State colleges baseball, softball report
Softball polls
USA Today/NFCA Division 1
First-place votes in parenthesis
Team Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Florida (21) 9-0 733 1
2. Alabama (4) 7-0 717 2
3. California (5) 8-0 704 3
4. Arizona St. 10-2 626 5
5. Washington 10-0 614 7
6. Oklahoma 6-1 578 4
7. UCLA 10-0 546 12
8. Texas 8-0 500 13
9. Baylor 6-1 489 9
10. Tennessee 6-2 478 10
11. Missouri 3-1 470 6
12. Michigan 8-1 424 11
13. Georgia 8-1 386 14
14. Stanford 8-3 379 8
15. Arizona 8-3 307 16
16. Texas A&M 8-2 305 18
17. UL-Lafayette 7-0 241 20
18. Louisville 9-0 201 21
19. Oregon 3-1 171 19
20. Georgia Tech 7-3 162 23
21. Oklahoma St. 4-4 150 15
22. Nebraska 8-3 142 24
23. Houston 7-2 129 17
24. Auburn 7-0 76 —
24. Hawaii 12-0 70 —
Dropped out: No. 22 Kentucky, No. 25 LSU.
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 60, Florida St. 42, Kentucky 15, LSU 10, New Mexico 6, South Florida 6, Maryland 2, UMass 2, Purdue 2, San Diego St. 2, Syracuse 2, Mississippi St. 1.
ESPN.Com/USA Softball
First-place votes in parenthesis
Team Record Pts. Pvs.
1. California (16) 8-0 494 1
2. Alabama (1) 7-0 477 2
3. Florida (3) 9-0 464 3
4. Arizona St. 10-2 415 6
5. UCLA 10-0 406 8
6. Oklahoma 6-1 395 4
7. Washington 9-0 375 9
8. Texas 8-0 355 13
9. Tennessee 6-2 343 7
10. Baylor 6-1 310 10
11. Missouri 3-1 308 5
12. Michigan 8-1 273 11
13. Georgia 8-1 247 14
14. Texas A&M 8-2 227 15
15. Stanford 8-3 210 12
16. Arizona 8-3 202 16
17. Georgia Tech 7-3 156 20
18. UL-Lafayette 7-0 153 21
19. Auburn 8-0 115 —
20. Louisville 9-0 104 23
21. Oregon 3-2 99 19
22. Nebraska 8-3 73 22
23. Houston 7-2 71 17
24. North Carolina 7-0 61 25
25. Florida St. 9-0 41 —
Dropped out: Oklahoma St., Kentucky
Others receiving votes: Hawaii 28, Oklahoma St. 26, South Florida 20, BYU 11, San Diego St. 11, Maryland 10, Syracuse 6, McNeese State 5, Mississippi St. 3, Kentucky 2, UMass 2, Arkansas 1, Virginia Tech 1.
Results, schedule
Baseball
Tuesday’s games
Nicholls State 10, Southern 3
UL-Monroe 9, Tulane 3
Louisiana Tech 13, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8
UNO 5, Mobile 4
Texas College 5, Louisiana College 1, first game
Louisiana College 4, Texas College 3, second game
LSU-Alexandria at Wiley College (2), noon
Arkansas 8, Northwestern State 7
LSU-Eunice 5, Pearl River 2, first game
LSU-Eunice 2, Pearl River 1, first game
Wednesday’s games
BRCC at SWCC (2), 2 p.m.
Navarro College at Bossier Parrish CC (2), noon
Southern Miss at ULM, 6 p.m.
Northwestern State at Arkansas, 3:05 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Southeastern, 6 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas-Little Rock, 3 p.m.
McNeese State at LSU, 3 p.m.
Grambling at Stephen F. Austin, 3 p.m.
Softball
Tuesday’s games
LSU 7, Southeastern Louisiana 0
LSU-Alexandria 4, Southern 1, first game
Southern 2, LSU-Alexanderia 0, second game
South Alabama at Nicholls State, 3 p.m.
Baylor 3, Northwestern State 0, first game
Baylor 3, Northwestern State 0, second game
Central Arkansas 4, Louisiana Tech 3
McNeese State at Houston Baptist, (2)
Wednesday’s games
Alcorn State at Nicholls State, 4 p.m.
UL-Monroe at Samford, 5 p.m.
Southern Miss at Southeastern Louisiana, 6 p.m.
Thursday’s games
Pearl River CC at BRCC, (2), 3 p.m.
