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May 7, 2008
With their postseason hopes on the line, the Colonels pulled off a weekend series sweep with a 2-0 victory Sunday over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Nicholls (28-27, 15-14) will enter the SLC Tournament as the No. 6 seed following a loss Sunday by Sam Houston State (30-30, 15-15), and two losses Saturday by Southeastern La. (27-24, 14-15). The Islanders (21-32, 11-19) was eliminated from postseason contention with their opening series loss to Nicholls on Saturday.
Nicholls got the scoring started in the top of the second with a RBI single by senior Amy Thibodeaux that plated sophomore Audrey Wood for the Colonels to go up 1-0.
Nicholls added one more in the top of the third when junior Danielle Clayton knocked a RBI single that scored senior Kat Harrell from second base to give the Colonels the 2-0 lead.
Krystalin Ensminger kept the Islanders off balance as she threw all seven innings only allowing four hits for the shutout victory.
Leading the Colonels at the plate were Harrell and sophomore Nicole Smith with two hits each. Putting together 1-for-3 performances were Clayton, Thibodeaux and Wood. Also, Clayton and Thibodeaux each had an RBI as Wood had a run scored.
The Colonels will be back in action his weekend in the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament in San Marcos, Texas.
NSU baseball team nets come-from-behind win
Nicholls used a five-run seventh inning for a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over Texas-Arlington on Sunday.
With the victory, the Colonels improve to 9-39 (4-20 SLC) and give Nicholls its first two-game winning streak of the season.
Nicholls got a solo homerun from Kevin Persick in the fifth before its offensive explosion.
Nicholls found itself down early, giving up two runs in the first on four-straight singles to the first four UTA batters of the game. The Mavericks added a run in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings to make it a 5-1 ballgame.
Shane Barksdale led off the seventh inning with a single and advanced to third on back-to-back wild pitches. Anthony Wray walked and, with runners at the corners, Persick drove in his second RBI of the day with a single, scoring Barksdale.
Another wild pitch advanced Wray and Persick to third and second, respectively, before T.J. Menerey drove a single to center that scored both runners. Menerey was sacrificed to second and scored on consecutive wild pitches from the Mavericks hurler Andy Sauter. With two out, Brett Cook singled to right, scoring Walter Jones, who had reached base on a single in the previous at bat.
Persick led the Colonels, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Jones, Barksdale and Jordy Toups all had two hits on the day.
Menerey drove in two runs and scored one run in the game.
Justin Breaux (2-5) picked up the win for Nicholls after throwing 2.1 innings of one-hit, one-run relief. Lance Guidroz earned his first save of the season, giving up just two hits in three innings.
The Colonels will take to the road this weekend, traveling to San Antonio for a three-game set with the Roadrunners. These are the last road games of the season for Nicholls. Friday night’s first pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.
Colonels track and field wins
five first-place awards
The Colonels track and field team participated in the Louisiana-Lafayette Twilight last Wednesday night, and had five first-place finishes while breaking several school records.
The 4x100m relay team of Alycia Johnson, La-Nation McCray Ashley Carpenter and Tiffany Nall took home first place honors with a school record run of 46.66.
Also setting Nicholls’ records were Sabrina Henkes and Carpenter. Henkes shattered her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.34, while Carpenter posted a 25.06 in the 200-meter dash to set a new university record.
Winning the 1500-meter run was Imma Kosgei in a time of 4:49.76. Over the last 150 meters, Kosgei pulled away and finished eight seconds ahead of the entire field.
Also taking home first place honors was Charloette Everhardt in the 3000-meter with personal best time of 10:55.61. Everhardt’s time places her in the top-five all-time at Nicholls.
Chelsea Dockery and Dominique Harris won the high and long jumps respectively. Dockery cleared 5 feet, 5 inches to win the high jump, and Harris leapt 17 feet, .5 inch for the long jump victory.
“This group of girls has combined to break over 30 school records over the last two seasons, and continue to get better with each meet that we compete in,” said head track coach Scott Williamson
The Colonels will take part in the SLC Championships this weekend in Huntsville, Texas, on the campus of Sam Houston State. The championships will take place from Friday through Sunday.
Colonels pitcher Krystalin Ensminger allowed only four hits in her complete game shutout of the Islanders. * Photo by KEYON JEFF
