Lamar reaches Southland softball final
Published 12:14 am Saturday, May 14, 2016
LAKE CHARLES — Lamar has reached the Southland Conference softball championship game for the first time in school history.
Following a semifinal loss with host and top seed McNeese State, third-seeded Lamar had to defeat Stephen F. Austin 5-3 on Friday to win the losers’ bracket of the conference tournament on Cowgirl Diamond. SFA, which was the No. 5 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Nicholls State 1-0 in an elimination game late Thursday.
Lamar scored twice in each of the first two innings. Stephanie Meeuwsen hammered her 13th career triple in the sixth inning to tie the school record set by Donna Dugas (1984-87).
Ashley McDowell and Brittany Rodriguez had two hits apiece for the Cardinals.
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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