RUSTON – Louisiana Tech softball will begin a five-game road trip on Tuesday evening as the Bulldogs travel to Natchitoches to take on Northwestern State for the second time this season. First pitch from Lady Demon Diamond is slated for 6:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
SERIES INFORMATION
Date/Time: Mar. 25, 2025 | 6 p.m.
Location: Lady Demon Diamond (Natchitoches, La.)
Watch: ESPN+
Series History: LA Tech, 63-52
SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 115
th meeting all-time between LA Tech and NSU as the Bulldogs hold a 63-52 advantage. LA Tech took down NSU 9-1 in five innings in early February at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field. True freshman
Laney Johnson earned her first career win in the circle in the matchup as she pitched a 5.0 inning complete game while allowing just one run on three hits. The Bulldogs outhit the Demons 11-3, as
Elena Heng,
Alexis Gilio, and
Alannah Rogers all recorded two hits apiece.
Reagan Marchant,
Claire Raley, and
Alexis Gilio all hit a home run, while Marchant and Gilio recorded three RBI each.
The Bulldogs and Demons first met in 1980 with NSU winning the first four contests. Tech won 14 straight over NSU from 1986-89. The two programs have played each other every season since 1985 except 2010 and 2020.
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (19-11, 7-2 CUSA)
LA Tech is coming off its eighth consecutive win after sweeping its second straight Conference USA series this past weekend. The Bulldogs defeated MTSU 7-2, 8-7, and 4-3 while outhitting the Blue Raiders 35-13.
The Bulldogs finished with 10+ hits all three games against MTSU as
Nicole Hammoude paced the team with six hits in nine at bats. Gilio went 5-for-11 at the dish with four RBI and three runs scored.
Allie Furr and Heng both registered five hits in the series while Heng tacked on five runs to her stat line.
Allie Floyd added three more wins to her name after earning victories in all three games against the Blue Raiders. Floyd set a single-game career high with 11 strikeouts while throwing her 10th complete game of the season in Friday night's 7-2 win. She logged 7.0 innings and allowed two runs on six hits. Floyd won her second game of the series on Saturday after pitching the final two innings in the Bulldog's 8-7 comeback win. She allowed one hit and two runs (0 earned), while striking out two Blue Raiders. Her third win came on Sunday as LA Tech won 4-3. She pitched three perfect innings and did not allow a hit, run, or walk, to go along with one strikeout. Floyd entered the game in the fifth as the game was tied 3-3 and only allowed one base runner who reached on a fielding error.
She moves to a league leading 15-5 on the season and has struck out a league high 118 batters in 114.0 innings of work.
The Bulldogs have three players who have tallied 30+ hits in Heng (39), Raley (35), and Hammoude (33). Hammoude leads the team with a .418 batting average, while she is tied for the lead in RBI (33) with Raley. Raley leads the team with 30 runs scored, while Heng has scored 28 runs.
LA Tech has shown its power this season with 23 home runs as three different Bulldogs have 5+ home runs. Marchant leads the team with seven long balls, followed by Raley (6), and Hammoude (5).
ABOUT NORTHWESTERN STATE (3-27, 0-9 SLC)
The Demons enter Tuesday's contest with a 3-27 record after dropping their last 10 games. NSU went 2-3 in the Mississippi State Bulldog Invite and took down the host team No. 20 Mississippi State 5-0 to close the tournament and have not won since.
NSU is batting .210 as a team and have been outhit 295-157 on the season. Sophia Livers is the only Demon player to have 20+ hits as she leads the team with 24, while also leading NSU in runs scored (15). DJ Lynch leads the team with 13 RBI.
The Demon pitching staff carries a 7.15 ERA and are led by Brooklynn Stohler who has a 2-17 record in 103.1 innings of work. She has fanned 39 batters and has walked 39 batters.
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