Campus News

Louisiana College 2, La Verne 1

MARSHALL, Texas (5/8/09) -- Louisiana College scored the game-winning run on a throwing error by La Verne in the sixth inning Friday, allowing the Lady Wildcats to survive and advance with a 2-1 victory in an elimination game Friday night at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship First-Round Tournament at East Texas Baptist University.

The Lady Wildcats (38-8), coming off a tough 1-0 loss to ETBU earlier in the day that forced LC into the elimination game, fell behind 1-0 to La Verne (29-17) on Kari Granger's RBI single to left that scored D.D. Burns in the third inning.

But the Lady Wildcats tied the game in the when McCaslin Carson legged out an infield single with two outs, allowing Caitlyn Bankston to score an unearned run.

With the score tied 1-1 in the sixth, Jodi Montagnino started the game-winning rally with a bunt single to third leading off the inning. La Verne third baseman Tara Allis threw the ball past first base on Bankston's grounder on the next play, and Montagnino scored all the way from first with what would be the winning run.

Rene' Schwartzenburg (14-0) tossed the final four innings, allowing one hit and just two walks to earn the win.

Delaney Baylor (16-8) was saddled with the loss for La Verne, tossing the complete-game five-hitter with three strikeouts.