Action shots from Softball's 2026 season
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Morgan Malveaux.
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Xavier (LA) XULA 18-29
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Winner Texas A&M Texarkana TAMUT 35-12
Xavier (LA) XULA
18-29
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Final
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Texas A&M Texarkana TAMUT
35-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Xavier (LA) XULA 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 8 4
Texas A&M Texarkana TAMUT 0 2 2 0 1 6 X 11 14 1

W: Alexis Snyder (12-6) L: Wallace, Essynce (5-10) S: Rylee Glenn (2)

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Winner Louisiana Christian LCU 23-24
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Xavier (LA) XULA 18-30
Winner
Louisiana Christian LCU
23-24
4
Final
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Xavier (LA) XULA
18-30
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Louisiana Christian LCU 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 4
Xavier (LA) XULA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 5

W: Olivia Falcon (11-9) L: Malveaux, Morgan (9-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball shows fight, but falls in RRAC tourney

PINEVILLE, La. - The Gold Nuggets played with a quality and commitment worthy of the X that adorns the Xavier letter jacket Saturday, taking Louisiana Christian to the brink before ultimately falling 4-2 in an elimination game at the 2026 RRAC tournament. 

Freshman pitcher Morgan Malveaux had another great outing, striking out 7 batters in a complete-game effort, and also going 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored.

Left fielder Jada Jones and right fielder Arin Dale each went 2-for-4, with Jones adding a double. Third baseman Lexi McLin went 1-for-4 with a run scored, and Madelynn Hernandez provided the Gold Nuggets' other RBI. 

In the early game, the Gold Nuggets fell 11-6 to Texas A&M-Texarkana, a contest that technically began on Thursday and was delayed by two days due to rain. The teams had played just a half inning on Thursday when play was halted, and they picked up where they left off Saturday at noon.

Xavier kept the game close until a rough bottom of the sixth inning, when TAMUT scored six runs. XULA scored a pair of runs in the seventh, but was unable to make up the ground before the last out was recorded. 

Malveaux, the designated player in the first contest, had a wonderful game at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, 3 RBI, and a run scored. 

Center fielder Miya Covington went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a steal, while Dale went 1-for-3 with an RBI. 

Although the season is at an end, the Gold Nuggets have a great deal of which to be proud, both as a team and among individuals. 

Malveeaux, whose record as a starter was 9-7, became the first pitcher in four years to finish with a winning record. Carina Chargois, who went 14-10 in 2022, was the most recent player to accomplish the feat. 

XULA also had three players - McLin, Jones, and Covington - finish with batting averages of .300 or better and had a first-team all-conference performer (McLin) for the first time in three years. 
 
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