CLINTON, Ms. – LSU Eunice saw its season come to a close, just one game short of the final day of the NJCAA Tournament.  The Bengals (49-20) finished the tournament fourth out of the 16-team field.
 
The Bengals fell to Jones County for the fifth time this season, 8-7, before rallying to take down Madison College, 8-6.  LSU Eunice would eventually bow out to top-seed Des Moines area, 7-3.
 
GAME ONE
It was a typical May matchup between LSU Eunice and Jones County with the Bobcats besting the Bengals, 8-7, in walk-off fashion.  LSUE erased a late three run deficit in the final frame before bowing out in the bottom half.
 
The Bengals trailed 7-4 and were down to their last out before some late-game magic.  Mima Doucet lifted a solo home run and was followed up two batters later by Emily Henderson's two run bomb to tie the game.
 
Jones County put two runners on base in the seventh inning off one of five LSUE errors and a Simone McKinney single.  Taylor Murray sent her teammates storming the field with a game winning two-out single to score Sarah Brock and seal the victory.
 
LSUE trailed the entire game, tying Jones County twice.  Mima Doucet led the LSUE offense with a 3-for-4 game, belting two solo home runs.  Madison Monson and Haley Godeaux also tallied multi-hit games in the Bengals' 10-hit attack.
 
The two teams combined for six home runs in the 15-run slugfest.
 
Kaeleigh Crutchfield (4-2) was tagged with the loss after throwing 1.1 innings, scattering one run off one hit.  Heather Zumo started the game and came back in relief to give up the game winning hit.
 
Karli Perque picked up the win for Jones after throwing 3.2 frames, giving up three runs and five hits while striking out five batters.
 
GAME TWO
 
LSU Eunice erased an early hole with a five-run frame en route to an 8-6 elimination game win over Madison College. 
 
The Wolfpack brought across three runs in the first inning highlighted by Katelin Gilbertson's two-run home run.  That first frame chased LSUE starter Morghan LaTour, after giving up three runs off two hits and four walks.
 
The Bengals clawed within one after a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame.  Madison couldn't turn over the bases loaded double play when Ally Howard hit a ground ball to second base, allowing Madison Monson and Mima Doucet to score.
 
LSUE struck for a big frame in the fourth, plating five runs off five hits and an error.  Howard again helped two runs come across with a bases loaded single, followed by a RBI double from Haley Godeaux.  Sierra Gasca made it a 6-3 LSUE lead with a run scoring single with Ally Crooks ended the frame by producing a run thanks to another Wolfpack error.
 
Madison College cut the deficit to 8-6 after three runs in the 6th inning, but Kaeleigh Crutchfield was able to slam the door closed.  The freshman picked up her first save of the season after throwing 1.1 innings, giving up just one hit while striking out three batters.
 
Jeanne Trahan (10-4) picked up the win after coming in for 4.2 innings of relief.  The freshman scattered three runs off seven hits and one walk.
 
Sierra Gasca and Madison Monson each picked up three-hit games in the LSUE 12-hit barrage.  Mima Doucet went a perfect 2-for-2 including her 29th double of the season, setting a new single-season mark for the Bengals.  Doucet broke fellow Notre Dame HS product Taylor Simon's record that was set in 2013.
 
GAME THREE
 
The Bengals saw their NJCAA National Tournament and season end as top-seed Des Moines Area rallied to take down LSU Eunice 7-3.
 
LSUE was first on the board with a three run frame thanks to an Ally Crooks run scoring double and two-run home run by Emily Henderson.   The Bengals notched half of their six hits in the third inning.
 
Heather Zumo held strong for four innings allowing just three hits but tired out in a critical fifth inning for DMACC.  The Bears put up six hits including a back breaking Grand Slam by Morgan Nealy.  Zumo (29-9) was dealt the loss after tossing 4.2 innings, giving up six earned runs off nine hits.
 
Defense gave LSUE trouble not only against DMACC but on its final day of tournament play.  After four errors against the Bears, it brought the Bengals' total to 10 on the afternoon.
 
Molly Jacobsen picked up the win after throwing a complete game, striking out 15 Bengals while scattering three runs off six hits.