Lady Wolves season comes to an end

EUNICE, Louisiana – After losing a 10 innings heartbreaker to No. 2 Jones College, the No. 8 Co-Lin Lady Wolves had to turn around a play No. 9 Mississippi Gulf Coast in an elimination game at the National Junior College Athletic Association's Region 23 Tournament (NJCAA) hosted by LSU-Eunice. The Lady Bulldogs 8-1 eliminated Co-Lin 7-3.

"Coming from the winner's bracket was definitely to our disadvantage to have to turn around and play again after a very emotional loss," said Co-Lin head coach Meleah Howard. "I cannot say enough to express how proud I am of this group. We have fought all year long no matter the circumstances and that didn't change today. Our program will greatly miss this sophomore group but is better off having hade them play for us! They have set the expectation level extremely high for the hears to come."

The Lady Bulldogs broke the game open in the fifth inning. They took advantage of three Co-Lin errors to take a 4-0 lead.

Gulf Coast added three runs in the top of the seventh inning to increase their lead to 7-0.

The Lady Wolves started a rally in the bottom of the seventh. With one out. Molly Davis (Philadelphia/Leake Academy) and Madi Miller (Brookhaven/Brookhaven High School) hit back-to-back singles. Carlon Brabham (Amite, LA/Oak Forest Academy) hit her 18^th home run of the season, a three-run shot over the left field fence to close the gap to 7-3. But the Co-Lin rally fell short.

Emaleigh Cates picked up the win for Gulf Coast. She allowed three earned runs eight hits, two strikeouts and two walks in seven innings of work. Sophomore Bella Luckey (Mendenhall/Simpson Academy) took the loss for the Lady Wolves. She gave up seven runs (three earned) 10 hits, struck out one and walked three.

At the plate for Co-Lin, Miller and Abigail Carter (Mendenhall/Simpson Academy) had a pair of hits. Brabham homered and had three RBIs. Hitting safely were Blanchard, Baileigh Jackson (Bogue Chitto/Bogue Chitto High School) and Davis.

For Gulf Coast, Kristian Jones, Bianna Shores and Whitley Tanner had a pair of hits. Caroline Moore, Rakeya Travis, Kayla Agner and Breanna Green hit safely.