BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University softball program will welcome the league's other Cardinals of UIW to the LU Softball Complex for a three-game series beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 17^th.
 
The Cardinals are led at the plate by senior Hannah Carpenter as she is hitting .319 on the year with four doubles, one triple and two home runs. Junior Aleka Xayaseng follows Carpenter with a .227 batting average. In the circle, Shelby Mixon leads the Cards with 32 strikeouts in 19 appearances on the year.
 
Lamar and UIW were originally scheduled for a Friday-Saturday series, but due to impending inclement weather on Friday evening the series was pushed back a day. The doubleheader will now start on Saturday, April 17^th at 3 p.m. with game two set to begin at 5 (or 30 minutes after game one) and a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
 
Scouting Report
UIW
2021 record: 10-19, 4-11 Southland
Series record: Lamar leads 14-1
Last outing: The Cardinals captured a series win in 2018 over the league's other Cardinals but dropped game three, 5-3, to UIW.
Key Info: UIW is led by Savannah Behabetz at the plate as she hits .263 on the year with three doubles, one triple and six runs batted in. In the circle, Annie Gunther leads with other Cardinals with a 2.85 ERA and has tallied 48 strikeouts in 14 appearances on the year.

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