NATCHITOCHES, La. -– ULM dropped both games Friday on the first day of the Northwestern State Lady Demon Invitational. The Warhawks (7-9) fell 4-2 to the hosts before losing 11-2 in five innings against Louisiana Tech in the night cap.
GAME ONE - Northwestern
State 4, ULM 2
ULM dropped a hard-fought 4-2 game to Northwestern State (13-2)
Friday. With the 4-2 defeat of the Warhawks, the Lady Demons extended their
winning streak to nine in a row.
Cassandra Barefield's
two-run home run to deep right in the bottom of the fourth proved to be the
game-winning knock.
Northwestern State got on the board early. The Lady Demons
had runners on second and third with one down. Brianna Rodriguez crushed a double to deep center to put NSU up
2-0. The Lady Demons had a chance to do more damage in the inning, but ULM sophomore
starter Haylie Wilson retired the
next two batters.
Senior right fielder Haley
McCall led off the second inning with a single and moved to second thanks
to some heads up base-running. McCall eventually scored on freshman designated
player Hope Mair's RBI sacrifice
fly. It was Mair's first collegiate RBI. The Warhawks tied the game on sophomore
center fielder Mackenzie Miller's
two-out RBI double.
Northwestern State's Brooke
Boening was credited for the win after five innings of relief. Wilson
suffered the loss and fell to 2-5.
GAME TWO -
Louisiana Tech 11 ULM 2 (5 inn.)
ULM fell 11-2 in five innings against Louisiana Tech in
Friday's finale.
Louisiana Tech (6-8) strung together three hits in the
bottom of the second and quickly climbed to a 2-0 lead and added a run on a
throwing error. The Lady Techsters made it 5-0 after Melanie Goff slapped an RBI single. Jenna
Frandrup singled through the middle to make it 7-0.
ULM got a run back in the top of the third on Faith Bohack's RBI single.
Alayna Kipp's
three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth made it 10-1. The Lady Techsters
added another run on an RBI sacrifice fly to build a 10-run lead.
Miller drove in the Warhawks' second run on a ground out in
the top of the fifth.
Stephanie Routzon
suffered the loss and fell to 5-4.
The Warhawks are back in action tomorrow against Alcorn State
at 10:00 a.m. and Louisiana Tech at 5:30 p.m.
