Seahawks will host Wednesday doubleheader vs. Alvin Community College

[LamarStatesports]

The Lamar State College-Port Arthur women’s softball team returns home to Martin Field this Wednesday for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader with Alvin Community College.

This is only the second home date of the year for the Seahawks, who have been playing on the road since Feb. 13, when they split a non-conference doubleheader with Coastal Bend College.

Lamar State improved their record to 3-14 overall and 2-4 in Region XIV action this past Friday, when they swept a conference doubleheader over Coastal Bend, 11-3 and 15-9, in Beeville.

Seahawk freshman catcher Kirstyn Krugman had eight hits in 11 at-bats, with three runs and three stolen bases.

Sophomore shortstop Lauren Angelle scored five runs off seven hits in 10 appearances, including three doubles, a triple and five RBIs.

Freshman pitcher Emalee Kennon got the win in the first game and went the final two innings for a save in the nightcap.

Lamar State head coach Vance Edwards saw big improvement in his team.

“Overall, it was a great performance by our team. We finally played the way we are capable of playing,” Edwards said. “This gives us some momentum going into Wednesday’s games against Alvin. I feel very confident now that our hitting finally has shown up.”

Alvin (9-13, 1-3) has been off for a week for Spring Break.

Lamar State will be home again Saturday for a noon conference doubleheader with Galveston College, the No. 14 junior college team in the nation.

Seahawk Notes

* Sophomore shortstop Lauren Angelle and freshman outfielder Kirstyn Krugman continue to pound out the hits for the Seahawks. Angelle is hitting .475 with eight doubles, two triples and 15 runs scored. Krugman has a .467 batting average. Freshman pitcher Emalee Kennon leads the Seahawks’ mound staff with a 2.507 ERA. She also has a .333 batting average and eight doubles. Sophomore first baseman Chelsea Brown is hitting a respectable .280 with six doubles, one triple, eight runs and 10 RBIs.

* Bridge City HS senior Valerie Brown, who has signed to play for softball for Lamar State in 2010-11, won the 3A regional power-lifting championship (198-pound class) for the third straight year. She then set a new state record of 480 pounds for the squat lift during the state 3A finals, topping the previous record by 10 pounds. Brown, the 2009 state champion in her weight class, lifted a personal-best 1,070 total pounds this year to finish second by five pounds.