Game Details: McNeese (11-12) at Baylor (13-9)
Date: Friday, March, 18 (6 p.m.); Saturday, March 19 (12 p.m./DH)
Location: Waco, Texas (Getterman Stadium)
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LAKE CHARLES – McNeese softball will travel to Baylor this weekend for a three-game series beginning with a single game at 6 p.m. Friday, March 18 and a double header beginning at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 19. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+.
"This will be a challenging three game series against a very talented Baylor team," said head coach James Landreneau. "We are going to be challenged both mentally and physically on the road. The Bears are well coached, they will play fast, and put a lot of pressure on us. We have opportunities in front of us to show that we are a good team to play better and prepare ourselves for conference play."
The Cowgirls (11-12) are hot off the highest-scoring game of the season with a 14-1 (5 inning) run-rule victory against Southern Wednesday night. McNeese hit a season high three home runs and knocked in a season high 13 RBI. Crislyne Moreno led the Cowgirls at the plate (3-4) with four RBIs, three runs, and was a triple short of hitting for the cycle.
Alayis Seneca leads the Cowgirls with a .340 batting average and is second on the team with a .415 slugging percentage. Seneca and Jil Poullard are tied for the most RBIs (12). Poullard also leads with a .667 slugging percentage along with 12 walks, four doubles, and three home runs.
Pitcher Shaelyn Sanders (3-0) leads the Cowgirls with a 2.96 ERA and has earned seven strikeouts in 23.2 innings. With a 3.12 ERA and 65.0 innings of action in the circle, Ashley Vallejo leads the Cowgirls with 65 strikeouts.
Baylor (13-9) are coming off a 3-0 win over Texas State on Wednesday. The Bears are led at the plate by McKenzie Wilson's .423 batting average, .676 slugging percentage, 30 hits, and 25 runs scored. In the circle, Kaci West (3-0) leads the Bears with a 1.78 ERA, 19 strikeouts in 19.2 innings. Aliyah Binford (4-2) has a 3.38 ERA and a staff best 57 strikeouts in 47.2 innings.
Baylor leads the series 14-3 and has won the last four games. The last McNeese win over Baylor came during the 2018 season when the Cowgirls picked up an 11-10 win on May 18 over the 18th ranked Bears in the first game of the NCAA Regional Tournament.
The last McNeese win in Waco was a 7-3 win on April 11, 2018.
