Emily Vincent
Julie Fontenot
Emily Vincent threw a three-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over Southern Miss
1
McNeese State MCN 3-1
5
Winner South Alabama USA 2-2
McNeese State MCN
3-1
1
Final
5
South Alabama USA
2-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
McNeese State MCN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
South Alabama USA 0 0 2 2 0 1 X 5 7 0

W: Floore, K. (1-0) L: Allred, Jamie (0-1) S: McGill, K. (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Pam LaFosse

Softball Splits Games On Saturday



MOBILE, Ala.—McNeese softball began the season with a 3-0 record, the first time in program history since 1987 with a 2-0 win over Southern Miss Saturday afternoon at the Sand Dollar Classic.  The Cowgirl ended Saturday's action with a 5-1 loss to 23rd ranked South Alabama.
 
McNeese led their half of the first inning against Southern Miss by putting their first two runners on base. Lauren Langner led the game off with a single and Emily Vincent drew a walk. An RBI by Victoria Yanitor gave the Cowgirls a 1-0 lead.
 
The Cowgirls took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a run by Vincent. McNeese picked up eight hits with Langner collecting two. Bryanna Castro and Dakota Matiko both had extra base hits with doubles.
 
Vincent picked up her second straight win of the season with the complete game victory.  Vincent threw a three-hit shutout and struck out four batters to improve to 2-0.
 
In the final game for the Cowgirls Saturday, McNeese faced their first ranked opponent of the season in no. 23 South Alabama.
 
McNeese missed a chance to get a run across the plate in the top of the third after leaving the bases loaded.
 
The Jaguars struck first with two runs in the bottom half of the inning on two hits the tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third for a 4-0 lead.
 
McNeese avoided the shutout with a run in the fifth. Langner led the inning off with another single and scored on a RBI single by Erika Piancastelli.
 
South Alabama got the run back in the sixth to take a 5-1 lead on a RBI single by Kaitlyn Griffith.
 
McNeese made things interesting in the top of the seventh. After Langner grounded out to first, both Vincent and Piancastelli drew walks. A single to left by Castro loaded the bases. South Alabama reliever Devin Brown struck out Dakota Matiko and Hailey Drew to end the game. McNeese left a total of 11 base runners stranded in the game.
 
Langner also led the Cowgirls at the plate in this game with two hits and scored the only Cowgirl run.
 
Jamie Allred took the loss after giving up seven hits, four strikeouts, on walk in six innings.
 
 
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