PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University softball program had not thrown a no-hitter in two years prior to last weekend and now they have two in a span of the past five days as the pitcher who threw the no-no on Saturday, Katelyn Carpenter, teamed up with Addison Greak to put a goose egg in both the hit and run columns in game two on Wednesday as LCU swept Crowley's Ridge in a double shutout, 7-0 and 3-0.
 
This is the first season since 2017 that the Orange and Blue have recorded multiple no-hit bids when they did it at Howard Payne on February 24 before logging a perfect game on March 31 versus Mary Hardin-Baylor.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (Game 1)
  • Louisiana Christian – 7
  • Crowley's Ridge – 0

 

• Score (Game 2)
  • Louisiana Christian – 3
  • Crowley's Ridge – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (14-9, 5-3 Red River)
  • Crowley's Ridge (6-8, 0-0 Continental)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – Wildcat Park

 

• Series History (Since 2008)
  • Louisiana Christian Leads 2-0 (100%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2008)
  • Louisiana Christian (W2) | Crowley's Ridge's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Carpenter has now strung together nine consecutive hitless innings after laboring through the first four frames against the Pioneers in which she struck out five, but also walked four to garner her second pitching win of the campaign.

 

• Greak came on in relief to finish the job, capturing the final nine outs of the ballgame while also fanning five batters and walking just one, earning her first career save.

 

• Morgan Louviere started the afternoon in the circle for the Cats, hurling six shutout frames while maneuvering around six hits and two walks before handing the ball over to Brooke Ross for a perfect 1-2-3 seventh.

 

• Lexie Marks was the day's top dog at the plate and on the basepaths, going 3-for-4 (.750) with a pair of stolen bases plus a run scored.

 

• Emma Hunt also swiped two bags in addition to driving in a team-high three RBIs which included an RBI-double and two scores.

 

• Isabel Armand and Lexi Broussard went 4-of-7 (.571) between the two, each crossing the plate twice while Broussard contributed a two-bagger on top of a sac fly RBI.

 
Notes
 

• With the pair of victories, Head Coach Barry Roberts notched career wins number 104 and 105 at Louisiana College / Christian University, putting him just one win shy of tying Mark Rosier for second on the program's all-time wins list.

 
Next:
 

• Roberts will attempt to either tie or pass Rosier when the Wildcats travel to Bramlett Field to face the homestanding Texarkana Eagles at 1 and 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

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