NATCHEZ — A combination of lackluster offense and poor defense doomed the Cathedral Lady Green Wave to a big loss against the West Lincoln Lady Bears Thursday night in a Region 8-1A contest.

The Lady Green Wave (4-6, 2-2) collected only three hits and made eight errors while the Lady Bears notched seven hits and committed only one error in a 16-2 win.

“We’re a young team,” Cathedral head coach Pam Clayton said. “We have nothing but time, our day will come.”

West Lincoln took advantage of poor defensive play by Cathedral and racked up 16 runs while holding the Lady Green Wave offense to almost nothing.

Cathedral was held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when they scored two runs on an error by West Lincoln.

But the Lady Bears would then score five more runs in the top of the seventh to cushion their lead and they never looked back.

Leading the Lady Green Wave in hitting was Betsy Daggett, who went 2-3 with two singles.

The leading hitters for West Lincoln were Holly Smith, who was 2-2 with two doubles and an RBI and Shelby Lofton, who went 2-5 with two singles and an RBI.

Alexis Cook picked up the win for West Lincoln.

Laura Perilloux was handed the loss for Cathedral.

The next game for Cathedral will be Friday against Family Christian in Alexandria, La.