Balls fly fast but Karli has such a small distance to cover I'm guesing safe.
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Balls fly fast but Karli has such a small distance to cover I'm guesing safe.
looks can be deceiving, but there were several blown calls last night..for both sides.
i say safe! :O)
Last night's ump in the second game was TERRIBLE. I mean, AWFUL
I agree, but on the same hand teams can only blame so much on a bad ump before they have to realize that responsibility falls to them. What I've seen UL do this year in both softball and baseball (which is why boths teams are not just ok, but GOOD) is that they use the talent and means they have to overcome bad officiating.
God Bless
GEAUX UL RAGIN CAJUNS!!!!
Looks like she slid to soon and her slide is over.
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Her slide is not over, she has not even touched the ground with her chest and hips.Quote:
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Safe. :h: :h: :h: :h: :h:
You're right I thought she was getting up to get closer but now I see the dirt wave from her hand. When do we get the real answer?Quote:
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If we stay the course, and win most of the rest of our games, and lose a couple (expected b/c of our youth), I don't see us changing much in the polls. I think with the weakness of our conference in softball (us being the exception) and us having already had a chance to play good teams (1 of which we beat and two of which we didnt), our rankings will not be affected much at all.
My two scenarios for improving our rankings are this:
1)Win out the rest of the way. Regardless of the weakness of the rest of our schedule, that would put us at 56-7. I don't care who you play, if you are 56-7 at the end of the season, you deserve to be top 10.
2)Regardless of us winning out or doing as expected and winning most of the rest of our games with a couple losses sprinkled here and there, we can also move up in rankings if the 14 ahead of us have some major collapses. I don't really see any major collapses in the top 5, but I certainly think that 6-14 are capable of it (why I think that, I don't know, it just sounds good and makes sense).
What about y'all? Am I right on? Am I dead wrong? Are there any other rank changing scenarios?
Regardless of the rank, I hope our ladies continue to kick butt, especially at the conference tourney and the regionals and beyond.
God Bless
GEAUX UL RAGIN CAJUN SOFTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK here you go, the picture from when the ball was caught.
It looks to me like Karli has been there so long she could use the base as a pilow :) <center>
I see us staying right around where we are now, unless "we" have a meltdown. Most ahead of us play in tougher conferences (as you've alluded to); so losses within conference play will not affect them as greatly as losses in our conference would. Could we move up 2-3, or 4 spots; yes, but I think its less likely than dropping a couple places. Regardless, I think we're looking at a 3 seed in any regional. Not bad for a rebuilding year! JM $0.02. :D
Safe by a mile
Karlie was safe. Blue was somewhere else. I saw it, real life. There was no question. We did get some bad calls. The two games were very good. There was a nice crowd on hand. It was a great night for softball.
Becky McMurty, the NSU coach got some flowers to start the game. It was a homecoming. She is doing a great job with her charges. Look for NSU to be an excellent team soon. I noticed the batters were reacting just like ours. Becky is using the method Mike used with her. You go girl! She learned something good and she is using it. The four home runs NSU had looked so EASY!
Also, Shari Sigur of Lafayette High was one of Becky's players when she coached at LHS. This could be the reason Shari didn't make the whole game. Becky is so smart.
Our Conference is improving. It made a major jump when FAU joined. South Alabama is a first year program and is surprising. North Texas has a second year coach and is greatly improved. It won't have such a low RPI this year.
If you look at the NFCA poll for this week. You will notice that parity is the key word in the won loss records. In this poll, in the top ten, three are from the SEC; Tenn, Alabama and LSU, three are from the Big 12; Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M, two are from the Pac 10; AZ and AZ State (Top ten in previous years was all Pac 10), and two are from the Big 10; Northwestern and Michigan. So, the wins are getting spread around. Is that good for us? Maybe, maybe not.
To be invited to Regionals, a team looking for an At large bid needs to have fewer than 10 losses. IMHO. Will we have that? Hope so.
Over the long run, I believe it is NOT good for us. In years past, only the PAC 10 and, to a lesser extent, the Big XII, cared about fielding quality teams. Now that the money schools in the SEC and Big X are also involved, the pool of quality players is further diluted; and the schools with less money will be less able to compete at a high level. Note the absence of any of the traditional California 'small school' powers from the Top 10. The squeeze has been put on them already, as the out of state 'Big Girls' are now recruiting California hard.Quote:
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For an exact analogy, look at Old Dominion and LTU in women's basketball.
Thanks I came here today to see if she was safe. Looks like the answer is yes but not officially. :rolleyes:Quote:
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She is safe by a long shot, she was in this pic spitting the dirt from her mouth and getting ready to call time to dust off and the third basewomen was just getting the ball in her glove!!!!Quote:
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S A F E!!!!
