The No. 21-ranked LSU Alexandria softball team plays today at Louisiana Christian in a Red River Athletic Conference doubleheader beginning at 3 o’clock at Wildcat Field in Pineville, in the league opener for the Red River rivals.
The Generals (7-1) took last week off after opening the season in a pair of tournaments. They have won four straight games.
The Wildcats are 6-2. Their last outing was a 5-0 loss to No. 14 William Carey in the final game of the Generals Showdown on Feb. 8. William Carey topped LSUA 7-4 in that tournament.
The Generals are 6-12 all-time against the Wildcats. They are 2-7 when playing on the road. LSUA has won the last two meetings.
Emma Hunt leads the Wildcats’ offense with an average of .455. She has scored seven runs and stolen eight bases in nine attempts. Hunt has drawn six walks and has an OBP of .571. Mariel Medrano leads LCU in runs batted in with 10. She is hitting .280 with an on-base percentage of .355. The Wildcats are hitting .285 as a team and have hit five homers. They have scored 49 runs and stolen 13 bases.
In the circle, Addison Greak and Morgan Louviere have both posted 2-0 records to start the season. Greak has tossed two complete games, one a shutout. She has an ERA of 0.50 and a WHIP of 0.86. Louviere has an ERA of 1.62 and a WHIP of 0.77 and has thrown one complete game shutout.
LSUA has a team batting average of .404 with 13 home runs and 62 RBI, with 30 steals in 33 tries. The Generals already have had two players, catcher Madi Baker and infielder Julia Kwakernaak, win RRAC Player of the Week honors.
Kwakernaak, a native of the Netherlands, bats .417 with a team-best 4 home runs and 9 RBI and a team-high 1.042 slugging percentage.
Baker, an Australian, is hitting .429 and has driven in a team-best 11 runs in six games, including a walk-off grand slam against Oklahoma Panhandle.
Alyssa Soileau and Haley Primrose are two-way weapons for LSUA, as pitchers and position players. Soileau tops the Generals with a .615 batting average and is 3-3 in the circle with a 1.78 ERA. Primrose is hitting .444 and is the staff ace with a 4-1 record, a 1.63 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP as opponents hit only .217 against her.
More top offensive weapons for today’s visitors include Haley Fontenot, who has a .500 batting average, team-best 16 runs scored, team-high 11 steals (in 11 attempts), with a homer and 5 RBI; Kaetlyn Dunbar (.458, 1 HR, 8 RBI) and Kilee Moody (.458, 8 RBI).