In a matter of two days, Daphne junior Vic Moten collected two Player of the Year honors after she helped the Trojans to a Red Map trophy in their first state finals appearance in seven years.
App State Softball Suffers Opening Round Loss in Sun Belt Tournament
Mary Pierce Barnes had the lone hit for the Mountaineers.
photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics
App State Softball Suffers Opening Round Loss in Sun Belt Tournament
May 12, 2021
The App State softball team fell to South Alabama in the opening round of the 2021 Sun Belt Championship Wednesday afternoon by a score of 11-0 in five innings. The Jaguars move to 27-17 on the year, while the Mountaineers fall to 26-18.
South Alabama struck first in the bottom of the second, hitting back-to-back singles to set up for a double by Bailey Welch to bring in the first two runs of the game. The third inning saw another Jaguar run, as Kennedy Cronan doubled to bring in Caroline Nichols who reached safely on a single. Mackenzie Brasher also attempted to score on the play but was thrown out at home.
UL Softball Downs South Alabama to Stay Unbeaten In SBC Tourney
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns continued their postseason success in the 2021 college softball season on Thursday.
14th-ranked Louisiana defeated the South Alabama Jaguars, 10-3, on the third day of play in the Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship in Troy, Alabama.
Louisiana, the top-seed, has won the event 15 times in the 20 years of completed play.
The Cajuns, who have now won 26 of their last 30 games, reached the 40-win mark this year for the 22nd-consecutive season.
UL, who is now 63-9 in the event s history has appeared in the last six championship games and last captured the tournament title back in 2019 in San Marcos, Texas.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Ragin’ Cajuns got on the scoreboard in the first inning.
Kaitlyn Alderink got on with a one-out single and then Kendall Talley stepped into the box and hit a two-run home run off of Olivia Lackie that went over the right-centerfield wall.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Ragin’ Cajuns got on the board again as Julie Rawls led off with a single to center field.
Two hitters later, pinch hitter Bailey Curry hit a single to left center field and then Piskos reached on a sacrifice bunt.
With the bases loaded, Ciara Bryan’s sac fly to right centerfield scored Rawls. Alderink was then hit by a pitch to reload the bases.
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