Highlights

Campus News

Wildcat Weekly Minute for Nov. 17, 2011

A look at what's happening on campus this week.

Faith

Cleansed through the Cross

Dr. Quarles speaks on the efficacy of Christ's sacrifice at weekly chapel

Sports

LC hoops teams wrap up homestand with pair of wins

Off to Ozarks, UT-Dallas next

Organizations

LC media student give to Toys for Tots

More than 100 toys will help local charity

Campus Life

February is Heart Health Awareness Month

Stay healthy and 'God Red'

Culture

All the Shakespeare you could laugh at… and more!

tlc's adaptation of 'Shakespeare Abridged' pulls out all the stops

Special Coverage

LC brings another successful ‘Follow the Star’

'Christmas on the Hill' and 'Gala' add to festive weekend

Missed Opportunity

by Al Quartemont

LC falls to ETBU 3-2, winner-take-all game Monday

UPDATE: Due to the heavy rain Central Louisiana received last night, the start of Monday's game has been changed to 4 p.m.

Just when it looked like the Louisiana College softball team was ready to pack its bags for Wisconsin, the ETBU Tigers put an end to that dream, at least temporarily.

In stunning turnaround, ETBU rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the 6th inning with three unearned runs to stun the Lady Wildcats, 3-2 Sunday and force a second, winner-take-all, championship game Monday in Pineville. Because LC hadn't lost in the tournament, ETBU will have to beat the Lady Wildcats twice.

It looked like LC had taken control of the game in the top of the 6th when Jodi Montagnino delivered her third two-run home run of the tournament, a tremendous blast that scored Brittany Menard ahead of her and spoiled what was an otherwise dominant performance by ETBU starter Ayrika Henderson. After pitching the final four innings of ETBU's dramatic 3-1 over Southwestern just a couple of hours before, Henderson wound up working seven innings in the second game and held LC to just two hits.

LC's Rene' Schwartzenburg was equally dominant as she held the Tigers hitless through five innings and appeared to be ready to work out of the 6th inning when Rebecca Young lined to Asleigh Clement for the second out of the inning. But on the play, the home plate umpire ruled that LC catcher Amber Thomas had committed interference and he awarded Young first base. So, instead of a runner at first and two outs, Schwartzenburg had to deal with first and second with only one out. It only got worse from there for LC as the Lady Wildcats committed three errors in the inning leading to three runs for ETBU.

The Lady Wildcats could not muster any offense against Henderson in the top of the 7th and fell for only the 7th time this season. Schwartzenburg suffered only her third loss of the year as opposed to 27 wins.

And so, the same two teams will go at it for a seventh time this year with a noon start scheduled. LC has defeated ETBU in four of the six meetings so far. But the Lady Wildcats will certainly remember this game as the one they let get away. The question that remains is can they bounce back and still get to pack their bags for Eau Claire? We'll find out in what should be a memorable ending to an outstanding tournament so far.


Listen to the call of Montagnino's home run call as heart on KZLC:

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