RUSTON – Louisiana Tech softball will travel to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to compete in the Southern Miss Black and Gold Challenge, playing five games in three days. This marks the fourth tournament of the 2025 season for LA Tech.
The Bulldogs will open play with Lamar on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., followed by a matchup with UAPB on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. LA Tech will face host team Southern Miss to start the day on Saturday at 11:30 a.m., followed by a second contest with UPAB at 7:00 p.m. The Bulldogs will close the five-game event against Lamar on Sunday with a 12:30 p.m. first pitch.
LA Tech’s game against USM on Saturday will be streamed on ESPN+.
SERIES INFORMATION
Date/Time: Feb. 28 – Mar. 2, 2025
Location: Southern Miss Softball Complex (Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Watch: ESPN+ | vs. USM | Mar. 1 | 11:30 a.m.
USM Series History: LA Tech, 35-18
Lamar Series History: LA Tech, 6-0
UAPB Series History: LA Tech, 5-0
ABOUT LA TECH
LA Tech moved to 7-7 on the season after playing four games in the Rocket City Showcase in Huntsville, Alabama, this past weekend. The Bulldogs finished 2-2 in the event with a 5-1 win over No. 17 Auburn and a 12-8 victory over ETSU. LA Tech was defeated by No. 16 Mississippi State and Ole Miss. Tech’s 12 runs in the win over ETSU marked a season high and the first time the Bulldogs have reached double digits this season.
The Bulldogs showed off their power in the Rocket City, launching six home runs in their four games, including two versus both Auburn and ETSU, while hitting one in the Mississippi State game and one in the Ole Miss game. Reagan Marchant and Claire Raley both had two home runs apiece, while Nicole Hammoude and Karolyn Glover both registered one home run each.
LA Tech has a combined 46-18 record against Southern Miss, Lamar and UPAB. The Bulldogs are 35-18 all-time against USM, 6-0 versus Lamar, and 5-0 against UAPB. LA Tech has outscored UAPB 40-2 in its five games.
Allie Floyd picked up her second win of the season against a top 25 team after tossing a complete game one-hitter against No. 17 Auburn. The junior right-hander struck out a career-high nine batters in the victory. Floyd picked up a second win the following day as she recorded 3.2 innings of relief work against ETSU. She racked up seven strikeouts in the outing. Floyd leads the Bulldogs in the circle with a 6-3 record. She has recorded 51 strikeouts in 50.2 innings of work, while allowing 47 hits, 29 runs (23 earned) with 16 walks.
The Bulldogs have five players with a .300 batting average or higher. Claire Raley leads the team with a .405 average, while also leading the Bulldogs in hits (17), RBI (13) and runs (15). Alannah Rogers (.385) and Elena Heng (.349) are tied for second with 15 hits apiece, while Nicole Hamoude, Alexis Gilio, and Reagan Marchant all have 13 hits each. Hammoude is second on the team with 11 RBI while Marchant is third with 10.
Marchant leads the group with five home runs, followed by Raley who has belted three. Hammoude has hit two home runs followed by Gilio and Karolyn Glover who both hit their first career bombs last week. Marchant became the fastest LA Tech player to reach five home runs (14 games) since Ashley Cameron accomplished the feat during the 2006 season.
Rogers, Raley and Heng all have five multi-hit games, while Hammoude has four. Heng collected her first career three hit performance in the win over ETSU, while Rogers recorded three base knocks against ULM on Feb. 15.
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