The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

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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. LOUISIANA SI

[ulforlife]

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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.

McNeese & FIU have AWFUL records

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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. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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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. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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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. The source of the story

[DaddyCajun]

Did Softball play today or not? Anyone know?

DaddyCajun

[UL Ragin Cajun]

_ Did Softball play today or not? Anyone know?

DaddyCajun _

Softball Schedule Change
Softball 04/14/2007

Due to inclement weather in Mobile, today's 1 pm softball game against South Alabama has been rescheduled for 7pm tonight. The series will conclude tomorrow with a 1pm doubleheader.

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[Zeebart21]

Did Softball play today or not? Anyone know?

DaddyCajun

I believe I heard that they are playing a single at 7pm tonight...then a double tomorrow!!

Z.

[DaddyCajun]

_ I believe I heard that they are playing a single at 7pm tonight...then a double tomorrow!!

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Z, I heard(read) the same thing, but the game must not be being played and/or covered on the air 1420/105.1!!!!!

DaddyCajun

[Zeebart21]

Z, I heard(read) the same thing, but the game must not be being played and/or covered on the air 1420/105.1!!!!!

DaddyCajun

Big Daddy, just got this off of ragincajuns.com

MOBILE, Ala.- Saturday night's single game scheduled for 7:00 between the visiting Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns and South Alabama, has been canceled due to weather.

The two teams will meet in a doubleheader beginning at noon on Sunday, and they will only play two of the three games scheduled for this weekend.

The three game series was scheduled to begin on Saturday at 1:00 P.M. with a doubleheader. Inclement weather in the Mobile area had forced officials to re-schedule a single game for Saturday evening at 7:00 and a doubleheader on Sunday at 1:00 P.M. With Saturday night's cancellation, Sunday's doubleheader was moved to a noon start time.