I believe Tundra posted that the ladies BB team won last night. I think that early morning post didn't make it very clear. I may be wrong but I believe the ladies took Denver 67-55. All is great in CajunLand.Quote:
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I believe Tundra posted that the ladies BB team won last night. I think that early morning post didn't make it very clear. I may be wrong but I believe the ladies took Denver 67-55. All is great in CajunLand.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunDave
They did win 67-55, but that was today (Sunday).Quote:
Originally Posted by Just1More
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LOUISIANA La. – For the second time in two days the 16th-ranked Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns softball team used a multiple-run inning late in the game to pull away and defeat No. 17 Baylor in the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational.
On Sunday afternoon it was a six-run, fifth inning outburst that carried the Ragin’ Cajuns (12-1) all the way back from an early 3-0 hole to an 8-3 win in the championship contest of the tournament.
Holly Tankersley, named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, clinched the game for the hosts when she belted a grand slam that broke a 3-all tie in the fifth inning.
Freshman pitcher Brittany Cuevas retired nine of the final 11 Baylor batters that she faced allowing only two hits in the final three innings. She improved to 7-0 on the season with the victory.
Tankersley led all players with four RBI and the grand slam was her fourth home run of the tournament. She finished the weekend with 10 RBI.
Cuevas scattered five hits over the final six innings after the Bears (10-2) posted three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first inning. It was her second victory over BU in the tournament and her third victory over a ranked team this season.
Baylor struck first this meeting as Chelsi Lake hit a line drive home run to left center field to give the Bears a quick 3-0 lead.
Cuevas would give up two hits in the second inning, but would allow only three more hits the rest of the way.
BU starting pitcher Kirsten Shortridge was able to keep the Ragin’ Cajuns at bay through the first three innings. The Cajuns were done quickly in the first inning when Runyan lined into a double play that erased Meagan Godwin’s leadoff single. Shortridge then held UL without a hit in the second and third innings.
The Cajuns began to chip away at BU and Shortride in the fourth inning when Runyan started the frame with a home run into the left field bleachers trimming the Bears’ lead to 3-1.
After surviving two fielding errors in the bottom of the fourth inning Cuevas would strand two Baylor runners keeping the lead at 3-1.
That was the calm before a rocky fifth inning for the visitors that vaulted the home team into the lead for good.
UL began the fifth getting a pinch hit double from Desi Chatman. Karli Hubbard then shoved an infield single to shortstop giving the Cajuns two baserunners.
A Vallie Gaspard sacrifice bunt attempt set the wheels in motion and eventually chased Shortridge from the game.
On the bunt, BU third baseman Brette Reagan’s throw sailed wide of first base and rolled down the right field line. The Bears would recover to catch Chatman attempting to score for the first out. Meanwhile Hubbard and Gaspard moved to second and third base.
The Bears elected to make a pitching change and bring in Lisa Ferguson.
Godwin stepped up and looped a single into shallow center field just over the reach of the defense scoring Hubbard to slice the BU lead to 3-2. Runyan then drew a walk to load the bases for Lacey Bertucci.
Bertucci also got a free pass from Ferguson forcing home Gaspard with the tying run.
With all runners on base under her responsibility, the game was in Ferguson’s hand with Tankersley stepping up to the plate.
A few pitches later and Tankersley broke the tie with a grand slam home run to center field putting the Cajuns in front 7-3.
UL added one more run in the sixth inning when a dropped foul ball continued the at bat of Gaspard allowing her to single into shallow left field and advance Hubbard (one-out bunt single) over to second base. Two batters later Runyan dropped a single into center field scoring Hubbard for her second run of the game making it 8-3.
The victory gave UL the championship of the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational – the squad’s second tournament title of the season.
The Cajuns improved to 11-0 this season at Lamson Park after the weekend sweep of the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational.
Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns will be back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 21 as they host McNeese State at Lamson Park. First pitch will be at 5 p.m., and only one game will be played.
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And this was supposed to be a down year.
I'll take these down years any year.
Great job ladies...O..
And considering the top 5 recruiting class coming in next year, is a National Championship in 2008 a pipe dream???Quote:
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That's what I'm talking about.Quote:
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Coach Steff told me at a Louisiana Lady Cajun Basketball game that the class was #4 in the country!Quote:
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These girls are very talented and hard workers! They will impress us this year but like at Nichols they will disappoint us some also, due to their youth.
Support Louisiana Athletics,
and they will impress you!!!
