A two-out home run by Kaitlyn Samarripa brought Lamar State College Port Arthur to within one run of Kilgore College but it wouldn't be enough as the visiting Rangers took a 5-4 first-game doubleheader win at Marauder Park in Lumberton on Wednesday, March 3.

The Seahawks, now 5-9 as they conclude their non-conference schedule, fell behind 3-0 in the top of the third as the Rangers followed an LSCPA fielding error with a pair of doubles and a two-out single for the lead.

The Hawks answered in the bottom half of the inning when Maylin Louvier doubled home Riana Tovar for the 3-1 difference heading to the fourth. The Rangers added a run in the sixth and another in the seventh for a 5-1 lead.

The Seahawks opened the bottom of the seventh with two quick outs but Louvier earned a four-pitch walk inbetween. Cameron Niedenthal singled to thirde to put runners at first and second.

Facing a two-strike count, Samarripa crushed a home run to center field to pull the Seahawks to within one at 5-4. The Rangers got out of the jam, though, with a game-ending strikeout.

Samarripa finished 2 for 3 with a run scored, three runs batted in and a walk while Louvier and Savannah Trahan each recorded a double in the game. Tovar picked up a stolen base.

Niedenthal took the loss in the circle, working 6.1 innings, allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits. She had seven strikeouts with two walks. Kayci Spittler finished the game, allowing one hit with one strikeout.