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Marshall Opens SBC Play With Win Over Louisiana, Earns Friday Split
3/14/2025 9:46:00 PM | Softball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall Softball (13-13, 1-1 SBC) split its doubleheader on Friday against the five-time defending league champions, Louisiana (14-11, 1-1 SBC).
The Herd defeated the Ragin' Cajuns, 6-5 in come-from-behind fashion in the conference-opener. The game was pushed up from Sunday due to the impending weather forecast.
MU would fall in the nightcap, 7-1 to set up Saturday's rubber game for 4 p.m. as scheduled.
On Saturday, Marshall will attempt to end UL's NCAA-leading 89-series winning streak which dates back to 2013.
First Game: Marshall 6, Louisiana 5
Senior Rielly Lucas put the Herd ahead with her double to the opposite way in the bottom of the 6th. Lucas initially put the team ahead with a three-run home run in the 1st, again going the other way. Her four RBI match a single-game career-high.
E6 | Rielly with a RBI double to put Marshall in the lead!
— Marshall Softball (@HerdSB) March 14, 2025
Marshall 6, Louisiana 5 pic.twitter.com/bsewrrgEpn
Lucas's double was the fourth-consecutive Herd batter to reach in the 6th after doubles from Haleigh Adkins and Brooklyn Ulrich and a walk from Kasia Parks.
The timely hitting came in support of starter Bub Feringa, who threw 143 pitches in a complete-game victory. The Herd's senior worked around a five-run flurry from the Ragin' Cajuns across the 3rd and 4th innings to keep the team off the board over the final three frames.
Feringa's second complete-game win of the season was finalized by working around a one-out double in the 7th. Feringa struck out her second Cajun and secured the win with a groundout to Ulrich at second. She successfully stranded 10 UL runners on base.
The win was the second for Marshall this season in its final at-bat.
Second Game: Louisiana 7, Marshall 1
Marshall's defense threw out three Louisiana runners trying to score at the plate in game two.
Parks picked up her fourth assist of the season with a strike from center field to end the UL 1st. Chandler Hoskins threw out two runners from right field in the 6th.
M6 | Chandler throws out a pair trying to score at home👋 pic.twitter.com/Q2bgrc3J0u
— Marshall Softball (@HerdSB) March 14, 2025
The Herd kept its scoring-streak alive with the Adkins' second-career home run in the 7th.
UP NEXT
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Feringa, Bub (3-4)
L: Sam Ryan (3-3)
Batting:
2B: Sam Roe 1 ; Savannah White 1
RBI: Cecilia Vasquez 1 ; Sam Roe 3
SH: Kayla Falterman 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Maddie Hayden 1 ; Kayla Falterman 1 ; Cecilia Vasquez 1 ; Laney Credeur 1 ; Mia Liscano 1
SB: Kayla Falterman 1 ; Mia Liscano 2
Batting:
2B: Ulrich, Brooklyn 1 ; Lucas, Rielly 1 ; Adkins, Haleigh 1
HR: Lucas, Rielly 1
RBI: Ulrich, Brooklyn 1 ; Lucas, Rielly 4 ; George, Ramey 1
SF: George, Ramey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ulrich, Brooklyn 2 ; Parks, Kasia 2 ; Lucas, Rielly 1 ; Adkins, Haleigh 1
CS: Leslie, Diamond 1
HBP: Ulrich, Brooklyn 1 ; Titi, Tia 1
