GAME DETAILS
Date: Friday, March 1- Sunday, March 3
Tournament: LSU Purple & Gold Challenge
Opponents: San Diego State, Illinois, LSU, La. Tech
Location: Baton Rouge  
Venue: Tiger Park
Tournament Page
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LAKE CHARLES – McNeese softball, coming off a 6-5 (13 inn.) road win at Houston Wednesday night to extend its winning streak to six games will head to Baton Rouge this weekend to take part in the LSU Purple & Gold Challenge Friday-Sunday.
McNeese (11-4), who received votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll for the third straight week, will open tournament play against San Diego State at 1:30 p.m. Friday.  Saturday's schedule has the Cowgirls taking on Illinois at 12 p.m. and No. 4/5 LSU at 7:30 p.m.  McNeese will conclude its week with a 12:30 p.m. game against La. Tech then will face LSU again at 3 p.m. Sunday.
McNeese Notes
• six Cowgirls are batting over .300
• Crislyne Moreno leads the team with a .452 average while Alexis Dibbley is batting .421
• Corine Poncho, Emily Phillips, Rylie Bouvier, Mariana Torres have at least 10 hits apiece
• Poncho and Phillips lead the team with 15 hits each
• Poncho leads the team and is tied for second in the nation with eight homeruns
• Poncho also leads the team with 18 runs scored, and 11 walks
• Samantha Mundine leads the Cowgirls with 13 RBI
• Phillips leads the team with five doubles
• Ryann Schexnayder leads the pitching staff with a 1.44 ERA and is undefeated at 4-0
• Shaelyn Sanders (3-2) has a 2.44 ERA and leads the staff with 33 strikeouts and 37.1 innings
• Lindsay Davis (2-2) has a 2.41 ERA with 11 strikeouts
 
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE OPPONENTS
San Diego State
• received votes in this week's polls...8-6 record...second all-time meeting...last met in 2017 in San Diego- McNeese won 7-6
 
Illinois
• 3-6 record...fourth all-time meeting...Illinois leads the series 3-0...last met at the Baylor Toun. in 2011
 
#4/5 LSU
• 13-0 record...ranked 4/5 in this week's polls...31st all-time meeting...LSU leads the series 26-4...McNeese defeated LSU 4-3 in Lake Charles on April 18, 2023, that snapped a 13-game losing streak against LSU
 
Louisiana Tech
• 9-2 record...McNeese leads the series 12-11...McNeese has won five of the last seven meetings...last met in Lake Charles in 2022 where La. Tech won 6-1...will host La. Tech next Tuesday, March 5
 

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