JUCO SOFTBALL: Seahawks go 2-1 Friday
Published 10:50 pm Friday, February 1, 2019
Lamar State sports information
FORT WORTH — Lamar State College Port Arthur’s softball team came away with a pair of wins in the first day of the Cowtown Softball Tournament on Friday, beating Luna Community College 8-0 and Cowley College 10-2. In the middle game of the day, the Hawks fell 5-3 to Northern Oklahoma College.
The Seahawks are now 3-3 for the season with two more games set for the second day of the tournament Saturday at Gateway Park in Fort Worth. LSCPA is scheduled to play Weatherford College at 9 a.m. and North Central Texas College at 3 p.m.
LAMAR STATE 8, LUNA COLLEGE 0
Freshman Britni Hunt worked 5 2/3 innings on the hill, allowing just one hit with 11 strikeouts as she led the Seahawks to their first shutout of the season.
Sophomore Taylor Frederick was 3 for 3 at the plate, including two doubles, with a run batted in and two runs scored as the Hawks amassed eight hits. Freshman Vanessa Espitia slapped a two-run home run in the game and Lilly Renteria finished 2 for 3 with a double for the Hawks.
NORTHERN OKLA. 5, LAMAR STATE 3
The Seahawks rallied from an early deficit but couldn’t hold on as Northern Oklahoma College scored unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings to take the 5-3 win.
The Hawks managed to match NOC’s offensive output, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game 3-3 in the fifth, but it was six errors in the field that would spell doom in the end.
Sophomore Olivia Rivera went 2 for 4 at the plate, including a triple, with an RBI and a run scored, while sophomore Bailey Crorey and freshman Brooke Smith each doubled.
Freshman Kassandra Vargas went the distance on the mound, allowing 10 hits but no earned runs in seven innings of work. She had five strikeouts and three walks in her appearance.
LAMAR STATE 10, COWLEY COLLEGE 0
The Seahawks went big at the plate, collecting 13 hits — six of those extra-base hits — in a run-ruled afternoon game against Cowley College.
Freshman Elicia Gonzales was 3 for 3 with two doubles, scoring two runs and plating another, while frosh Rebecca Delome went 3 for 3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Seahawks at the plate. Makasha Brown, Espitia and Renteria each also had doubles in the game.
Espitia worked all five innings on the mound, allowing just three hits and two earned runs to earn the win.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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