BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University softball program will close out the regular season on the road at Central Arkansas on Friday, May 7^th and Saturday, May 8^th at Farris Field in Conway, Arkansas.
 
Senior Hannah Carpenter leads the Cardinals at the plate as she is hitting .339 on the year with 38 hits, five doubles, two home runs and 14 runs batted in. Freshman Audry Fleming follows suite with a .238 batting average on 15 hits with two home runs and four runs batted in. Junior Aaliyah Ruiz leads Lamar in the circle with a 5.68 ERA and has struck out 39 batters in 65.1 innings of work.
 
The Cardinals and Sugar Bears are slated to play a double header on Friday beginning with game one at 4 p.m. and the second game to beginning at least 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. There will be only one game slated for Saturday with a first pitch of 1 p.m. at Farris Field.
 
Scouting Report
Central Arkansas
2021 record: 31-17, 18-6 Southland
Series record: Central Arkansas leads 11-10
Last outing: The Cardinals took two of three from the Sugar Bears in 2019 series at the LU Softball Complex.
Key Info: Central Arkansas is led by Jenna Wildeman at the plate as she hits .411 on the year with 62 hits and 15 runs batted in. In the circle, Kayla Beaver leads the Sugar Bears with a 1.32 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 132.2 innings of work.

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