Lady Bengal Bats Explode Against PRCC
Offensive firepower was on display Sunday as top-ranked LSU Eunice grabbed a 21-1, 18-16 sweep over Pearl River Community College.
The Lady Bengals (45-3) finished the day with 39 runs on 31 hits, sparked by eight home runs in the doubleheader.
PRCC (20-19) scored a run in the top of the opening inning when Branda Northrop doubled and scored on a sacrifice by Briana Leonard in the day's first game.
LSU Eunice exploded for 14 runs on eight hits in the bottom of the inning as the Lady Bengals then cruised to the easy win.
Maddie Edmonston was hit by a pitch and scored when Darby Bishop singled to centerfield.
Rebecca Skains walked and later scored as Ali Daigle and Jeanmarie Angelle reached on consecutive walks.
Bobbi Smith singled in Bishop as Hope Vizinat hit in Daigle and Angelle to push the Lady Bengals ahead, 5-1.
Jessica Thomas walked to load the bases again and Jaci Lavigne hit in Smith, while Skains singled in Vizinat.
Bishop kept the rally going with a double to centerfield to drive in Thomas, Lavigne and Skains as the Lady Bengals pushed ahead, 10-1.
Daigle was hit by a pitch and Angelle walked before Smith's single to right field scored Bishop.
Vizinat was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded that allowed Daigle to cross home plate for a 12-1 Lady Bengal advantage
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Thomas completed the scoring barrage in the inning as she doubled to drive in Angelle and Smith as LSU Eunice forged ahead, 14-1.
The Lady Bengals added five more runs in the bottom of the second begun when Skains doubled and scored on Bishop's two-base hit.
Daigle singled and Angelle ripped a home run over the centerfield wall to extend the Lady Bengals' lead to 18-1.
Smith reached on a hit and later scored on a passed ball to push the margin to 19-1.
Skains and Bishop completed the offensive explosion with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Abigail Leonards earned the win as she struck out one, walked one and allowed one earned run on two hits over four innings of work. Hannah Vidillier pitched the final inning, striking out one and walked one.
Bishop went 4-for-4 with six RBI and four runs scored, while Vizinat went 2-for-2 with three RBI and a run scored.
Skains went 3-for-3 with a walk, three RBI and four runs scored, as teammate Smith went 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored.
Angelle finished 1-for-1 with two walks, four RBI and three runs scored.
Pearl River jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the finale as Northrop walked and scored when Shae Rosser reached on an error, while Kristen Martin reached on a miscue and scored when Katie Davis reached on the third Lady Bengal error of the inning.
Creel doubled in Rosser and Davis to push the Lady Wildcats ahead, 4-0 before being tagged out to end the inning.
The Lady Bengals closed the gap to 4-2 in the bottom of the frame when Maddie Edmonston walked and Skains followed with a home run over the centerfield wall.
Pearl River pushed ahead 6-2 in the top of the second, begun when Katie Perry walked, Northrop singled and both scored on Martin's double to left field.
LSU Eunice exploded for six runs in the bottom of the second to retake the lead, begun when Abby Mondy singled, Edmonston was hit by a pitch and Skains homered to right field.
Angelle advanced on a two-base error and Smith followed with an infield single before the duo scored on Wilson's triple down the right field line to push LSU Eunice ahead, 7-6.
Wilson later scored on a passed ball to increase the Lady Bengal lead to 8-6.
Pearl River responded with six runs in the top of the third inning,
Davis reached on an error, Skylar Cook singled and Perry advanced on another Lady Bengal miscue to load the bases.
Brooke Barnes then singled in Davis before a double by Kristen Martin drove in Cook and Perry.
Brianna Leonard then homered to centerfield to push the Lady Wildcats ahead, 12-8.
Skains hit her second home run of the game in the bottom of the third inning as the Lady Bengals closed the margin to 12-9.
Angelle singled, Smith walked and both scored on Molly Wilson's double to center as LSU Eunice pulled closer, 12-11.
Pearl River added two more runs in the fourth inning, as Katie Davis and Amanda Ingram both singled and scored when Perry reached on an error.
The Lady Bengals exploded for five runs in the bottom of the frame, begun when Mondy walked and scored on a hit by Bishop.
Edmonston walked, Angelle reached on an error and Wilson cleared the bases with a home run to give the Lady Bengals a 16-14 advantage.
Pearl River tied the game in the top of the fifth when Martin walked and Leonard homered to centerfield before the Lady Bengal defense stiffened for three straight outs.
LSU Eunice took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Savannah Lejeune homered to left field.
The Lady Bengals added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Ali Daigle singled and scored on Lejeuene's double to right field.
Elizabeth Fontenot started in the circle for the Lady Bengals as she walked two and allowed two earned runs on eight hits over 2.2 innings.
Hannah Vidillier entered and struck out one, walked one and allowed two earned runs on three hits.
Leonards earned the win as she struck out one, walked one and allowed one earned run on a hit over the final three innings.
Skains went 3-for-4 with two walks, six RBI and three home runs, while Wilson went 3-for-5 with eight RBI and two runs scored to lead the Lady Bengal bats.
Lejuene went 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and a run scored as team mate Smith finished 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Mondy went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
LSU Eunice entertains Grambling State University in a 2 p.m. doubleheader Tuesday at Lady Bengal Field.
