Bridge City-ex hits .516 to lead Lamar State-PA Seahawks

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September 28, 2007

Bridge City-ex hits .516 to lead Lamar State-PA Seahawks

Lamar State College-Port Arthur freshman shortstop Christina Jaques

collected 16 hits, including a grand slam home run, to lead her team with a

.516 batting average in 11 exhibition games in September.

Jaques, a 2007 graduate of Bridge City High School, also leads the

Seahawks in steals with a perfect 10-for-10.

Sophomore first baseman Brooke Teal from Vidor is second with a .478

batting average, followed by .375 by utility player Jessica Tapp from

Anahuac and pitcher Shauna Kelly from Nederland.

Lamar State plays Saturday in the University of Texas-Dallas Fall

Tournament.

The Seahawks will face Cisco Junior College, Paris Junior College

and UT-Dallas.

The Seahawks were shut out 11-0 by Paris on Sept. 15 at the Bossier

Parish Community College Tournament in Bossier City, La.

After this weekend, the Seahawks won't compete again until Saturday,

Oct. 12, when they host Louisiana State University-Eunice in a doubleheader

that begins at 2 p.m. at Martin Field, 1000 Lakeshore Drive on the Lamar

State campus.

Lamar State travels to the University of Houston Fall Tournament on

October 20.

The Seahawk begins their spring schedule Feb. 7, with a home

doubleheader against the Temple College Leopards, who were ranked No. 14 in

the nation at the end 2007 spring campaign. The first conference game will

be March 2 at Blinn College in Brenham.