Great pics Turbine!!
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UL's softball team will be looking to put some distance between itself and the rest of the Sun Belt Conference this weekend, but before the Cajuns do that they'll try to keep a winning streak going tonight.
And, ironically, they'll be doing it against a team that also had last weekend off, although it wasn't planned that way.
The Cajuns, 34-7 and winners of six in a row and 13 of their last 14, travel to Lake Charles for a 6 p.m. single game against McNeese State (14-24). UL hasn't played since a taking a twinbill sweep from Northwestern State last Wednesday, taking advantage of its open weekend in Sun Belt play.
Tonight's game is also the only outing for UL before the weekend's Sun Belt home series against Florida International, with the Cajuns holding a percentage-point lead over Troy nearing the mid-point of the league chase.
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McNeese also didn't play over the weekend, with the Cowgirls having a three-game Southland Conference home series against Texas-Arlington wiped out by rain. McNeese hasn't played since a 6-0 loss to LSU last Wednesday.
Cajun co-head coach Michael Lotief hopes the layoff doesn't slow down his team's offensive attack. UL scored 18 runs in the Northwestern twinbill, raping out 11 hits in a 6-2 win and rolling to a 12-4 five-inning victory in the nightcap.
"They (Northwestern) were being extra-careful against the middle of our lineup," Lotief said, "and some of our other hitters were the ones that hurt them. We've got a lot of kids that handle themselves well at the plate, and when their approach at the plate is right our lineup can be pretty potent."
McNeese found that out early this season, with UL taking an 8-0 run-rule win in its season opener in the Louisiana Classics tournament at Lamson Park. But the Cowgirls came back to make a game of the tournament finale, with UL having to rally for a 4-3 decision.
Freshman Brittany Cuevas, the Sun Belt's leader in wins (21-4) and strikeouts (176), is expected to get the pitching call for the Cajuns. UL enters the week as the Sun Belt leader in team ERA (2.01) to go with its recent hot hitting. Designated hitter Holly Tankersley ranks third in the league with a .368 average along with her 11-3 pitching record.
"The few times when our pitchers have struggled," Lotief said, "our hitters have picked it up. And when we haven't hit well, our pitchers have been there to pick them up."
Because of Easter Sunday, the weekend series against FIU will be on a different schedule than the normal Saturday-Sunday three-game set. The teams will play a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Friday and a 1 p.m. single game on Saturday.
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When UL and Florida International square off in softball, a high spot in the Sun Belt Conference standings is usually on the line.
It is again for the Ragin' Cajuns (34-8, 7-2) softball team, who play FIU in a day-earlier-than-normal Sun Belt series this weekend. The teams square off in a 1 p.m. doubleheader today at UL's Lamson Park and will play a wrapup single game Saturday at 1 p.m.
UL is currently percentage points ahead of the field in the Sun Belt standings, and for once the Golden Panthers (14-26, 2-7) aren't one of the teams right behind and chasing the Cajuns. In fact, FIU has lost seven of its last eight game heading into today's opener, with three losses to Troy and two losses in three games at North Texas over the past two weekends.
"They're still a very solid team," said UL coach Stefni Lotief. "We've had some pretty good battles with them in the past and we don't expect anything different this time."
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FIU reached the finals of last year's Sun Belt Tournament along with the Cajuns, with UL surviving in a 7-4 championship game win. The Cajuns had to beat FIU twice during the tournament after taking a two-of-three series in Lafayette during last year's regular season.
The normally pitching-strong Panthers have struggled in the circle this year, with a team ERA of almost four. Scheduled starters Kerri Houck (6-13, 3.18) and Penny Eastman (8-10, 4.15) have been inconsistent, with opponents hitting .294 off Houck and Eastman having walked 112 batters in 108 innings.
That staff will be challenged by a potent - and angry - UL offense. The Cajuns got 13 hits on Tuesday night but still lost a 10-inning 6-5 upset decision at McNeese State. The loss snapped a six-game win streak and a stretch of 13 wins in 14games.
Now, though, UL will be concentrating on league play the rest of the season. The Cajuns have only two more non-conference games scheduled, those in a home doubleheader against Houston in two weeks.
That offense is led by designated hitter Holly Tankersley, who leads the Sun Belt in RBI (42) and is second in hitting (.377), hits (49) and home runs (11). In fact, UL ranks two-three-four in the league in homers, with 11 from shortstop Codi Runyan and nine from first baseman Lacey Bertucci.
UL also has a statistical advantage in the circle this weekend, thanks to freshman righthander Brittany Cuevas (21-5, 1.91). Cuevas leads the Sun Belt in strikeouts with 183 in 179 innings and is far and away the leader in victories, while Tankersley (11-3, 2.31) provides strong pitching support. Freshman Shari Sigur (2-0, 2.10) could also see action this weekend.