Baseball box score
Nicholls State 10 Southern 3
Southern (2-2) Nicholls (2-2)
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Roy lf 5 0 0 0 Richard cf 5 1 2 0
Lopez ss 3 0 0 0 Eureste ss 4 1 1 0
Marrero cf 3 0 0 0 Hill lf 4 1 2 2
Wallace rf 4 1 1 0 Barba lf 1 0 0 0
McGriff 3b 3 1 0 0 Brgron 1b 4 2 1 0
Hopkins dh 4 1 1 1 Faulk dh 1 2 1 0
Ourso c 3 0 0 0 Seal dh 0 0 0 0
Rowry 1b 4 0 1 1 Vargas pr 0 1 0 0
Ellis 2b 2 0 1 0 LGrange rf 5 0 2 3
Zorn rf 0 0 0 0
Flores, 3b 5 1 2 1
Weibel c 3 0 0 0
Persick ph 1 0 0 0
Dufrene c 0 0 0 0
Garrett c 0 0 0 0
Lyons 2b 4 1 2 3
TOTALS 31 3 4 2 TOTALS 37 10 13 9
E _ Lopez 2, LeBlanc. DP _ SU 1. LOB _ SU 9, Nicholls 12. 2B _ Hopkins, Ellis, LeGrange, Florest, Lyons. SB _ Ellis 2, Richard 2, Hill, Lyons 2.
Southern (2-2) 000 003 000 — 3 4 3
Nicholls (2-2) 100 403 02x — 10 13 0
Southern (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO
Fargas L, 0-1 3.2 6 5 4 2 5
Rochelle 0.1 2 0 0 2 1
LeBlanc 2.0 3 3 3 0 0
Pagan 1.2 2 2 2 3 2
Altalano 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Nicholls (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO
Delange W, 1-0 5.0 2 2 2 4 7
Ardoin 2.0 1 1 1 1 5
White 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Delatte 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
WP — LeBlanc, Delange, Ardoin, Delatte. PB — Weibel 2. HBP — by Delange (Marrero 2), by LeBlanc (Faulk), by Altalano (Lyons). BK — Delange. U — Darren Deitrich, Danny Hymel, Alex Ziegler. T — 2:57. A — 672.
Baseball linescores
ULM 9, Tulane 3
Tulane002 100 000 — 3 9 3
UL-Monroe410 200 11x — 9 9 2
Alex Byo, D.J.Ponder (5), Alex Facundus (8) and Jeremy Schaffer. Fraser Adams, Shelby Fulds (4) and Logan Fiasco. W— Aulds (1-0). L—Byo (l0-1). Leaders—Tulane: Schaffer (3-4, HR, 2 RBIs); Crohan 2-4). ULM: Joey Rapp (2-3, 2 HRs, 2 runs, 5 RBIs) Caleb Clowers (2-2, 3 runs); Brandon Alexander (2-4, RBI); Jeremy Sy (2-4, 3B, RBI). T—2:12. A—2,247. Records— ULM 3-1; Tulane 4-1.
Softball linescores
LSU 7, SE Louisiana 0
SE Louisiana 000 000 0 — 0 3 4
LSU 500 002 x — 7 9 1
Kenna Terry, Vicki Honeycutt (6) and Trish Bliss; Brittany Mack and Morgan Russell. W — Mack (2-3). L — Terry (0-4). Leaders _ SLU: Katie Matthews (1-2); LSU: Morgan Russell (2-2, 2 RBIs), Tammy Wray (2-3, 2B), Allison Falcon (1-3, 2 RBIs), Ashley Langoni (1-4, 2B, 2 RBIs). Records — SLU 1-8, LSU 5-4. T — 2:02. A — 893.
LSU-Alexandria 4, SU 1
First game
LSU-Alexandria 201 010 0 — 4 5 1
Southern 000 100 0 — 1 4 2
Courtney Kennedy and Katherine Trahan; Carla Arismendi and Harley Roller. W — Kennedy. L — Arismendi. Leaders — LSUA: Amanda Harmon (3-3, 2 2Bs, RBI); SU: Jasmine Payne (2-3, 2B). T — 1:56. A — 32.
SU 2, LSU-Alexandria 0
Second game
LSU-Alexandria 000 000 0 — 0 6 3
Southern 002 000 x — 2 5 0
Logan Hebert and Katherine Trahan; Gabrielle McDaniel and Kacey Ost. W — McDaniel. L — Hebert. Leaders — LSUA: Amada Harmon (3-3, 2B); SU: Jasmine Payne (2-2). T — 1:35. A — 49.
Honors
USA Softball
Player of week
Christi Orgeron, Louisiana-Lafayette, outfielder : Hit two grand slams and 15 RBIs in four wins en route to being named Mardi Gras Invitational co-MVP. She batted .615 (8-for-13) with including four home runs and a triple.
Southland Conference
Pitcher of the week
Meagan Bond, McNeese State, junior: Went 3-0 in 17.0 innings, striking out 19 batters and posting a 1.65 ERA.