The Book: Ragin' Cajuns Golf 2006-07 Sun Belt Champs

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The UL golf team didn't care much about the travel inconvenience last week. So what if the Ragin' Cajuns missed their flight home because of a playoff? The plane might have been overweight, anyway - it had to carry an unexpected conference championship trophy. "We didn't mind being delayed for a night," Cajun coach Bob Bass said after his squad captured its first Sun Belt Conference title in a decade last Wednesday. "It gave us a chance to celebrate a little bit." The Cajuns made up five strokes on front-running New Orleans (in fact, 12 over the final two rounds) and survived a sudden-death playoff with Middle Tennessee to claim the league crown at Walt Disney World's Magnolia course in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The playoff kept UL from making its flight connections home, but the team arrived back in Lafayette one day later and a lot happier than its most recent conference tournament trips. The win also extended the Cajuns' season. UL, with little chance of gaining an at-large bid to the NCAA regional tournament, claimed the league's automatic berth and is bound for the May 17-19 regionals. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Nice to see a brite spot in the UL program. Geaux-Cajuns

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NEW ORLEANS-The Sun Belt Conference announced their 2007 All-Sun Belt Conference selections and Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns golf team had two players named to the team. Senior Peter Badawy and junior Justin Lowe were both named All-Conference based on their top-10 performances in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Badawy and Lowe helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to their first Sun Belt Conference title in 10 years. Badawy finished the tournament with a pair of three-under par rounds of 69 to finish four-under par for the tournament and claim second place overall. Lowe improved his scorecard two strokes each round to finish the tournament at even par. His final round score of 70 helped the Pineville native to a tie for sixth place. The duo also earned all-conference honors during the 2005 Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Lowe finished that tournament at even par to finish in fourth place, while Badawy finished one stroke over par to tie for fifth. Badawy and Lowe were two of eight automatic all-conference selections. The rest of the story Chris Whitehead RaginCajuns.com