The Cajuns are 14th in this week's ESPN.com/USA Softball national poll and 14th in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll.
1 p.m. today (DH), 1 p.m. Saturday, Lamson Park, Lafayette
Radio: KPEL-AM (1420) with Steve Peloquin, air time 30 minutes before first pitch. TV: None.
Tickets: Available at Lamson Park box office beginning 90 minutes before first pitch.
Series: UL leads 26-4 including taking four of five games last year. The Cajuns won two of three in the regular season and took two wins in the Sun Belt Tournament.
Last time out: UL lost at McNeese 6-5 in 10 innings Tuesday. FIU lost 6-5 at home to North Texas Sunday.
Probable pitchers: UL, Brittany Cuevas (Fr., RH, 21-5, 1.91) and Holly Tankersley (Jr., RH, 11-3, 2.31); FIU, Kerri Houck (Jr., RH, 6-13, 3.18) and Penny Eastman (So., RH, 8-10, 4.15).
Next: UL at South Alabama for weekend Sun Belt series next Saturday-Sunday.
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UL junior Holly Tankersley has been named as one of the 25 finalists for the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, the Amateur Softball Association said.
Tankersley, a four-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week Award winner this season, leads the Cajuns in all major hitting categories leading the team with a .377 batting average and 11 home runs. She has 42 RBIs on 49 hits and has scored 35 runs on the season.
She also pitches for the Cajuns, recording an 11-4 record on 16 appearances in the circle. The junior holds a 2.31 ERA with 78.2 innings pitched, allowing only 26 earned runs. She has 79 strikeouts this year and opponents have batted .223 against her.
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LOUISIANA La. – Florida International’s Golden Panthers not only came into Lamson Park on Friday and swept the 15th ranked Ragin’ Cajuns, but they shut them out in both games. In game one, two solo FIU home runs in the fourth inning led them to a 4-0 win. Kim Rodriguez and Ashley Falk hit back-to-back round trippers. In game two, a Rodriguez two-run shot in the sixth inning propelled the Golden Panthers to a 2-0 victory.
FIU improves to 16-26 and 4-7 in SBC play with the sweep, while the Cajuns drop to 34-10 overall and 7-4 in conference play.
In game one, FIU starter Kerri Houck, checked the Cajuns on four hits as she shutout the Cajuns 4-0. The shutout was the first time this season that UL has been held scoreless. Karli Hubbard had two infield singles for Louisiana, Holly Tankersley added a double and Meagan Godwin a single.
Houck improved to 7-13 and FIU to 15-26 on the season. Tankersley took the loss for UL and falls to 11-4 overall. With the loss in game one the Cajuns dropped to 34-9, and loss two consecutive games for the first time this season.
FIU broke the ice in the top of the third inning in game one, as Katie Bell doubled to left center with one out and advanced to third on Desiree Bank’s single through the left side. Bell scored on a Cajun error and the Golden Panthers took a 1-0 lead.
Rodriguez and Falk hit their back-to-back homeruns in the top half of the fourth for FIU as the Golden Panthers added three more runs to take a 4-0 lead.
The Cajuns loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, but were unable to push across a run. Meagan Godwin and Karli Hubbard each had two-out singles in the inning.
The Golden Panthers broke the scoreless tie in game two, in the top of the sixth inning as Tabitha Embry led off with a single to centerfield. Monique White followed with a two run home run to centerfield and after five and half inning of play, FIU led 2-0.
The two-run sixth inning would be the only scoring in the second game as FIU completed the sweep of the Friday doubleheader with the 2-0 win. Golden Panthers pitcher Penny Eastman improved to 9-10 on the season as she tossed the one-hit shutout. The only hit Eastman gave up was a Tara Hamilton bunt single in the Cajuns half of the fifth inning.
The two teams will complete the series with a single game on Saturday afternoon at Lamson Park. Game time is set for 1:00pm.
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They'll be lucky to still be in the top 25 after this weekend is over. I don't know what is going on but we haven't guaranteed anything yet for post season and this sure isn't helping our chances.Quote:
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Call it the lost weekend.
Prior to the last two days, UL's softball team had lost only one Sun Belt Conference series in school history, and had never gone winless in one before.
That streak ended in a big way Saturday, and the Cajuns can thank Florida International's Tabitha Embry for the infamous place in its record book.
Embry, FIU's catcher, poked three home runs Saturday afternoon at Lamson Park, providing five of FIU's eight runs in an 8-3 victory over the shell-shocked Cajun squad.
