YOUNGSVILLE, La.—After winning their opening game of the Mardi Gras Mambo, the Wildcats struggled in their doubleheader on Saturday. The team dropped both games and totaled seven errors on the day. ACU held a 2-0 lead through most of their game against Jacksonville State before giving up six runs in the top of the seventh to drop the game. They were unable to get their bats going in the second game and once again gave up a big inning against ULM and fell 8-0 in six innings.
Game 1
The Wildcats got out to an early 1-0 lead over Jacksonville State with
Kayla Keeling drawing a bases loaded walk. Keeling would drive in another run in the bottom of the third and ACU held a 2-0 lead for most of the game.
Samantha Bradley pitched a solid game and with some help from her defense, got out of more than one jam throughout the game. JSU were able to string together a few hits following a lead off error in the top of the seventh and put six runs on the board. ACU was unable to answer in the bottom of the inning and fell 6-2.
Game 2
The offensive woes continued for ACU in the second game of their doubleheader despite getting runners on base.
Briana Tijerina led off the bottom of the first with a single, and the Wildcats had two runners on in the bottom of the second that they were unable to bring home. ULM scored one run in the third and two in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. The Warhawks put up two runs in each of the next two innings with the Wildcats unable to answer and handed ACU the 8-0 run-rule loss.
Stat pack
- ACU left a total of 16 runners on base between the two games.
- The Wildcats had three errors in the first game followed by four errors in their second game. The team had just three errors on the season coming into the day.
- Keeling's two RBIs were her first of the season.
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Briana Tijerina led the team going 3-7 on the day with a double.
- After scoring in the first and third innings of their first game, ACU went scoreless for 10 innings.
Farler Figures
On struggling with errors and moving past it for tomorrow's games: "We made so many mistakes and errors today. It's hard to win ball games with that many mistakes. Tomorrow we will need to be more focused and prepared for each ball."
On getting back into a better offensive rhythm: "Offensively we need to be prepared to hit good pitches. We battled through some at bats better today and had some great contact that didn't result in hits for us."
On shaking off the losses and preparing for tomorrow: "We talked about bringing energy and focus tomorrow. We will make adjustments to see if we can get in a rhythm on defense to make the stops we need to make in order to win. I expect everyone to make tomorrow a new day and comeback fired up for two good games."
Up next
The Wildcats have two games remaining as part of the Mardi Gras Mambo. They begin the day facing Alcorn State at 10 a.m. before facing Mississippi Valley State immediately following their first game.
