UL senior Vanessa Soto knows the names. She recognizes the faces. She appreciates their accomplishments.

But the Lady Cajun second baseman will not be star-struck when her team plays an exhibition game at 6 tonight against the USA Olympic Women's National Softball Team before a sold-out crowd at McMurry Park in Sulphur.

"There are a lot of their players I've seen play, and I have a lot of respect for them," said Soto, a first-year transfer from LSU. "But I'm going into this game wanting to win. I'm never intimidated. We're going to prepare the best we can and hope good things will happen."

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Joshua Parrott
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