UL (34-11, 7-4 Sun Belt) had lost to the Golden Panthers by 4-0 and 2-0 counts in Friday's first two games of the weekend. The Cajuns' only previous loss in a Sun Belt series came earlier this year when Middle Tennessee took two of three games in the first series of the season.
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Embry had a two-run homer in the fourth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and give FIU (17-26, 5-7) the lead for good. She added a solo homer in the sixth inning and had her third shot in the seventh for two insurance runs.
Those hits were part of an 11-hit attack by the Panthers, five of which went for extra bases. Meanwhile, FIU pitchers Kerri Houck and Penny Eastman combined to limit the Cajuns to six hits, and the only extra-base hit was Meagan Godwin's pinch-hit solo home run in the bottom of the fifth that kept UL within one run at 4-3.
That was as close as the Cajuns would get, with Embry's middle homer preceding three straight walks issued by Cajun pitchers Brittany Cuevas (21-7) and Shari Sigur and an RBI ground ball that built a three-run lead.
UL, which fell into a tie for third in the Sun Belt standings with the loss, finally snapped a 17-inning scoreless streak in Saturday's first inning off Houck. Holly Tankersley's single and walks to Lacey Bertucci and Desi Chatman loaded the bases, and Codi Runyan and Karli Hubbard followed with RBI singles for a 2-0 lead.
That, though, turned out to be half of the Cajuns' hits, and FIU cut the margin in half on Ashley Falk's RBI single in the third inning before the Panthers took the lead for good one inning later.
Eastman (10-10) allowed only the last three hits in five innings of work, and fanned three batters in the seventh inning to finish with five strikeouts. Cuevas allowed nine hits and six runs in 5 1/3 innings and struggled with control with eight walks.
UL returns to Sun Belt play next Saturday and Sunday in a three-game series at South Alabama.
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The last time UL's softball team lost three straight home games, Ronald Reagan was President - in his first term.
That was in 1982, late in the program's second-ever season and well before the Cajuns began their run that now includes 16 NCAA Tournament appearances in the last 17 seasons.
Getting back on track for another postseason run, and putting itself back into position for an eighth straight Sun Belt Conference title, is the objective today when the Cajuns (34-11, 7-5) travel for a first-ever meeting with South Alabama (27-15, 7-5).
The teams will play a 1 p.m. doubleheader today at Jaguar Field and a single game at 1 p.m. Sunday. It will be the first-ever meetings between the clubs, since the host Jaguars inaugurated their program this season.
USA's not your typical first-year program, though. Coach Becky Clark led the crosstown University of Mobile squad to three straight top-four finishes in the NAIA national tournament before coming to USA in 2005, and four players from her Mobile squad came with her. USA's roster also includes seven transfers from other colleges.
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That's helped the Jaguars make an impact in their first Sun Belt season, and USA is actually tied with the Cajuns for third place at 7-5 in league play.
The UL squad fell to that unaccustomed position courtesy of three straight losses to unheralded Florida International last weekend at Lamson Park.
The Cajuns lost 4-0, 2-0 and 8-3 contests, losing as many games in those two days as they had in any previous Sun Belt season.
The Cajuns can make up ground in a hurry, especially since they host league-leading Troy next weekend. But bouncing back after a "lost" weekend won't be easy, especially against a USA team that swept UL Monroe last weekend before losing 3-0 at Auburn Tuesday on a one-hitter.
"It doesn't matter who we're playing," said Cajun co-head coach Michael Lotief. "It's about us doing things better than we have been."
UL is on a four-game loss streak, something that's happened only once since the inaugural season in 1981. The Cajuns are still in the top 20 in both major polls, but fell from 15th to 19th in the NFCA poll and 14th to 20th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
"I'm not sure that our players realize our situation," Lotief said. "We don't have a lot of room for error and we don't have a lot of time to work on things. There's not time during the course of the season to work on all the things we need to work on."
UL did not play any mid-week games since the FIU series, giving pitchers Brittany Cuevas (21-7, 2.08) and Holly Tankersley (11-4, 2.40) time to recover from nagging injuries. Tankersley also leads the Cajun squad in average (.372), homers (11) and RBI (42).
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South Alabama hosts defending Sun Belt Conference softball champion Louisiana for a three-game series this weekend. The Jags and 15th-ranked Ragin' Cajuns play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. today, then meet again at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Both teams are 7-5 in conference play and tied for third. USA is 27-15 overall. ULL, which is on a four-game losing streak, is 34-11.
The series features the top two hitters in the Sun Belt -- USA's Tara Donaldson, who is hitting .400, and ULL's Holly Tankersley, who has a .372 batting average and leads the league with 42 RBIs.
UL pitcher Brittany Cuevas leads the Sun Belt with 192 strikeouts in 191 innings.
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