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Lady Roadrunner Season Ends at World Series: AC Falls to Kaskaskia College in Third Round

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OXFORD, ALABAMA – The team beat so many odds to get there, it just didn’t seem fair to stack a few more against them.

The 2023 Angelina College Lady Roadrunners, who qualified for the NJCAA Division I World Series despite having just 13 players on the roster, finally saw their incredible season come to an end with a 6-4 loss to Kaskaskia College in Thursday’s third-round action in Oxford, Alabama.

Down a key player following a questionable ejection during Wednesday’s win over Eastern Arizona, AC’s patchwork lineup fell behind early, with the Blue Angels jumping out to a 6-1 lead by the fourth inning.

But like they have all season, the Lady ‘Runners kept swinging. Skyler Martin blasted a solo homer in the second inning, Hailey Fuentes scored ahead of Kaetlyn Dunbar’s single in the fifth and the Lady ‘Runners entered their final at-bat trailing 6-2.

AC put together another threat in the seventh, with Martin doubling home Dunbar and scoring on an error after a Haley Primrose hard ground ball to cut the Kaskaskia lead to two runs at 6-4. Even the final out caused the Lady ‘Runner fans to suck in a deep breath: Alyssa Collazo launched a deep fly ball to center that fell just short of a game-tying homer.

With the loss, the Lady Roadrunners end their season with a 27-23 record, the program’s third appearance in the NJCAA World Series and a Coach of the Year Award for first-year head coach Brette Kohring.

Lady ‘Runner sophomores playing in their final game on Thursday included Hailey Fuentes, Alyssa Collazo, Madi Baker, Mia Gilmore, Lace Tangianau, Morgan Louviere, Bailey Frenzel, Haley Primrose and Gianna Wade.

Angelina College right fielder Brynn Davis pins a Kaskaskia College runner at second with her throw during Thursday’s game. The Lady ‘Runners saw their season come to an end with a 6-4 loss in the third round of the NJCAA Division I World Series. (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)
Angelina College’s Lady Roadrunners greet Skyler Martin (14) after Martin’s homer against Kaskaskia College on Thursday. The Lady ‘Runners saw their season come to an end with a 6-4 loss in the third round of the NJCAA Division I World Series. (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)
Angelina College’s Skyler Martin watches her ball leave the yard during Thursday’s game against Kaskaskia College. The Lady Roadrunners’ 2023 season came to an end with a 6-4 loss at the NJCAA Division I World Series in Oxford, Alabama. (Gary Stallard/AC Athletics photo)

The email address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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