BOSSIER CITY, La. – In a battle of tenth-ranked NJCAA softball teams, Div. I No. 10 Bossier Parish Community College swept Div. II No. 10 LSU Eunice, 6-0 and 5-1, Monday at the BPCC Softball Field.
With the game tied 1-1 and the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth of game two, BPCC's Haylee Ladner hit a ground ball to LSUE second baseman Rylie Candella, who tagged out Dyllan Sanay who was on her way to second. Unsure if she made the tag, Candella opted to throw home and get the force out. However, Sanay was called out on the play, taking the force out off allowing Samantha Eckert to slide across safely with the go-ahead run. BPCC center fielder Hailey Pence then smashed a three-run home run over the left field wall to give the Lady Cavaliers a 5-1 lead.
Primrose Aholelei struck out two of the four batters she faced in the top of the seventh to secure the win and complete the sweep. Aholelei tossed seven innings, allowed just one run on three hits, walked three and fanned 11 to earn her 13th win of the season.
With the twinbill sweep, BPCC improves to 36-6, while the two losses drops LSUE to 29-19. The Lady Cavaliers return to Region XIV action on Wed., April 21 when they play host to the Trinity Valley Community College Cardinals. Last week, TVCC snapped BPCC's 21-game winning streak.