LamarStatesports Posted March 15, 2010 Report Posted March 15, 2010 The Lamar State College-Port Arthur women's softball team will travel to Brenham this Wednesday for a 2 p.m. conference doubleheader with Blinn College, the 2009 Region XIV regular season champion.Lamar State dropped to 1-12 overall and 0-2 in Region XIV action this past Wednesday, with 11-3 and 12-4 losses in their conference opener doubleheader at San Jacinto College in Pasadena.Lamar State head coach Vance Edwards wasn't happy with his team's performance against San Jacinto."We have to get our game together against Blinn," Edwards said. "They appear to be as strong as they were last year. So, it will take our best effort to compete with them."Blinn was picked No. 4 in this spring's NJCAA pre-season poll on the strength of the Lady Buccaneers' 53-9 record in 2009, when they reached the quarterfinals of the national championship tournament.Blinn is 14-6 overall and 1-1 in Region XIV play this spring after splitting their conference opener with Angelina, 4-0 and 1-2 last Wednesday. Edwards said the Seahawks' 1-12 record is misleading. "We have played some excellent softball at times, but just didn't come up with runs at critical moments," Edwards said, noting five of his team's losses were by one or two runs. "We lost to Bossier Parish and Texarkana in extra inning games that we probably should have won." Lamar State will be on the road again Friday at Coastal Bend College in Beeville. The Seahawks will be home March 24 for a conference doubleheader with Alvin Community College.Seahawk Notes* Freshman pitcher Emalee Kennon leads Lamar State's mound staff with a 2.059 earned-run-average in 13 appearances. She struck out 22 batters, walked 13 and allowed only 10 earned runs in 34 innings.* Sophomore infielder Lauren Angelle leads the team in hitting through the first 13 games with a .455 batting average, including four doubles, a triple and 10 runs. Angelle currently is ninth in the conference in batting and fifth in on-base percentage.* Two other Seahawks are hitting over .300 - freshman outfielder Kirstyn Krugman (.387) and Emalee Kennon (.372). Three other players are over. 250 - sophomore first baseman Chelsea Brown (.263 with four doubles and 7 RBIs), freshman utility player Courtney Grable (.261) and sophomore infielder Katelyn Worsham (.250).
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