#1 Louisiana College 1, #8 Rhode Island College 0

Carson Home Run Propels the Lady Wildcats

May 16, 2008

 

SALEM, Va. --- In the bottom of the second inning, Louisiana’s McCaslin Carson blasted her fourth home run on the season deep into left-center field to give the Lady Wildcats a 1-0 lead, which lasted to the conclusion of the game.  .

 

On the mound, Carson picked up her 18^th win on the season by pitching a complete game shutout while allowing just one hit.  For the Rhode Island Anchorwomen, Melanie Neece pitched six innings while allowing five hits and one run. 

 

Head Anchorwoman Coach, Maria Moran, said “We had a couple of opportunities that we couldn’t take advantage of but the girls played a fabulous game against a very good team.”

 

McCaslin Carson, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning.  Kayla Jandreau broke up the effort with a slow-roller down the third baseline. 

 

“I started off a little shaky but was able to finish the whole game and had great defense behind me” said Carson

 

The Lady Wildcats are now 43-5 on the season and will face the winner of #4 Cortland State and #5 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in Game 7 at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.  The Anchorwomen, now 36-8, will face the the loser of the previously mentioned match-up in Game 5 at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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