Booneville, MS – The LLCC softball team traveled to Booneville, MS to open their season at the Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigerfest.

Game one of the tournament ended in losing to Baton Rouge 1-0 in 9 innings (double tie breaker).  Claire Dubree (0-1) pitched an outstanding opening game with very little support from her teammates.  Dubree struck out 13 of their batters while 22/27 outs ended in strikeouts for the Loggers.   Torey Sorensen had the only hit in the first game, a double in the 2^nd inning.

Game two on the day pitted the Loggers with 10^th pre-season ranked Muskegon Community College. The Loggers trailed in the 3^rd inning 2-0 and then the wheels came off.  Muskegon scored 7 runs in the 4^th and 1 run in the 5^th to end the game early for the Loggers.  Katie Lange got the loss (0-1).  Chantel Jennings, Kayla Jacobs, and Morgan Stephens each had one hit in the game.

Game three was a better game for the Loggers.  LLCC lost to Pearl River 6-3.  With the score tied 2-2 after 4 innings of play, the Loggers took the lead in the 5^th inning 3-2 on a double by Morgan Stephens.  Pearl River came back strong in the bottom of the 5^th scoring 4 runs to defeat the Loggers in a time limit game 6-3.   Morgan Smith was the losing pitcher for the Loggers (0-1).  

Lincoln Land will face Southwest Tennessee Community College and the host team Northeast Mississippi Community College on Sunday.