DaddyCajun
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UL junior Holly Tankersley made her presence felt both in the pitching circle and at the plate for the Ragin' Cajun softball squad last weekend, and that fact was recognized by the Sun Belt Conference Tuesday.
Tankersley was named the Sun Belt's Player of the Week Tuesday after earning Outstanding Player honors in UL's own Ragin' Cajuns Invitational and leading the Cajuns to five straight wins in that weekend tournament.
The Kirbyville, Texas, product hit four home runs during the tournament, including a grand-slam homer in the fifth inning of Sunday's championship game against Baylor that boosted UL to an 8-3 victory. It was UL's second win in the tournament over the 16th-ranked Bears and its fourth win this season over a ranked team.
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Tankersley also pitched 13 innings in two tournament games and held opponents to only five hits while not allowing an earned run in wins over Purdue and Iowa State. She fanned 16 batters in those 13 innings.
For the season, Tankersley is hitting .275 but slugging at a .575 clip with 13 RBI heading into today's 5 p.m. home contest against McNeese State. She is 5-1 on the mound with a 3.23 ERA.
Tankersley might get the pitching call in tonight's game against McNeese State.
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Its all good turbine!Quote:
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It's a familiar refrain.
Holly Tankersley belts a grand-slam home run and UL's ninth-ranked softball squad breaks open a close game with a late-inning rally.
The UL squad did that Sunday against nationally-ranked Baylor in the finals of their own Ragin' Cajuns Invitational. On Wednesday afternoon, they did the same thing against in-state rival McNeese State.
Tankersley's slam in the bottom of the sixth inning came as part of a five-run uprising and lifted the Cajuns to a 7-1 victory, keeping UL perfect at Lamson Park this season.
Freshman pitcher Brittany Cuevas fanned 10 Cowgirls and allowed a lone sixth-inning run in her second win over McNeese (5-9) this season.
Tankersley was 2-for-3 hitting for the Cajuns (13-1), who broke open a scoreless game on Codi Runyan's solo homer in the third inning. Moments later, Lacey Bertucci singled and scored on a passed ball for a 2-0 advantage.
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During that time, Cuevas was retiring 15 straight MSU batters before former Teurlings Catholic standout Brooke Brodhead doubled down the left field line in the top of the sixth inning. That shot plated Tiffany Ritchie to cut the margin in half before two errors helped set up Tankersley's second slam of the season in the bottom of the inning.
Cuevas (8-0) scattered five hits and didn't walk a batter for the fifth time this year, while Cori Bram (1-4) took the loss despite allowing only one earned run thanks to four MSU errors.
The win was the 499th home win in the history of the UL program, but the Cajuns will have to wait more than two weeks for a chance at a landmark win. UL travels to Natchitoches Friday-Sunday to join Alcorn State, Colgate, Tennessee-Martin and host Northwestern State in the NSU Invitational, and will be in the Easton Spring Fling with nationally-ranked Alabama and Seton Hall in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the following weekend.
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SOFTBALL: NSU will face Tennessee-Martin at 3:30 and #9 Louisiana-Lafayette at 5:45 on Friday
NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State softball team will enter its third tournament of the season involving a nationally ranked opponent this weekend when it hosts the NSU Invitational.
Action will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday. This weekend’s tournament will feature Northwestern State (4-9), No. 9 Louisiana-Lafayette (13-1), Alcorn State, Colgate (0-0), and Tennessee-Martin (5-2). ,p> The Demons will begin tournament play against Tennessee-Martin at 3:30 Friday afternoon before battling in-state rival Louisiana-Lafayette at 5:45. On Saturday, Northwestern will face Colgate at 11:15 a.m. and again at 3:45. The Demons will also battle Alcorn State on Saturday at 6 o’clock.
Northwestern State has faced six nationally ranked foes this season, including an upset over No. 27 Cal State Fullerton.
Admission for the NSU Invitational is $20 for an adult tournament pass, and $14 for a youth (18-under) pass. An adult single day pass is $8 ($6 youth). NSU outfield club members receive half price admission. NSU students get in free with student ID. Youth league teams’ admission is $1 per team member.
The schedule for the NSU Invitational follows:
Friday
11:00 a.m. – UT-Martin vs. Colgate
1:15 – Colgate vs. Alcorn State
3:30 – NSU vs. UT-Martin
5:45 – Louisiana vs. NSU
8:00 – Alcorn State vs. Louisiana
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