LECOMPTE, LA – Haley Fontenot and Head Coach Richard Partridge of the Louisiana State University of Alexandria softball team both hit career milestones as the Generals (2-0) picked up a pair of wins over Nelson University (Texas) and Central Baptist College (Ark.).
 
Partridge became the all-time coaching wins leader for LSUA, capturing his 110^th victory with a 10-5 win over Nelson. Fontenot became LSUA softball's all-time stolen base leader, notching her 68^th career stolen base in the season opener.
 
"It's nuts, honestly," Fontenot said. I don't know what to say about it, I love it."
 
Fontenot recorded 38 stolen bases, a career high, in 2025.
 
"It's been something that me and her have been poking fun of for a while," Partridge said. "We knew it was coming. Font is the epitome of leadership, she's the girl you want on your team at any point in time. To see her career and the progression, it has been fun to watch."
 
It took Partridge just three seasons, plus today, to achieve the milestone.
 
"It goes back to my players," Partridge added. "When you have good players, the coaching side is easy. I have told some people I don't think I'm a good coach but I'm a good recruiter and I get a lot out of my players. Doing it in three seasons has been awesome. I don't think that it has fully set in what that accomplishment really means because we are wanting to make that deep postseason run and this is just the first step to that.
 

 
GAME ONE | LSUA 10, NU 5
LSUA clubbed five home runs in the victory and recorded 11 total hits.
 
Sophia Romero and Fontenot led off the bottom of the first with back-to-back solo shots. Two batters later, Kaetlyn Dunbar single home Julia Kwakernaak before Kilee Moody doubled home Dunbar. Jillian Howell followed Moody with her first home run of the season for a 6-0 lead in the first inning.
 
In the second, Moody drove in Fontenot with an infield single. Fontenot drew a lead-off walk, before stealing second for her 67^th career stolen base.
 
The Lions (0-1) scored all five of their runs in the fourth. A bases-loaded walk opened the scoring before a two-run double and an RBI single made it 7-4. Another RBI single drove in the Lions' fifth run and made it a two-run game.
 
Fontenot launched her second solo shot of the game in the fifth, depositing a pitch over the wall in left center.
 
In the sixth, Fontenot singled to left and stole second, become LSUA's all-time stolen base leader. Kwakernaak then took a pitch on the outer half of the plate to dead center for a two-run blast.
 
Lainee Bailey (1-0) earned her first win as a General. She went two innings of no-hit action and struck out four.
 
GAME TWO | LSUA 11, CBC 3 (FIVE INNINGS)
The long ball was working again for the Generals against Central Baptist (1-1).
 
Moody, Howell, and Bailey all left the yard. Romero stole four bases and scored three runs.
 
The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. A throwing error allowed one run to score before a double plated a second.
 
LSUA struck back with an RBI double from Dunbar in the bottom frame, before Howell hit a solo bomb to left in the second, tying the game at 2-2.
 
An RBI double for Central Baptist in the third gave the Mustangs their second lead of the contest, but it was quickly wiped away in the bottom half with an RBI single from Kwakernaak. Moody followed suit with a two-run opposite field blast for a 5-3 lead. After a double from Howell, Bailey took a pitch over the center field wall for a 7-3 lead.
 
In the  fourth, Romero stole home­ after reaching on a single up the middle. She proceeded to steal second and advance to third on a double from Fontenot. Following Romero's swipe of home, Kwakernaak hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive in Fontenot.
 
Rylie Jeau Theriot drove in Livie Thibodeaux with a single up the middle in the fifth before a sacrifice fly from Romero brought in Hayden Cary from third to trigger the run rule.­­
 
UP NEXT
The Generals take on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) on Saturday, January 31, at noon.