GULF SHORE, AL – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria took both games on day two of the Gulf Shores Invitational. The Generals (16-2, 6-0 RRAC) recorded a 7-0 win over No. 23 Campbellsville, before taking down the University of Mobile in eight innings, 7-5.
GAME ONE | NO. 15 LSUA 7, NO. 23 CAMPBELLSVILLE 0
A pair of crooked numbers in the first and fourth innings propelled the Generals to a 7-0 victory over the Tigers (10-5).
Haley Primrose (9-2) threw a complete game shutout. She allowed just four hits and struck out five.
Julia Kwakernaak finished 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair.
Madi Baker and
Jillian Howell also drove in two runs each.
A single from Howell in the first inning plated two runs and gave LSUA an early 2-0 lead. Following two scoreless innings, the Generals' bats exploded for five runs in the fourth.
Baker brought
Molly Sistrunk and
Haley Fontenot in to score with a two-run single down the right field line. Kwakernaak then doubled down the left field line to drive in
Kilee Moody and Baker. A sacrifice fly from
Kaetlyn Dunbar brought in Kwakernaak for a 7-0 lead.
Primrose struck out the final hitter of the game to clinch the victory.
Offensive stats from game one are not accurate. Story will be updated when accurate statistics have been sourced. Last updated: 3:55 PM, March 8.
GAME TWO | NO. 15 LSUA 7, MOBILE 5
It took extra innings, but LSUA took down Mobile 7-5. The Generals scored three runs in the eighth for the win.
Kwakernaak launched a two-run homerun in the first but a three-run bottom of the inning for the Rams (12-6) put Mobile ahead 3-2.
A pair of back-to-back doubles in the second from Sistrunk and Fontenot scored a pair in the second but again the Rams responded. In the bottom of the third, Mobile plated a run with an RBI single, tying the game at 4-4.
The bats for both sides went quiet until the eighth.
Primrose brought in Kwakernaak on a fielder's choice to put the Generals ahead 5-4. Dunbar then drove in Primrose with a single to center. Fontenot added another insurance run, driving in Dunbar with a single of her own.
Mobile pushed across one run in the eighth, but Primrose shut the door to seal the victory. Primrose (10-2) earned the win with 3.1 innings of relief. She struck out four, allowed four hits, and one unearned run.
UP NEXT
The Generals host US Sports Academy on Wednesday, March 12, before heading to Southwest (N.M.) for an RRAC doubleheader.
