By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director
Northeast Texas Community College Softball made the trip to Louisiana to take on NJCAA number 15 ranked Bossier Parish Community College on Saturday. BPCC would take down NTCC 10-2 in game one and narrowly escaped with a 4-3 win in game two of the series.
The Eagles were down 2-0 in the third when Lauren Isbell (Burleson HS) started things off with a single to left field. Abby Russ (Hooks HS) hit her second homerun of the year when she belted the ball over the right-center field fence to even the game at 2-2.
Unfortunately for NTCC, the Bossier pitching would limit the Eagles to just those two hits and runs in the game. BPCC would regain the lead in the bottom of the third and went ahead 3-2 before adding one run in the fourth and six runs in the sixth to put the game away 10-2.
Halea Wells (Lufkin HS) started in the circle and all three Eagle pitchers would see time in game one.
In game two action, NTCC got things going early in the first inning when Kadi Downs (Foreman, AR HS) singled to start the game. Two batters later Kailey Hancock (Central HS) would walk and both Eagle base runners would score in the inning to lead 2-0.
NTCC would keep the Cavaliers off the board until they scored three runs in the bottom of the third to gain the advantage 3-2. Hanna Allen (Hudson HS) led off the fifth inning with a single and would make her way around the bases when Downs singled to tie the game at 3-3. The game would remained tied after seven inning of play and Bossier was able to win the game with just one extra inning of play with a solo homerun to end the contest.
Both Wells and Averie Ayers (Mount Pleasant HS) would see time in the circle in game two of the matchup.
NTCC returns home to face Carl Albert State College in a non-conference game on Wednesday with a 12:00pm start for game one of the two game series.
