Melise Gossen - Nicholls
Amanda Gianelloni
8
Winner Northwestern St. NSU 6-6, 1-0 SLC
3
Nicholls NICH 6-6, 0-1 SLC
Winner
Northwestern St. NSU
6-6, 1-0 SLC
8
Final
3
Nicholls NICH
6-6, 0-1 SLC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Northwestern St. NSU 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 11 0
Nicholls NICH 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3 9 4

W: Rhoden, Bronte (2-2) L: Danehower, Emily (3-2)

10
Winner Northwestern St. NSU 7-6, 2-0 SLC
1
Nicholls NICH 6-7, 0-2 SLC
Winner
Northwestern St. NSU
7-6, 2-0 SLC
10
Final
1
Nicholls NICH
6-7, 0-2 SLC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Northwestern St. NSU 0 0 5 3 2 10 10 0
Nicholls NICH 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2

W: Howell, Jensen (4-3) L: Moon, Jordan (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Colonels fall in Southland doubleheader to Northwestern State

THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University softball team dropped both of its games of Friday's Southland Conference opening doubleheader against Northwestern State, falling 8-3 and 10-1 (5 inn.) at Swanner Field.
 
The Colonels (6-7, 0-2 SLC) will look to avoid the series sweep with the finale set for Saturday at noon.
 
In game one, the Colonels fell behind 6-0 before plating a run in the fourth and two in the sixth. Samantha Gwiazda and Kennedy Hebert had RBI singles, while Alexis Poche' drove in the final run on a groundout.
 
Northwestern State (7-6, 2-0 SLC) took advantage of two Colonel errors in the third and had five hits to drive in four runs. 
 
The Lady Demons outhit Nicholls, 11-9, in the win. A trio of Colonels – Kelsey Miller, Ashlyn Reavis, and Gwiazda – each had two hits.
 
Emily Danehower took the loss with five earned runs on nine in 3.0 innings.
 
For the night cap, NSU used another big inning, five runs in the third, to go on to run-rule the Colonels in five.
 
Melise Gossen delivered the lone run for the Colonels, hitting her first career home run in the fourth inning. The Lady Demons also had homers, getting one each from Cayla Jones and Jens Howell. 

Jordan Moon was tagged with the loss with five runs on five hits in 3.0 innings. 

UP NEXT
The Colonels are back on the pitch Monday, March 15 at home against ULM. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

STAY SOCIAL
For more information on Colonels Women's Soccer, follow the team on Twitter (@Nicholls_SOC), Instagram (@nicholls_soccer) and like their Facebook page (Nicholls Athletics).