The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

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Middle took the series. They won 4-3.

Thanks. I'd seen a score on delphi but the time didn't make sense. Bummer!

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LOUISIANA La. – Three unearned runs in the fourth inning led Middle Tennessee to a 4-3 victory over the 15th-ranked Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns softball team in the rubber match of a three-game Sun Belt Conference series on Thursday morning. Middle Tennessee claimed the series 2-1 with the victory. Both teams were held scoreless through the first three innings. Holly Tankersley held the Blue Raiders (11-13, 2-1 Sun Belt) to two hits. The Ragin’ Cajuns (21-6, 1-2 Sun Belt) had the table set in the bottom of the third inning after Vallie Gaspard and Karli Hubbard both reached on infield singles. No outs were on the scoreboard with the top of the lineup ready to bat. Codi Runyan and Tankersley both hit into fielder’s choice grounders for the forcing out Gaspard and then Hubbard at third base. Lacey Bertucci struck out swinging to end the inning. Justine Cerda began the Blue Raiders fourth inning with a grounder to third base that Melissa Verde bobbled allowing Cerda to reach first base on the error. A Katie Mielke sacrifice bunt advanced pinch runner Corrie Abel to second base. Tankersley got Muriel Ledbetter to pop up to Runyan at shortstop for the second out. With the inning still alive because of the error, Martha Davis then looped a single into shallow right field just over the reach of Tara Hamilton to score Abel for a 1-0 lead. Ashley Cline then followed with a home run that banged off the left field foul pole to score two more runs and up the MT lead to 3-0. The Ragin’ Cajuns got a run back in their half of the fourth inning. A double by Verde gave UL a baserunner and she was brought home on a two-out double from Lana Bowers to trim the deficit to 3-1. The Blue Raiders tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning. Shelby Stiner got a one-out single down the right field line which was followed by a single to center field off the bat of Melissa Weiland. Caitlin McLure put down a bunt that dropped beyond the reach of Verde and rolled past Runyan into shallow left field allowing Whitney Darlington (re-entered to run for Weiland) to score upping the lead to 4-1. Louisiana-Lafayette made one final push in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hubbard reached on a fielder’s choice with one out. Runyan was then hit by pitch A Tankersley grounder moved Runyan to second and Hubbard to third base. Bertucci worked the count full before drawing a walk to load the bases. Desi Chatman lifted a double into right center field to score Hubbard and Runyan to slice the lead to 4-3 and keep the rally going. Verde swung at the first offering from MT starter Lindsey Vander Lugt and it was a grounder to first base that Cerda picked up and tagged the base for the final out. Tankersley fell to 8-3 on the season with the loss. She didn’t allow an earned run and posted five strikeouts over five innings. Brittany Cuevas came on in relief in the sixth inning and tossed the final two innings. Vander Lugt picked up the victory for the Blue Raiders and improved to 7-9. Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns will now take to the road for three more Sun Belt Conference games this week. UL travels to Boca Raton, Fla., to meet Florida Atlantic on Saturday and Sunday March 10 and 11. The FAU series starts on Saturday, March 10 at 5 p.m. (CST). LOUISIANA SI

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For the second straight game Thursday, Middle Tennessee's softball team took better advantage of its opportunities than UL's 13th-ranked Ragin' Cajuns. Because of that, the Cajuns are in a very unfamiliar position - looking up at the rest of the Sun Belt Conference. Junior second baseman Ashley Cline's two-run homer off the left-field foul pole was the big hit in a three-run third inning, and pitcher Lindsey Vander Lugt made that stand up just enough for the Blue Raiders to take a 4-3 win over the Cajuns Thursday at Lamson Park. Heading into Wednesday's Sun Belt doubleheader, MT had never won a game from UL in 29 previous tries. Now, with Wednesday's 5-3 second-game win, the Raiders became the first team in the league's seven-year softball history to take a series from the Cajuns (21-6, 1-2). "It's huge for our program," said MT coach Leigh Podlesny. "Any time you beat a ranked team it's huge, but for it to be in your conference it's even more important. Even if the record hadn't been so much in their favor, it would still be a huge boost." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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BOCA RATON, Fla. - UL's softball team tries to re-establish Sun Belt Conference superiority today and Sunday, but that won't be an easy task. The Ragin' Cajuns, surprised in a mid-week league series when Middle Tennessee took two of three games earlier this week, will face new Sun Belt member Florida Atlantic in a three-game series at the FAU Softball Stadium. The teams will play two games at 5 p.m. Saturday and a single game at noon on Sunday in the first-ever meetings between the squads. FAU joined the Sun Belt as a full-sport member this season, and the Owls were picked to finish second behind the seven-time league champion Cajuns in the preseason coaches' poll. But UL isn't sitting atop the Sun Belt right now, after losing a league series for the first time since the Sun Belt added softball when Middle split a Wednesday twinbill and then took a 4-3 decision Thursday at Lamson Park. The rest of the story

[DaddyCajun]

Any scores as of yet? How is our young Lady Cajuns doing today?

Best of Play, Best of Luck,
DaddyCajun

[Pirogue]

Any scores as of yet? How is our young Lady Cajuns doing today?

Best of Play, Best of Luck,
DaddyCajun

Last I heard Cajuns were down 2-0

This needs to get turned around quick... losing 5 of your last 6 is bad in any league...

[DaddyCajun]

Anyone have any site for the UL vs FAU softball scores this weekend?


DaddyCajun

[Go_UL]

Last I heard Cajuns were down 2-0

This needs to get turned around quick... losing 5 of your last 6 is bad in any league...

Louisiana 3 FAU 2
Final

[RaginDave]

Louisiana 3 FAU 2
Final

up 7-2 in the nitecap.

Looks like the Cajun women are going to get up 2-0 in softball and baseball.

Nice work Cajuns

[RaginDave]

Anyone have any site for the UL vs FAU softball scores this weekend?


DaddyCajun

1st game
3-2 Cajuns. 3 run game winning HR hit with 2 outs in the top of the 7th.

2nd game
Cajuns up 7-2 in the 5th