The No. 8-ranked LSU Alexandria softball team swept Red River Rival Louisiana Christian Saturday on the Generals’ Senior Day, coming back in the final at-bat to win 4-3 before rolling 9-4 in the nightcap.
Not only did the Generals (39-5, 21-2 RRAC) sweep on Senior Day, but coach Trent Partridge reached his 100th career victory in the opener. Partridge is the fastest LSUA softball coach to 100 wins, achieving the feat in 145 games in three seasons.
“It starts with the girls,” Partridge added. “We had a vision when we came in two years ago, and we started implementing it last year. To be able to get there as quickly as we did is awesome.”
Molly Sistrunk’s walk-off single pushed the Generals (39-5, 21-2 Red River Athletic Conference) past the Wildcats (23-25, 10-16 RRAC) in Game 1
Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh, after a solo home run from LCU’s Jordan Dauthier, an RBI double off the center field by Julia Kwakernaak tied the game at 3-3. Haley Primrose drew an intentional walk after getting ahead in the count 2-0 to put runners on first and second. With two out, Primrose was lifted for pinch runner Jaycie O’Conner with Sistrunk at the plate.
Sistrunk fell behind 1-2 before looping a single into left field. O’Conner was waved around third and slid headfirst into home, beating the throw for the walk-off win.
Primrose (20-4) tossed a complete game in the circle. She allowed three runs on nine hits, struck out 10, and did not issue a free pass.
LSUA finished with 10 hits as a team. Kwakernaak and Sistrunk both recorded two. Kwakernaak drove in a pair of runs.
The Generals scored all nine runs in the second inning in Game 2.
They tallied eight hits in the inning. Kilee Moody drove in a pair, as did Jillian Howell. Haley Fontenot, Kwakernaak and Sistrunk each added an RBI. The floodgates opened as the Generals scored seven runs on a single from Fontenot, a two-run double from Moody, a triple from Kwakernaak, and a two-run double from Howell.
The Wildcats tried to chip away at the Generals’ lead, plating three in the fifth. Two scored on a two-run double by Bella Houck.