Game 1 Box Score / Game 2 Box Score
RICHARDSON, Texas - The Louisiana College softball team suffered a loss in its American Southwest Conference East Division opener and split a doubleheader with Texas Dallas, dropping a 6-2 decision to the Comets in Game 1 and downing UTD 6-0 in Game 2.

In the first game, the Comets (9-5, 1-1 ASC East) jumped on LC starting pitcher Kelly Williams, who fell to 4-1 on the season after pitching six innings, striking out three, walking three and allowing eight hits and five earned runs.

Texas Dallas starter Heather Foust (5-2) got the win, pitching seven innings and striking out seven.

LC managed six hits in the first contest but only plated a pair of runs.

Senior catcher Amber Thomas went 2-for-3, sophomore center fielder Brittany Menard 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI and Aprill Fryar 1-for-3 with a run scored.

In the second half of the doubleheader, LC had no trouble dispatching the Comets as senior All-American Rene' Schwartzenburg (4-0) pitched a complete-game two-hitter with five strikeouts and one walk.

Allysa Fincher took the loss in the second game, one in which Thomas delivered a three-run home run, Kelsey Brown a solo home run and a 3-for-4 performance at the plate, Menard a 2-for-4 performance with two runs scored and Leslie Eastham a 2-for-4 showing.

LC returns to action Thursday afternoon with a visit to ASC East foe LeTournau for a doubleheader that will begin at 2 p.m.