The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

[DaddyCajun]

And considering the top 5 recruiting class coming in next year, is a National Championship in 2008 a pipe dream???

Coach Steff told me at a Louisiana Lady Cajun Basketball game that the class was #4 in the country!

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. The rest of the story

[ulforlife]

WOW thanks.

Perhaps I shouldn't have interrupted, he might have been making another point altogether.

Its all good turbine!

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

[ulforlife]

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Because they are awesome

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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 The rest of the story

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Alcorn State surprised the 14th-ranked Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns softball team tallying a 5-4 victory here Friday evening at the Northwestern State Invitational. The Ragin’ Cajuns (14-2) were held to only one hit through the first six innings before mounting a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning that fell short when Codi Runyan was thrown out from center field attempting to score the tying run. The loss snapped UL’s seven-game winning streak and evened the team’s tournament record at 1-1. Alcorn jumped in front in the third inning using a two-out rally to take a 2-0 lead. A two-out walk issued to Melissa Mason was followed by three consecutive hits that scored runs. The Ragin’ Cajuns got one of the runs back in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lacey Bertucci drew a leadoff walk then Holly Tankersley and Melissa Verde were hit by a pitch from Alcorn pitcher Corina Pendleton to load the bases. A one-out sacrifice fly to left field off the bat of Jessica Lemoine scored pinch runner Courtney Trahan cutting the Braves’ lead to 2-1. Another two-out rally in the top of the fifth inning plated three more runs for Alcorn State increasing the lead to 5-1. A walk followed by back-to-back singles plated the Braves’ third run. Then a throwing error allowed the Braves to add two more unearned runs which gave them enough runs to hold on to the victory in the seventh inning. The Cajuns quickly loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning. Karli Hubbard reached on the fielding error by Alcorn first baseman Melinda Ellis. Vallie Gaspard then walked moving Hubbard into scoring position. Meagan Godwin then singled down the left field line scoring Hubbard making it 5-2. Gaspard and Godwin moved up on a passed ball and then Codi Runyan drew a walk to load the bases still with no outs. After Bertucci fouled out for the first out of the inning, Tankersley singled back up the middle plating Gaspard and Godwin closing the deficit to 5-4. Runyan advanced to third base on the Tankersley base hit . Melissa Verde worked the count full before lofting a fly ball into shallow center field. Runyan attempted to tag up for the chance to tie the game, but the throw from Alcorn center fielder Tonya Nelms was on target to nail down Runyan and complete the double play to end the contest. Tankersley took the loss for the Ragin’ Cajuns. She surrendered five runs (three earned) while allowing five hits over five innings. The loss overshadowed the fact that she tied her career-high for strikeouts with 11. Shari Sigur entered in relief in the sixth inning and tossed two innings of shutout softball. She allowed two hits and only faced one batter over the minimum. The Ragin’ Cajuns will continue play in the Northwestern State Invitational on Saturday meeting Colgate at 9 a.m., at the Demon Softball Complex. Then at 11:30 a.m., the Cajuns move to Natchitoches Central High School for a meeting with Tennessee-Martin to complete round robin play. LOUISIANA SI

[LuLu]

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?

[LuLu]

The game against Colgate will begin at 9 a.m. and can be observed on Live Stats on the RaginCajuns.com softball site. I believe it is due to the impending bad weather.

BTW, Becky McMurtry is the head coach of the Northwestern State team and is hosting this tournament. At age 25 she is tackling big work! Remember Becky? She is a 3 time All American that graduated as an Outstanding Grad in the College of General Studies in 2003. She missed graduation because she was playing on the UL team at the College World Series.

UL Proud!

[Zeebart21]

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?

Need to find out where the story came from. If its from the NWST website, the moron SID probably did the story. He has no love lost for UL.

His headline for the UL win over NWST was something along the lines of "NWST pitcher subdues Rajin Cajun bats in Cajun victory". He made it a point to spell Ragin wrong as well.

Big test today to see if our girls can come back from that embarrasment last night.

Z.

[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.