LamarStatesports Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 The Lamar State College-Port Arthur women’s softball team will play a 1 p.m. non-conference home doubleheader Friday against Coastal Bend College in preparation for the opening of Region XIV action Saturday at San Jacinto College in Pasadena. Lamar State is 1-7 so far this year, even though the team has an overall .350 batting average, led by shortstop Christina Jaques from Bridge City, who is hitting .655 to rank No. 5 in the nation. Five other Seahawks are hitting over .300 – utility player Lauren Angelle from Bridge City (.414), first baseman Chelsea Brown from Kirbyville and pitcher Alison Heidbreder from Houston (.409), catcher Heather Pinder from Hamshire-Fannett (.353) and first baseman Sami Jo Williams from Port Neches-Groves (.346). Coastal Bend is a first-year program with players from campuses in Alice, Beeville, Kingsville and Pleasanton. The Cougars, who are not affiliated with a conference, are 0-10 this year while playing an abbreviated schedule of road dates. Lamar State head coach Vance Edwards said Friday’s games are important to his team’s season. “We need to get into a winning state of mind now because we open conference play Saturday against one of the best teams in Region XIV,†Edwards said. San Jacinto College was picked No. 25 in the NJCAA pre-season poll on the strength of the Coyotes’ 2008 finish, when they emerged from the middle of the Region XIV standings to win the conference tournament and reach the 2008 Final Four, where they lost to Santa Fe Community College, the eventual national champion.
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