softball season, the league announced Friday morning.
The 2021 preseason softball poll is presented by Ready Nutrition and was voted upon by head coaches and sports information directors from around the conference. Voting for one’s own school is not permitted.
The Ladyjacks concluded preseason voting with 235 points and 17 first-place votes to claim the top spot on the preseason poll. SFA returns a league-best five preseason all-conference selections, headlined by first-team pitcher Kassidy Wilbur. Although the 2020 season was shortened, the Ladyjacks’ pitching staff accrued a league-best 1.61 earned-run average, limiting opponents to a .161 batting
The Saints girls won their third game of the season against Murray and allowed 35 points or less in all three victories. Haley Godfrey led the way for the Saints in scoring, knocking in ten points. The win for Melcher-Dallas is their fourth straight, which includes a victory over Seymour in the quarterfinal Wednesday night. The Saints will play for the Conference Tournament championship Saturday night at Orient-Macksburg against Moravia. The game will tip-off at 6:00.
The Saints boys will be looking for revenge against Moravia since their last matchup was a 78-41 road loss, their worst defeat of the season. Melcher-Dallas won their last two tournament games against Moulton-Udell and upset Lamoni for the second time this season.