The Book 2008-09 UL Lady Cajuns Volleyball

[wisconsincajun]

_ It looks like the turn has begun! Hope you enjoy the matches up in TN and KY! How is your daughter enjoying her experiences in Lafayette so far? My older son graduated last December and my younger son is a first semester Freshman. They both have loved it in Lafayette. Best of luck to your daughter! Geaux Cajuns!!!

Oh, BTW, my supervisor just moved to LaCrosse, starting his job on Oct. 1. I work for the Boy Scouts and he has been named the Scout Executive up there. _

She had a rough start with the two hurricanes and the entire team catching a virus the first week of practice (she was sick 8 days), but she is now "settling in." Has been a big adjustment for her, but it has been awesome how everyone down there has accepted her and have offered their help. It's been unbelievable. Things are different up here in a lot of ways! She called after the match tonight and is excited to be able to go to her first football game tomorrow! Thank you to all of the Ragin Cajun family for making her feel "at home" at her new home! Geaux Cajuns! Great job tonight. You had them but let it get away! Good luck on Sunday!

[wisconsincajun]

Way to geaux Lady Cajuns! Now go win these next two matches so you have a chance at the conferance tourney! You can do it!!

[Zeebart21]

_ Way to geaux Lady Cajuns! Now go win these next two matches so you have a chance at the conferance tourney! You can do it!! _

Here, here!! Congrats Lady Cajun Volleyball team!!

Thanks Wisconsin Cajun...and congratulations!

Z

[NewsCopy]

  UL– Louisiana's LAdy Cajuns sent their seniors off in style, with a 3-1 win over visiting ULM by scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-17 and 25-22.

The Lady Cajuns will finish the season at 8-21 overall, 5-13 in the Sun Belt Conference. The win total doubles that of the 2007 season, and equals the best mark in the last six years.

Departing the team are seniors Elizabeth Inman, Tracie Knowlton, Carly Payan and Sonora Edwards. Inman and Knowlton both leave behind several appearances in the Cajun leader charts in categories like kills and blocks.

Inman, the senior squad's lone four-year athlete, led the team against the Warhawks with 12 kills on two errors in attempts for a .500 percentage. Freshman Lesley Mirarchi struck for seven kills, followed by Knowlton with six. Edwards had five kills, and Payan added four.

Mirarchi added four block assists, while Knowlton put up two solo blocks and two block assists. Kendra Hall helped out with 39 assists.

Libero Lindsay Brown tallied 21 digs, her sixth 20-plus match of the season and 22nd double-digit total. With her 21 digs, Brown became the conference's digs leader in SBC matches.

The first three sets saw no lead changes and few ties, each team taking charge of the set and holding on to win it. In the first, the Cajuns hit .290 on 13 kills, four errors and 31 attempts, but stumbled in the second frame and hit just nine kills with six errors in 39 attempts for a percentage of .077.

They returned to form in the third, and hit .269 with 11 kills in 26 attempts with just four errors.

The fourth was different from the rest in that there were 17 tie scores and 11 lead changes. Both teams suffered from errors of all varieties, including seven attack errors, three service errors, and two reception errors for ULM, and seven attack errors and two reception errors for the Cajuns.

Despite the errors, Louisiana held on to win from a 21-21 tie thanks to a ULM attack error, two consecutive Lindsay Brown aces, and a kill from Mirarchi to seal the deal and end the season.

Head Coach Heather Mazeitis begins her first full offseason as a Cajun with the end of the match, and will begin her second season at the helm in August of 2009.

RaginCajuns.com

[wisconsincajun]

Congrats Lady Cajun's on a nice season. This year was a precurser to the good things to come. This is a program on the rise. Good luck in their futures to the seniors. It was a pleasure getting to know you.

[Turbine]

Much improved.

That is all you can ask for from one seaon to the next so I say mission accomplished.

Congratulations.

[cajunvbmom]

I am writing this with tears in my eyes. I cannot believe that Elizabeth's college volleyball career is over. As a parent I couldn't have asked for a better environment for my child then what we have experienced at UL and the wonderful town of Lafayette.

I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every single minute of this journey. We had some challenges along the way but these girls never gave up. This was more than a team; this is a family and I know my daughter has friends for life among these young ladies. Coach Mazeitis and her staff are fabulous and I will miss them dearly.

The future for this program is so promising; we have some awesome student-athletes coming on board next year (yes, one is from the North Texas area) and you can sense the anticipation for next season among the returning athletes.

I truly mean it when I say UL Volleyball will ALWAYS have a fan in Fort Worth, Texas. Heck, I'm even thinking about getting personlized plates that read CJNVBFAN.

GEAUX CAJUNS!

[RaginFan2]

_ I am writing this with tears in my eyes. I cannot believe that Elizabeth's college volleyball career is over. As a parent I couldn't have asked for a better environment for my child then what we have experienced at UL and the wonderful town of Lafayette.

I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every single minute of this journey. We had some challenges along the way but these girls never gave up. This was more than a team; this is a family and I know my daughter has friends for life among these young ladies. Coach Mazeitis and her staff are fabulous and I will miss them dearly.

The future for this program is so promising; we have some awesome student-athletes coming on board next year (yes, one is from the North Texas area) and you can sense the anticipation for next season among the returning athletes.

I truly mean it when I say UL Volleyball will ALWAYS have a fan in Fort Worth, Texas. Heck, I'm even thinking about getting personlized plates that read CJNVBFAN.

GEAUX CAJUNS! _

Congrats to you and your daughter on an outstanding college experience! We're glad to have more quality people at our university, and y'all definitely qualify! Best of luck to Elizabeth in the future and know that she (and you!) are always a member of the Ragin' Cajun family! BTW, my mom lives up in the FW area in Bedford and we'll be up there for Christmas. Glad to see we are getting more students (and student-athletes) from the DFW metroplex! Hey, go for those personalized plates! That sounds pretty cool!

[Clutch0364]

Had the chance to meet her last night and she seems like a class act. She was asking with the way we talk trash to the opposing team why we don't attend some volleyball games so next year I told her I would be at as many as I could attend. GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

[wisconsincajun]

You are all invited! The team had great attendance this year and the crowds hopefully will be better next year too. "Win and they will come!" Coach is doing great things. The incoming recruiting class she signed is very talented. Looking forward to this team making the conferance tourney next year.