• Following back-to-back non-conference losses, Louisiana looks to rebound when the Ragin’ Cajuns welcome the Sun Belt Conference’s second-place team, the Troy Trojans, for a three-game series at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

• This weekend’s three-game set with Troy will be the Cajuns’ last SBC series before their league-mandated bye week.

• With eight home games remaining, the Cajuns are in danger of suffering just their fifth losing season in the 30-year history of "The Tigue". The Cajuns’ nine home losses are the most since 2003 (18-15).

• Saturday’s game is the first of two games that will be aired live on CST (Cox Channel 37). Tuesday’s non-conference showdown at LSU will also be carried live by CST.

• UL’s Marketing 430 class will be hosting "Domestic Violence Night" to remember the UL students that have been lost to domestic violence.

CAJUNS ENDURE ROUGH WEEK HEADING INTO TROY SERIES. Southeastern Louisiana became the second SLC school in as many nights to frustrate Louisiana as the Lions used an eight-run second inning to defeat the Ragin’ Cajuns 14-4 Wednesday night at Alumni Field...

Wednesday’s loss was the first for Louisiana (20-21) at Alumni Field since an 11-inning 12-11 heartbreaker on March 16, 2005, snapping a six-game win streak in the series...

Louisiana’s setback at SLU (22-18) was its third straight on the road in non-conference play...

Louisiana starter Luke Wagley didn’t fare well in his second career start as the Lions roughed up the junior for an eight-run second inning...Wagley (0-3) was tagged for nine runs – eight earned – on six hits with five punch-outs in 3 1/3 innings...

Josh Logan, who was responsible for the Cajuns’ lone hit on Tuesday night, went 2-for-3 with a double and a career-high three stolen bases...Dillon Guillory went 2-for-3 with his first collegiate RBI...

On Tuesday, Lamar scored three runs in the fourth inning while its pitching staff held Louisiana to a season-low one hit as the Cardinals edged past the Ragin’ Cajuns 3-0...

Louisiana was one-hit for the first time since May 12, 2000, when the Cajuns suffered an 8-1 loss to New Orleans at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field – a streak of 480 games...

The Cajuns’ one hit Tuesday eclipsed their previous season-low of two set against Southern Miss on Feb. 29.

WALK THIS WAY, TAKE TWO. Senior Nolan Gisclair became the second Cajun this season to drew a school-record four walks in a game...

On Wednesday, Gisclair registered only one official at-bat in the ninth - a strikeout...

Earlier this season, junior Matt Hicks tied a school record, drawing four walks in a win at FAU...

Ironically, Hicks was the first Cajun since Scott Hawkins drew four walks against Florida Atlantic in 2007.

SECOND CHANCE. Last season, Louisiana’s dreams of winning the Sun Belt Tournament were dashed in the championship game at South Alabama’s Stanky Field...

Last weekend, however, the Cajuns left Mobile victorious claiming the three-game Sun Belt series with an 8-6 win in Sunday’s rubber game...

Sunday’s win marked just the second time that the Cajuns won a Sun Belt Conference series at South Alabama and the first since 2000...

The win improved Louisiana to 12-34 all-time against the Jaguars at Stanky Field.

WELCOME BACK. Sophomore reliever Justin Robichaux was masterful in his return to the mound tossing 1 1/3 innings of perfect relief in Sunday’s 8-6 win at South Alabama...

Robichaux (1-0) struck out two of the final four Jaguars to seal his first win of the season.

BACK TO THE ‘PEN. Preseason SBC Pitcher of the Year Danny Farquhar will be working out of the bullpen beginning this weekend against Troy...

Last season, Farquhar was one of the league’s top relievers, finishing with six saves...

This season, Farquhar is 3-6 with a 4.29 ERA and 59 strikeouts through 56 2/3 innings.

TROY SCOUTING REPORT. Troy (25-17), the Sun Belt’s second-place team, has won four of its last five games including a 10-3 win at Jacksonville State Wednesday night...

The Trojans have posted a 15-6 home record at Riddle-Pace Field, but are 6-10 at opposing venues...

The Trojans are an even 3-3 in their last two Sun Belt series...Last weekend, Troy took two of three at UALR after dropping two the previous week at FAU...

Friday’s probable starter Tim Wheeler is the reigning Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week...

