Cardinals softball blanks Syracuse
Published 12:31 am Saturday, February 13, 2016
LAS VEGAS — Ciara Luna pitched seven innings of four-hit softball Friday as the Lamar Cardinals blanked Syracuse 3-0 at the UNLV Tournament.
Luna struck out four batters and walked two after facing 25 hitters.
Lamar took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Ashley McDowell scored on a whild pitch.
Catcher Sable Hankins in the sixth inning blasted a two-run homer to left to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead.
Hankins finished 2 for 3 on teh day while Sarah Ragsdale was 1 for 3.
The Cardinals had three hits off two Syracus pitchers and committed three errors.
Lamar (1-0) played a late game Friday against UNLV and face No. 9-ranked Oklahoma at 1:15 p.m. today and Utah Valley at 1:30 p.m.
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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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