West Texas A&M defeated East Central twice to win the program’s first LSC Softball Championship on Saturday at the Durant Multi-Sports Complex in Durant, Okla.
WTAMU won the first championship contest 5-3 to force the if-necessary game. In the winner-take-all game, the Lady Buffs scored in each of the first four frames and added five in the sixth to prevail 12-2 (6 innings) and earn the title.
The Lady Buffs (45-15) earned the league’s automatic qualification into the South Central Regional, which will be played in two four-team, double elimination tournaments at campus sites during the weekend of May 13-15. The field will be announced at 9 a.m. Monday, May 9, via a webcast selection show on NCAA.com.
Meghan Slattery led the WT offense in the decisive game with a 4-for-4 effort including a three-run home run and six RBI’s. Shelbey Cockrell started the game and earned the win en route to being named the All-Tournament Most Valuable Player.
2011 LSC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team
1B –Alyson Reynolds, MSU
2B – Kaitlyn Witte, WT
3B – Mallory Mooney, MSU
SS – Alyssa Lemos, WT
C - Meghan Brown, WT
OF - Kim LeComte, WT
OF - Cassandra Nordie, ECU
OF - Meghan Slattery, WT
OF - Morgan Spearman, ASU
P - Wanda Malone, ECU
P - Marci Womack, WT
P - Kristina Gutierrez, MSU
UT - Cami Correa, ECU
MVP – Shelbey Cockrell, WT