Louisiana Christian couldn’t slow down fourth-ranked Georgia Gwinnett on its homefield in Lawrenceville, Ga., Tuesday, and will try to fight through the loser’s bracket for a rematch today in the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round.
LSU Alexandria’s season ended in the Kingsport, Tenn., regional after the Generals (34-17) posted a midday 7-4 win over William Woods, followed by a shutout loss to regional top-seed Webber International Tuesday night.
The LSUA softball team won for the second straight day in its NAIA regional but faces an uphill road fighting through the loser’s bracket.
LCU: The Wildcats, ranked 24th nationally, try to stay alive today in a 10 a.m. (CDT) elimination round game against Northwestern Ohio.
Georgia Gwinnett (48-6) outslugged LCU 12-6 Tuesday. The Grizzlies moved ahead 3-1 in the third inning, then scored six more times in the next four innings for a 9-1 advantage.
The Wildcats (36-14) got a bases-loaded walk and a hit-by-pitch to notch a pair of runs in the seventh, but the Grizzlies posted three more runs to lead 12-3 going to the ninth.
A win over Northwestern Ohio will get LCU a rematch at 2 o’clock today with Georgia Gwinnett, who needs one win to advance to the NAIA World Series. LCU must win three straight to make it to Lewiston, Idaho, later this month, including taking two from the Grizzlies today and in the if-necessary game on Thursday.
LSUA BASEBALL: Dalton Wilson’s grand slam and a solid start from pitcher Colin Ardoin led the Generals over William Woods, the first NAIA postseason victory for LSUA since 2015.
But the Generals could generate only two hits Tuesday night as Webber, ranked eighth nationally in the final NAIA Top 25 regular-season poll, rolled to the win.
LSUA SOFTBALL: Winning an elimination game for the second straight day, the Generals rolled 11-3 over Morningside Tuesday on the heels of a 10-1 romp Monday over Friends.
Kilee Moody and Lainee Bailey each drove in two runs in Tuesday’s victory. Bailey was the winning pitcher.
LSUA (36-17) will play Oklahoma Science and Arts on its homefield in Chickisha, Okla., today at 1 p.m., needing two wins today and another Thursday to reach its first-ever World Series.
The second-seeded Generals opened the regional falling 7-4 Monday morning to College of Idaho, which has reached the championship round by winning twice as the region’s third seed.