LamarStatesports Posted March 13, 2008 Report Posted March 13, 2008 The Lamar State College-Port Arthur women’s softball team will play conference doubleheaders at home this weekend against Texarkana College on Saturday and Bossier Parish Community College on Sunday. Lamar State, currently 1-12 overall and 0-4 in Region XIV play, lost two non-conference games, 9-1 and 9-8, at Louisiana State University-Eunice on Wednesday. The Lady Bengals broke a 14-game losing streak that began Feb. 9 against Galveston College. The Seahawks played error-less ball against LSU-E, but still came up on the short end of the scores. Lamar State head coach Vance Edwards said, “We allowed too many hits in the first game, but we were ahead in the second game until our pitcher, Shauna Kelly, took a hard line drive on her ankle and couldn’t push off very well after that.†Edwards is looking forward to this weekend’s games. “Our defense is strong and our hitting is coming round,†Edwards said. “In the second game, shortstop Christina Jaques went 3-for-4, scored two runs and stole a base. Left fielder Sadie Dykes was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs, while first baseman Kristen Botello had three RBIs. I think we’re ready for conference competition.†Saturday will be the Region XIV opener for Texarkana, which is 10-9 after being picked No. 21 in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s 2008 pre-season poll. The Lady Bulldogs went 3-4 at last weekend’s McClennan Community College Tournament, defeating Eastern Arizona College and then losing to McClennan, Temple College and Miami-Dade College. Bossier Parish, 17-6-1 this season, opened conference play Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep at Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant. The Lady Cavaliers finished fifth in Region XIV last year and were ranked just outside the Top 20 in the nation at the end of the season. Saturday’s games against Texarkana begin at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday’s games against Bossier Parish begin at 10 a.m. and noon.
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