LAKE CHARLES—McNeese split its games on Saturday at the Cowgirl Classic, picking up a 5-4 extra inning win over Texas Tech before dropping a 3-2 night game to Memphis to end the days action.

The Cowgirls used the long ball to score its first three runs of the game in their second straight win over Texas Tech. McNeese defeated the Red Raiders 5-0 Saturday night.
Emily Vincent's second home run of the season gave McNeese a 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Vincent's home run over the right centerfield wall scored Hailey Drew who led the game off with a walk.

Freshman Shanice Hagler hit her first career home run in the second inning to give McNeese a 3-0 lead. The Red Raiders cut into the Cowgirl lead with a run in the second before tying the game with two runs in the third.

Neither team was able to get another run across the plate until the sixth inning before Devon Thomey tripled to right field and scored on a Cowgirl error to give Texas Tech a 4-3 lead.

McNeese tied the game at four all in the seventh in what caused confusion to end the inning. Taylor Goree led the inning off by reaching base on an error. Marisa Taunton came in to pinch run for Goree and stole second. A walk by Lakeyn Fontenot put runners on the corners with no outs. A bunt single by Vincent advanced both runners one base. With two outs and Taunton on third, Morgan Catron hit a blooper between third and left field that scored Taunton to tie the game.  Texas Tech failed to score in the bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings.

Using the international tiebreaker rule, Lauren Langner was placed on second to begin the top of the eighth.  Langner went to third on a ground out then scored on a Red Raider error for a 5-4 lead. Vincent, who pitched the final two innings of the game held Texas Tech at bay to pick up the win to improve to 6-1 on the year.

McNeese picked up five hits in the game with Vincent going 2 for 4 with two RBI and a home run. Goree was 2 for 3 and the other Cowgirl hit came from Hagler's home run.
The Cowgirls opened the game against Memphis by taking a 1-0 lead in the first with a run by Drew on an error. Vincent's RBI double to centerfield that nearly went over the wall, scored Goree for a 2-0 lead.

Memphis came back to take a 3-2 lead in the sixth on three hits off of Cowgirl starter Jamie Allred. McNeese had a chance to take the lead in the bottom half of the inning when Ericka Piancastelli doubled to left center with one out. Pinch runner Bryanna Castro went to third on a wild pitch but the Cowgirls final out was a pop up to third to end the threat.
Memphis' Jordan Richwood got the Cowgirls to go down in order in the seventh to end the game.

The Cowgirls were held to three hits with two being doubles from Vincent and Piancastelli. The other hit was as single from Langner.

Allred fell to 1-3 on the year in the complete game. Allred gave up four hits, struck out seven and walked four.

The Cowgirl Classic will continue Sunday with only two games scheduled. The schedule has been modified with games set to begin at 9 a.m. due to the threat of rain.

Texas Tech will face Holy Cross at 9 a.m. and Memphis and Holy Cross will play at 11:30 a.m. McNeese and Holy Cross will conclude tournament play with a 6 p.m. game Monday night.