Box Score

LAFAYETTE – The Northwestern State softball team fell to No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette 10-0 in six innings Sunday evening in the final game of the ULL Mardi Gras Invitational.

 

The Ragin Cajuns (7-0) piled the runs on early, and NSU (2-6) just wasn't able to muster the offense to get back in it. Kelee Grimes (1-3) recorded the loss for the Lady Demons, while Ashley Brignac (3-0) earned the win.

 

Kylie Roos continued to flourish for NSU, pitching two innings of relief and holding ULL scoreless. Sara Aasness also pitched two innings out of the bullpen, striking out a pair.

 

At the plate, Tara McKenney recorded her fourth multi-hit game of the year with a single and triple, and extended her hitting streak to three games. She beat out an infield single in the third, and crushed a triple to leftcenter in the sixth.  

 

Brianna Rodriguez singled for the second straight game when she roped a ball to leftfield in the second.

 

In the first inning, ULL registered a two out single, which led to Paige Cormier's hit over the leftfield fence to give the Ragin Cajuns the early 2-0 lead.

 

In the second, the Ragin Cajuns added on with a bases loaded walk followed by a wild pitch. Preseason First-Team All-American Christi Orgeron cleared the bases with a triple and scored on an error to make it 7-0.

 

ULL cashed in on a couple singles when Matte Haack hit a three-run homer to leftfield in the sixth to raise the lead to 10-0.

 

The Lady Demons will play their third consecutive contest against a ranked opponent on Tuesday when they travel to No. 9 Baylor in a doubleheader starting at 3.