Trojans defeat Highland Baptist

The Lady Trojans opened the playoffs with a win against Highland Baptist Monday night behind three perfectly pitched innings from Elizabeth Soileau. “The game was very well played,” said coach Patrick Richey. “Our whole season has been well played this year. We just gotta keep our hitting and our bats done. Our fielding has been coming on really strong.”

Soileau started the game retiring Highland Baptist in order, and she led off the bottom of the inning with a single. Courtney Vidrine singled setting up a 2-RBI single for Gabby Andrepont. Morgan Touchet then pitched her way out of trouble to end the inning.

The second inning featured Soileau again retiring Highland Baptist in order. Hannah Lemoine picked up a ball at short stop off the bat of Amelia Provost and threw to Andrepont at first base to record the third out of the inning, but an illegal pitch was called on Soileau. A pitch later Provost again grounded to Lemoine who threw to Andrepont for the out. As Yogi Berra would say, “It's déjà vu all over again."   

Touchet found a groove in the bottom of the second inning despite two Lady Trojans being left on base. Laura Beth Fontenot reached on an error, and Vidrine got on base with a two out walk.

The script continued for Soileau in the top of the third inning as she retired the side in order. The Lady Trojans then exploded in the bottom of the inning with 12 runs, eight hits, and two errors as they sent 14 hitters to the plate. Deuces were wild in the inning as Kara Aguillard hit two doubles and scored two runs and as Caroline Fontenot and Sydney Fontenot both scored two runs. Vidrine added a triple after the visitors went to the bullpen bringing in Haley Peters and Lemoine added a double four batters later.

“We’re looking forward to our next game against whoever we get to play,” added Richey. “Hopefully after tonight we’ll get to see who it is, and then we’ll figure out when we’re gonna play.” His questions were answered as tenth ranked St. Edmund defeated 23^rd ranked Northwood-Lena 9-8. The Lady Trojans host the Lady Blue Jays Wednesday with a trip to Sulpher on the line.