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SB: HCU travels to Hammond to take on two-time defending SLC Tournament champ Southeastern Louisiana

3/12/2026 1:44:00 PM

Huskies 1-2 in conference play heading into three-game series with Lions

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🆚 Southeastern Louisiana University
🏟️ North Oak Park - Hammond, Louisiana
🗒️ Game NOTES

🥎 Friday – March 13 (DH 4 pm / 6 pm)
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🥎 Saturday – March 14 (12 pm)
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Houston Christian University heads to Hammond to take on two-time defending Southland Conference tournament champion Southeastern Louisiana University this weekend in a three-game series at North Oak Park. The two teams will play a twin-bill on Friday beginning at 4 pm with the series finale set for Saturday at noon.

HCU dropped two of three in the conference-opening series of the campaign against Northwestern State University last weekend at Husky Field. Maddy Bailey's walk-off single salvaged a 3-2 victory in the Saturday finale as the Huskies finally got to right-hander Mattison Buster, who had won both ends of the Friday twin-bill as the Demons swept HCU 7-1 and 11-6.

NSU won the opener, getting single runs in each of the first two innings aided by HCU miscues. An RBI double by Aly Delafield in the third made the score 3-0, more than enough for Buster who shut the Huskies out until an RBI fielder's choice in the sixth.

The second game carried that momentum from the start for the Demons, who put up crooked numbers in the first and third to grab a 7-0 lead. HCU rallied however, scoring five times in the third before an out was recorded. Bailey had a two-run double and would then score on an RBI double by Chloe Foster, who herself would also score on the third straight double in the inning, a laser over the bag at third by Leah Hammack. Buster would come on in relief, and in the seventh, the Demons blew the game open by paper cuts, using a passed ball, bases-loaded walk, RBI double and sacrifice fly to push the lead to 11-5

Hammack and Buster hooked up in a pitcher's duel in the finale. Hammack went the full seven scattering five hits and worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the seventh to preserve the deadlock. Buster went 6.1 and allowed eight hits and three runs, including the game-winner by Bailey with the bags juiced in the home seventh. HCU had eight hits on the day, with Madison Dominguez, Ella Herrewig and Bailey each going 2-3.

Mary-Ellen Hall, now in her 35^th season with her alma mater, and the Huskies are now 4-18 overall and 1-2 in Southland action on the season.

Madison Dominguez is batting .353 and has reached base safely in 13 straight games, which includes a current 12-game hitting streak. She leads the Huskies in hits (18) and stolen bases (8).

Maddy Bailey has raised her batting average to .370 since returning to the lineup after missing six games. Sitting at .217 before missing the UTSA game and the Bearkat Invitational, Bailey has since batted safely in seven of eight (.522 average) which includes her fourth career three-hit game vs. UTEP (2/27) and a 5-10 showing with three RBI and two runs scored in the three-game set against Northwestern State

Chloe Foster is batting .276 and paces the Huskies with 10 RBI.

Jocelyn Briseno had her first career four-hit game in the 8-6 victory over Prairie View A&M at the Bearkat Invitational (2/21). She is currently second on the club in runs scored (8) and RBI (8).

The Huskies and Lions have met 41 times over the year, with SLU holding a 29-12 lead in the all-time series. Southeastern has won two of three in each of the last three regular-season series, and has SLC Tournament wins over the Huskies in 2023 and 2025.

Last season in Houston, the Lions won both games on Friday, 6-4 and 13-4 before HCU claimed the Saturday finale 6-3 behind a gusty effort from Cara Pitman. She went the distance, scattering 10 hits on 114 pitches, and a diving grab by Maddy Bailey in center field put out a bases-loaded fire in the seventh. The two teams would hook up once more in the first game of the four-team Hammond pod of the SLC Tournament, with the Lions holding on for a 4-3 victory.

Southeastern is led by Rick Fremin, now in his 11th season at the helm in Hammond. The Lions come into the weekend at 19-9 overall after run-ruling Southern Miss 11-3 on Wednesday night in Hammond. SLU has a 3-0 record in SLC play having swept East Texas A&M 13-0, 11-4 and 10-1 in Commerce last weekend.

SLU was ranked No. 25 in the NCAA Top 25 following a 4-2 start that saw a 5-3 extra-inning loss to No. 13 Clemson before victories over Rutgers, Boston College and No. 5 Oregon. The Lions, who have led the nation in stolen bases nine times during the Fremin tenure, currently rank eighth with 54 so far this season.

Shelby Morris, a sophomore infielder, ignites the SLU offense with a .376 batting average and nine stolen bases. Senior infielder Maria Detillier, the 2025 Southland Student-Athlete of the Year, is batting .272 with team-highs of four homers and 21 RBI, while junior infielder Brilee Ford is batting .294 with three homers and 12 RBI.

Cera Blanchard, a 2024 All-SLC selection who transferred to UT-Tyler in 2025 before heading back to Hammond for her graduate season, headlines the pitching staff with a 7-1 record and 1.44 ERA.

All three games from Hammond can be streamed via ESPN+.

Following the series with Southeastern, the Huskies will return home next weekend for a three-game series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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