The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

[Pirogue]

And I am wondering WHY the headline is Cajuns LOSE. They did WIN the first game! The record is 14-2, but the focus is on LOSE. WHY? Holly had 11 strike outs! Brittany Cuevas had 8, combined for 18! That is awesome. Why is the focus on LOSE?

Because the Cajuns are supposed to win by a lot.... everytime they play opponents like this...

For example...
If I go out tonight and don't get arrested... then go out tommorrow and I DO get arrested, the headline will focus on what is NOT supposed to happen.

The Cajuns mopped the floor with Baylor et all at the big touney in Lafayette....

and lose to freaking Alcorn State???? That is news.

Individual stats? In a loss???? Are you kidding me?
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The Cajuns are big time in softball... that is tough to get used to...

[Zeebart21]

Because the Cajuns are supposed to win by a lot.... everytime they play opponents like this...

For example...
If I go out tonight and don't get arrested... then go out tommorrow and I DO get arrested, the headline will focus on what is NOT supposed to happen.

The Cajuns mopped the floor with Baylor et all at the big touney in Lafayette....

and lose to freaking Alcorn State???? That is news.

Individual stats? In a loss???? Are you kidding me?
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The Cajuns are big time in softball... that is tough to get used to...

All things you said are true. I still maintain nwst s.i.d is a knucklehead.

Z.

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NATCHITOCHES - UL's ninth-ranked softball team got back on the right track Saturday in the Northwestern State Invitational, and the Ragin' Cajuns will shoot for a third straight tournament title and a measure of revenge today. The Cajuns rolled to a 10-1 five-inning win over Colgate and a 5-0 victory over Tennessee-Martin in its final two pool-play games Saturday, and claimed the top seed entering today's bracket play in the five-team tournament. UL (16-2) will face fourth-seeded Alcorn State in today's 11:45 a.m. semifinals, following a 9:30 a.m. matchup between host Northwestern State and Tennessee-Martin. The two winners meet in the championship matchup at 2 p.m. Alcorn (2-8) shocked the Cajun squad with a 5-4 win late Friday night in UL's second round-robin game, after the Cajuns had beaten the host Lady Demons 2-0 in their tournament opener. UL has won its previous two tournaments this year, both at home with Louisiana Classics and Ragin' Cajuns Invitational titles. The rest of the story

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NATCHITOCHES - Apparently, Friday night's upset loss to Alcorn State just made UL's softball team angry. The ninth-ranked Ragin' Cajuns stormed through their final two games of the Northwestern State Invit-ational tournament Sunday, winning both their semifinal and championship games in run-rule fashion. The Cajuns (18-2) got revenge on Alcorn in an 8-0 six-inning victory in Sunday's semifinal, and then popped Tennessee-Martin 9-1 in a five-inning title game at the Demon Softball Complex. UL, winning its third tournament title in as many weekends, made a statement with its first batter in the title game when Codi Runyan laced her sixth homer of the year to left center off eventual UTM loser Ashley Myatt (3-2). The Cajuns then broke open a 2-1 contest on Melissa Verde's bases-clearing triple in the third inning. The rest of the story

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TUSCALOOSA | Ask anyone in softball about the third-ranked University of Alabama and you’ll find that the Crimson Tide is known for producing a lot of hits, a lot of runs and a lot of victories. The same goes for No. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette. The Crimson Tide (17-0) and the Ragin’ Cajuns (18-2) get together Saturday and Sunday in the Easton Spring Fling round-robin at the Alabama Softball Complex in this weekend’s top match-up of nationally ranked teams. Both will play Seton Hall today to open the event. The programs have a lot of ties, and a lot in common. Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy’s first job as a softball assistant was at ULL, then known as Southwestern Louisiana. There he coached Stefni Lotief, now co-head coach of the Ragin’ Cajuns, and Alyson Habetz, now an assistant at UA. And former UA player Lacey Prejean is in her third season as an assistant at ULL. “There’s some special friendships with Alyson and Pat and the coaching staffs," Lotief said. “I just think that life is made of relationships and friends. “It’s a special situation for Lacey to go back there as a coach. Pat and Alyson have always had nothing but wonderful things to say about the university and the program there." Alabama is in its 11th season of softball and has made four appearances at the Women’s College World Series, including the last two seasons and three of the last four. ULL has also been to the WCWS four times, including three trips in the 1990s and one in 2003. The rest of the story By Tommy Deas tommy.deas@tuscaloosanews.com 205-722-0224.

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UL's 11th-ranked softball team unleashed its offense in a big way Friday in the opening game of the Easton Spring Fling hosted by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Ragin' Cajuns rapped out seven extra-base hits in a 16-hit attack and rolled past Seton Hall 18-0 in five innings in the first of four round-robin games for UL during the event. The Cajuns (19-2) play twice today and will get a more stern test at 1:30 p.m. when UL takes on unbeaten, third-ranked and tournament host Alabama (16-0). UL meets Seton Hall again at 11 a.m. in today's opener. UL scored five runs in the second inning, four in the third and plated nine in the fourth inning in Friday's easy win, one that featured the Cajuns' biggest run output of the season. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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TUSCALOOSA -The third-ranked University of Alabama softball team and No. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette set the stage for a heavyweight slugfest Friday, with both teams pounding Seton Hall into submission on the first day of the Easton Spring Fling. The Crimson Tide and the Ragin’ Cajuns both lived up to their reputations as two of the nation’s most potent offensive forces with mercy-rule victories over Seton Hall. Alabama ran its unbeaten record to 18-0 by downing the Pirates 12-0 in five innings after Louisiana-Lafayette (19-2) ripped Seton Hall 18-0. The top showdown in the nation this weekend between ranked teams begins today at 1:30 p.m. Alabama and ULL will play again at the same time Sunday. ULL will open today’s action in the three-team round-robin event at 11 a.m. in another game against Seton Hall. Alabama will play the Pirates again at 4 p.m. “It is going to be a shootout and we are all looking forward to it," Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said. “I think this is one of the most explosive teams we have ever had. We now have 12 players on our team who have hit a home run, and I’ve never had that in my career. They are so much fun to watch and you never know who is going to come through or how big the inning is going to be. “Hopefully our pitchers are going to keep it in the park and we’ll just put the ball in play a lot and continue to play our game." The rest of the story By Tommy Deas Sports Writer tuscaloosanews.com

[J-Town Cajun]

Does anyone have a link to livestats for softball or a score update? Thanks.

[CajunKareem]

The Atletic Network site has a link to the tournament site which has live stats, but they are slow with their updates

[CajunRed]

The Atletic Network site has a link to the tournament site which has live stats, but they are slow with their updates

WE GOT SPANKED!!