The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

[OldBullDog]

Safe by a mile

[LuLu]

Karlie was safe. Blue was somewhere else. I saw it, real life. There was no question. We did get some bad calls. The two games were very good. There was a nice crowd on hand. It was a great night for softball.

Becky McMurty, the NSU coach got some flowers to start the game. It was a homecoming. She is doing a great job with her charges. Look for NSU to be an excellent team soon. I noticed the batters were reacting just like ours. Becky is using the method Mike used with her. You go girl! She learned something good and she is using it. The four home runs NSU had looked so EASY!

Also, Shari Sigur of Lafayette High was one of Becky's players when she coached at LHS. This could be the reason Shari didn't make the whole game. Becky is so smart.

[LuLu]

Our Conference is improving. It made a major jump when FAU joined. South Alabama is a first year program and is surprising. North Texas has a second year coach and is greatly improved. It won't have such a low RPI this year.

If you look at the NFCA poll for this week. You will notice that parity is the key word in the won loss records. In this poll, in the top ten, three are from the SEC; Tenn, Alabama and LSU, three are from the Big 12; Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M, two are from the Pac 10; AZ and AZ State (Top ten in previous years was all Pac 10), and two are from the Big 10; Northwestern and Michigan. So, the wins are getting spread around. Is that good for us? Maybe, maybe not.

To be invited to Regionals, a team looking for an At large bid needs to have fewer than 10 losses. IMHO. Will we have that? Hope so.

[VObserver]

In this poll, in the top ten, three are from the SEC; Tenn, Alabama and LSU, three are from the Big 12; Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M, two are from the Pac 10; AZ and AZ State (Top ten in previous years was all Pac 10), and two are from the Big 10; Northwestern and Michigan. So, the wins are getting spread around. Is that good for us? Maybe, maybe not.

Over the long run, I believe it is NOT good for us. In years past, only the PAC 10 and, to a lesser extent, the Big XII, cared about fielding quality teams. Now that the money schools in the SEC and Big X are also involved, the pool of quality players is further diluted; and the schools with less money will be less able to compete at a high level. Note the absence of any of the traditional California 'small school' powers from the Top 10. The squeeze has been put on them already, as the out of state 'Big Girls' are now recruiting California hard.

For an exact analogy, look at Old Dominion and LTU in women's basketball.

[ChanceEncounter]

Karlie was safe. Blue was somewhere else. I saw it, real life. There was no question. We did get some bad calls. The two games were very good. There was a nice crowd on hand. It was a great night for softball.

Thanks I came here today to see if she was safe. Looks like the answer is yes but not officially.

[DaddyCajun]

OK here you go, the picture from when the ball was caught.

It looks to me like Karli has been there so long she could use the base as a pilow

She is safe by a long shot, she was in this pic spitting the dirt from her mouth and getting ready to call time to dust off and the third basewomen was just getting the ball in her glove!!!!

S A F E!!!!
Great pics Turbine!!
DaddyCajun

[Cajun Express]

She is safe by a long shot, she was in this pic spitting the dirt from her mouth and getting ready to call time to dust off and the third basewomen was just getting the ball in her glove!!!!

S A F E!!!!
Great pics Turbine!!
DaddyCajun

That would be first base woman.

[NewsCopy]

UL's softball team will be looking to put some distance between itself and the rest of the Sun Belt Conference this weekend, but before the Cajuns do that they'll try to keep a winning streak going tonight. And, ironically, they'll be doing it against a team that also had last weekend off, although it wasn't planned that way. The Cajuns, 34-7 and winners of six in a row and 13 of their last 14, travel to Lake Charles for a 6 p.m. single game against McNeese State (14-24). UL hasn't played since a taking a twinbill sweep from Northwestern State last Wednesday, taking advantage of its open weekend in Sun Belt play. Tonight's game is also the only outing for UL before the weekend's Sun Belt home series against Florida International, with the Cajuns holding a percentage-point lead over Troy nearing the mid-point of the league chase. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

When UL and Florida International square off in softball, a high spot in the Sun Belt Conference standings is usually on the line. It is again for the Ragin' Cajuns (34-8, 7-2) softball team, who play FIU in a day-earlier-than-normal Sun Belt series this weekend. The teams square off in a 1 p.m. doubleheader today at UL's Lamson Park and will play a wrapup single game Saturday at 1 p.m. UL is currently percentage points ahead of the field in the Sun Belt standings, and for once the Golden Panthers (14-26, 2-7) aren't one of the teams right behind and chasing the Cajuns. In fact, FIU has lost seven of its last eight game heading into today's opener, with three losses to Troy and two losses in three games at North Texas over the past two weekends. "They're still a very solid team," said UL coach Stefni Lotief. "We've had some pretty good battles with them in the past and we don't expect anything different this time." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

UL junior Holly Tankersley has been named as one of the 25 finalists for the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, the Amateur Softball Association said. Tankersley, a four-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week Award winner this season, leads the Cajuns in all major hitting categories leading the team with a .377 batting average and 11 home runs. She has 42 RBIs on 49 hits and has scored 35 runs on the season. She also pitches for the Cajuns, recording an 11-4 record on 16 appearances in the circle. The junior holds a 2.31 ERA with 78.2 innings pitched, allowing only 26 earned runs. She has 79 strikeouts this year and opponents have batted .223 against her. LOUISIANA SI