The sophomore lefty tossed his first career complete-game shut out in the opening game of the UALR series...Wheeler issued just five hits on 100 pitches...Five everyday starters are batting better than .300 for the Trojans...

Bryan Miller leads the Trojans with a .354 average along with a team-high 21 doubles. Michael Precise leads the team with eight home runs and 46 RBI.


TROY SERIES. Louisiana leads the young league series 8-5 and has won four of the last five...Last season, the Cajuns won the series series 2-1 and later defeated the Trojans 9-7 in the Sun Belt Tournament...

The Cajuns also won the season series (2-1) in 2006 - Troy’s first season in the Sun Belt...However, the Trojans finished one full game ahead of the Cajuns in the standings to win the regular season championship...Louisiana is 5-3 at "The Tigue" against the Trojans...

It will be Troy’s first trip to Lafayette since 2006.

SNEAK PEAK AT LSU. Three LSU pitchers combined to allow just one hit in the Tigers’ 6-0 victory over McNeese State Wednesday at Alex Box Stadium...

Daniel Bradshaw, Austin Ross and Anthony Ranaudo pitched flawlessly for the Tigers as they combined for the first one-hitter since Patrick Coogan in 1997...

Wednesday’s win snapped LSU’s four-game winless streak...Last weekend, LSU (25-16-1) lost two games to Georgia before finishing to a 10-10 tie on Sunday. in Athens...

The Tigers had lost 6-5 to UNO at Maestri Field last Wednesday...

Derek Helenihi leads LSU with a .345 average, while Matt Clark has hit a team-best 15 home runs...Blake Dean paces the Tigers offensive with a team-high 34 RBI.

LSU SERIES. Despite differing historical series records and results from both institutions, LSU leads the all-time series 43-21 (according to UL SID archives)...Tuesday’s meeting will be Louisiana’s last-ever game at the Old Alex Box Stadium...

The series will be renewed after a six-year hiatus when the two schools squared off five times in 2002...

The Cajuns won the first three meetings that season and were one win away from advancing to the NCAA Super Regional round, but LSU defeated UL by a pair of identical 12-2 scores to eliminate the Cajuns in Baton Rouge.

UP NEXT - LSU/NEBRASKA. After this weekend’s home series with Troy, Louisiana will visit the LSU Tigers at Alex Box Stadium Tuesday for the first time since 2002...

Then, the Cajuns will be head to Lincoln, Neb., to face No. 8 Nebraska for a three-game non-conference weekend.

THREE’S COMPANY. UL starting pitchers Hunter Moody and Danny Farquhar were each touched for three solo home runs in their respective starts at South Alabama last weekend - both were career highs.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX. During Louisiana’s Sun Belt series win in Mobile last weekend, starting pitchers Hunter Moody and Danny Farquhar were tagged for six solo home runs...

Five of the six solo shots were lead-off homers. In fact, South Alabama’s first six runs of the series were via solo home runs...

Thirteen (13) of the Cajuns’ 32 home runs allowed have been solo shots...

Twelve (12) of the last 13 home runs allowed have been in Sun Belt play.

WELL-BALANCED OFFENSIVE. Eight of Louisiana’s nine batters registered a hit, while six more drove in at least one run as the Cajuns pummeled South Alabama 9-3 Friday night in the series opener...

Four different Ragin’ Cajuns recorded two hits – Nolan Gisclair, Scott Hawkins, Chance Harst and Jordan Poirrier. Matt Hicks added a three-run bomb in the sixth.

WAY TO GET ON. As a team, the Cajuns recorded 33 hits last weekend at South Alabama which are the second-most this season by Louisiana against a SBC opponent (behind season-high 35 at UALR)...

Louisiana’s 9-1-2-3 hitters batted .373 (19-for-51) on the weekend, while its 4-5-6-7-8 hitters went just .230 (14-for-61)...

Conversely, the Cajuns’ 4-8 hitters accounted for nine of the 15 RBI for the weekend.

LEFTY DOMINATION. Last season in the conference tournament, southpaw Brent Solich pitched a three-hit, complete-game shutout of host South Alabama to advance to the league championship game...That performance carried over to last Saturday at South Alabama when the senior held the Jaguars off the scoreboard for another 2 1/3 innings before they could finally score.

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Chris Yandle