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May 14, Delaware Technical Community College – W, 11-3
 
In a muddy and rainy opening day of the World Series, LSU Eunice wasted no time taking care of Delaware Tech, 11-3.  Ace pitcher Raven Cole took her 26^th victory of the season, allowing three hits and three runs while walking three batters and striking out four in her five innings of work.
 
The Bengals capitalized on Delaware Tech miscues, scoring 11 runs on just six hits but were issued eight walks.  Emily Nolan scored the first runs of the game for the Bengals with a first inning two-run home run.
 
LSUE added three more runs a frame later off a passed ball, illegal pitch and sacrifice fly by Taylor Boulet.  The Bengals put the game away with a six-run third inning highlighted by a two-run double from Ashley Subervielle, Codi Covington’s RBI single and a pair of bases loaded walks.
 

 
May 15, Scottsdale Community College – W, 12-2
 
The offense continued to shine in Clinton with a 12-2 beatdown of Scottsdale CC.  Emily Nolan enjoyed a banner afternoon, collect 7 RBIs while going 3-for-4 at the plate.
 
Taylor Boulet started the scoring in the top of the third with a two-run double, part of a four-run inning.  The Bengals snowballed another big frame in the fifth off of Emily Nolan’s first home run of the game, a three run blast.  Nolan continued her highlight reel game with a grand slam an inning later, part of a five-run sixth.
 
The Bengals saw several program records knocked down over the game with Emily Nolan’s 20^th home run (finished with 21) setting the school standard and Brooklyn Clark’s two hits pushed her tally to 93 (finished with 102).  Nolan and Clark are currently 2^nd in those marks at LSU Eunice.

 


May 16, Des Moines Area Community College – W, 4-3

 

After cruising in the first two games of the World Series, LSU Eunice used the timely hit in a 4-3 win over Des Moines Area CC.  The Bengals found themselves in a 3-0 hole going into the bottom of the fourth inning before climbing out with a four-run inning.
 
Emily Nolan’s critical two-run single and Destin Vicknair’s two-run home run was really all the Bengals needed, who collected just five hits on the game.
 
Vicknair did her part in the circle as well.  The freshman grabbed her 28^th win of the season allowed three runs in the first inning while scattering eight hits and striking out five batters.
 
May 16, Jones County Junior College – L, 9-7

Despite a seventh inning rally, LSU Eunice ran out of gas against Jones County JC to fall in the losers’ bracket, 9-7.  It would set the stage for an epic Saturday where LSUE would have to win three games that day.
 
Jones County threw the first punch with a three run first inning while the Bengals countered with a three-spot of their own an inning later thanks to a three-run home run by Carey Alexis.

 

The Wildcats plated three more runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good.  LSUE saw itself with brief life in the bottom of the seventh inning.  Emily Nolan hit a two-run home run with no one out to trim the lead to 9-7.  The next three Bengal batters were retired.

May 17, Des Moines Area Community College – W, 1-0
 
The improbable national championship nearly did not happen.  LSU Eunice suffered through one of its worst offensive showings of the season but needed only two late, clutch hits to take down Des Moines Area CC, 1-0.
 
The Bengals were held hitless through six innings before a pair of doubles by Emily Nolan and Carey Alexis gave LSUE the slim margin.  Alexis drove in Nolan for the lone run of the game with a two-out double.
 
Raven Cole and the defense held on in the bottom of the seventh with DMACC threatening.  The Bengals induced a pop out and ground out with Des Moines runners on second and third base.  Cole allowed seven hits in the shutout with six strikeouts and one walk.

May 17, Jones County Junior College – W, 5-1
 
LSUE got its revenge with a 5-1 win over Jones County to push the World Series to a deciding winner-take-all.  The Bengals scored all their runs in a critical fifth inning while Destin Vicknair and Raven Cole combined to keep the Wildcat bats at bay.
 
The Bengals scored their five runs off just three hits while also plating players off a walk, wild pitch and sacrifice fly.  LSUE managed eight hits on the game while Jones County was held to just four.
 
The top three batters in the LSUE lineup – Codi Covington, Taylor Boulet and Brooklyn Clark – each produced a pair of hits.  Cole relieved Vicknair after two innings while the duo combined to scatter four hits and one earned run while striking out eight batters with five walks.

May 17, Jones County Junior College – W, 8-6
 
LSU Eunice completed an improbable three-games-in-one-day sweep with a just as difficult rally against Jones County.  The Bengals erased a six-run deficit with an eight-run sixth inning in a wild 8-6 win to capture the program’s third National Championship. 
 
The Bengals began that deciding frame with three consecutive hits by Taylor Boulet, Brooklyn Clark and Emily Nolan to load the bases.  After Carey Alexis walked to plate LSUE’s first run of the game, Danielle Cruickshank doubled home two runs with another run crossing on a fielding error.  After two quick outs, LSUE scored two more off a Jones County error, another off a wild pitch and Clark provided the final run with a RBI single to center.  The Bengals forced three errors in the frame.
 
Elizabeth Delafield was the unlikely star in the circle providing 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to close out the game.  Delafield scattered just three hits to squash any hope of a Jones County comeback.  The win put a bow on a school-record 64-3 record for the Bengals.
 
Tournament Awards
Most Valuable Player – Brooklyn Clark
Marucci Elite Hitter Award – Emily Nolan
All-Tournament Team – Brooklyn Clark, Raven Cole, Carey Alexis, Taylor Boulet, and Codi Covington
Most Outstanding Coach – Andy Lee