The Book: 2003 Softball

[Cajun1997]

It is on ESPN Kudos to Lady Cajun Jill Robertson, they did a "spotlight interview" on her and she got in 2 University of Louisiana references!

[1stTake]

I found it I went there an hour ago I don't know what happened

[Cajun1997]

Cajuns 2 runs 1 hit 0 errors
Longhorns 1 run 2 hits 0 errors

1 out, gutsy performance by pitcher Brooke Mitchell.

[Cajun1997]

, 2 run homer by Texas Amber Hall.

[1stTake]

she is hurting

[1stTake]

Texas is lucky they didn't have to face her best stuff.

[Cajun1997]

good game Ladies, we are proud you

[Turbine]

3-2

She was good, she just wasn't great. Brooke Mitchell, the one we all know, the the 4 no-hitter Brooke, would not have lost to the Texas Longhorns.

End of my short but true story.

[NewsCopy]

Powerful Texas rallies past Cajuns

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — For a brief, exhilerating moment on Thursday, Louisiana’s Lady Cajuns had the No. 3 team in the country on the ropes at the Women’s College World Series.

They got a mammoth two-run home run from freshman Danyele Gomez in the first inning against Texas star Cat Osterman and turned their fate over to their own sophomore ace Brooke Mitchell.

But Mitchell was tagged for a solo home run in the fourth inning by Tamara Poppe and former high school teammate Amber Hall delivered a two-run shot in the sixth as the Longhorns came back for a 3-2 victory.

The loss puts the Cajuns of coach Stefni Lotief into the losers’ bracket, but undaunted.

“I think we’ll react good,” Gomez said. “We’re going to come back strong and ready to play. It’s a learning thing for us. We’ll fight and come back.”

The Cajuns play at 3 p.m. Saturday against California/UCLA loser. Cal led 2-1 in the fifth at press time.

Gomez made her first experience on the CWS stage as smooth as her collegiate debut earlier this season, when her initial two at-bats resulted in a grand slam home run and a solo shot.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Lady Cajuns go, but not quietly

OKLAHOMA CITY — There was no missing the Ragin’ Cajuns on Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame

Stadium. First of all, there were the fans — 200-300 or so red-clad backers screaming their support for Louisiana. Then, there were the Lady Cajuns themselves, who obviously came here to play ball and not just to enjoy the scene at the Women’s College World Series. Those fans erupted in the first inning when freshman Danyele Gomez ripped Texas pitcher Cat Osterman for a two-run home run that rocked Longhorns supporters back on their heels. But in the end, it was Osterman and the Longhorns who rallied for a 3-2 victory in the first round of play.

“This is a community-based program,” coach Stefni Lotief said. “The fans really take the players under their wing and support them. And, it’s like they’re part of our family.

“They did a great job tonight. They were Cajuns; they were loud.”

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com