Ragin' Cajuns Head to Nebraska

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After eight grueling weeks, Louisiana takes a break from Sun Belt action this weekend as the Cajuns will play a three-game series at sixth-ranked Nebraska in Lincoln. • This weekend is the Ragin’ Cajuns’ first trip to Nebraska since claiming a non-conference series win at Hawks Field in 2003. • Louisiana has lost its last four non-conference road contests including a 5-3 heartbreaker at LSU Tuesday. The Cajuns finished with a 4-6 road record in April and posting a 6-5 road mark in March. • Senior Hunter Moody could join elite company Friday as the southpaw looks to become just the fourth pitcher in Sun Belt history to post 30 career wins. • Sophomore and NCBWA Stopper of the Year Candidate Justin Robichaux needs one more save to become the school’s single-season saves record holder. Robichaux currently shares the record with Aaron Welbourne. • Louisiana head coach Tony Robichaux needs two wins to become the 33rd active NCAA Division I head baseball coach to win 750 career games. CAJUNS COME UP SHORT AT LSU. As the last non-conference opponent to ever take the field at Alex Box Stadium, Louisiana’s bid to snap LSU’s six-game unbeaten streak was spoiled as the Tigers scored five runs in the fifth for a 5-3 win... One bad inning marred what began as a brilliant start for senior southpaw Brent Solich, who showed shades of his All-Sun Belt Conference Tournament Team form a season ago. Solich (1-4) lasted 5 1/3 innings, while allowing just two earned runs – five total – on five hits with three strikeouts. Fellow senior Buddy Glass gave up just one hit in 2 2/3 innings of relief. TAKING A BREAK, SORT OF. After eight grueling weeks, Louisiana takes a break from Sun Belt Conference action this weekend as the Cajuns will play a three-game non-conference series at sixth-ranked Nebraska in Lincoln... The Huskers are the fifth nationally ranked opponent the Cajuns have seen this season and are one of four ranked in one of the nation’s four major baseball polls (Rice, Tulane and Southern Miss are the others). MOODY’S 30 BLUES. Hunter Moody, the school and active Sun Belt career leader in victories (29), needs one more win to become just the fourth pitcher in league history to win 30 or more games on the mound... UL is one of only two schools to with three different pitchers in the career top 10 in victories, joining former SBC member Old Dominion. MOODY CONTINUES HISTORICAL PACE. Hunter Moody, who is the school’s career victories leader, continues to climb up the Cajuns leaderboard in three other career categories... Moody needs four starts to tie the career record for games started on the mound (Eric Templet, 52). He also trails Andy Gros by 42.0 innings for career innings pitched... The senior southpaw also ranks in the career top five in strikeouts with 266. He trails Templet by 24 for the fourth-most in school history. Moody is 87 strikeouts behind career leader Phil Devey. TWO TO GO. Head coach Tony Robichaux has won 748 career games through 21 seasons and needs two more to become only the 33rd active NCAA Division I head coach to reach 750 career victories. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST. On Tuesday, Louisiana became the last non-SEC opponent to ever take the field at LSU’s Old Alex Box Stadium... Following the season, the stadium will be torn down as the Tigers will move into New Alex Box Stadium. In 2009, the Cajuns will be one of the first non-SEC foes to face LSU at its new facility. HAWKINS HURTIN’ NO MORE. Junior All-American Scott Hawkins was batting a season-high .333 heading into the series finale at South Alabama on April 20th. Prior to the LSU game, Hawkins had seen his batting average plummet 36 points to .297... Hawkins, however, broke out of his 2-for his last 22 slump with a 3-for-4 performance in Tuesday’s 5-3 loss at LSU. NEBRASKA SCOUTING REPORT. Louisiana won’t get much of a break from Sun Belt play this weekend when the Ragin’ Cajuns face the sixth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb.... Nebraska is 24-2-1 at Hawks Field this season...The Huskers have hit 15 fewer home runs than the Cajuns. Mitch Abeita leads NU with seven bombs... Without a doubt, the key to Nebraska’s season has been its pitching staff. Thad Weber leads all Huskers with eight wins followed by Dan Jennings and Johnny Dorn each with five. NEBRASKA SERIES. This weekend marks Louisiana’s second visit to Hawks Field in six seasons. In 2003, the Cajuns defeated the Huskers twice in the three-game series... Next season, Nebraska is slated to make a return trip to "Tigue" Moore Field for a four-game series that includes a Saturday doubleheader. SERIES MEETINGS (TIED 2-2) 2/24/01 L, 3-6 at Lafayette (Mardi Gras Classic) 5/2/03 W, 4-2 at Lincoln 5/3/03 L, 2-6 at Lincoln 5/4/03 W, 8-2 at Lincoln UP NEXT - LOUISIANA TECH/McNEESE STATE. Louisiana returns home for its final pair of midweek contests next week against in-state rivals Louisiana Tech and McNeese State... Tuesday’s game against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs is "Armed Forces Night" as the Cajuns will don camoflagued uniforms and honor local members of the Armed Forces... Both Tuesday and Wednesday’s home games will be televised live on my KLAF-TV (Cox Channel 13) with Don Allen (PxP) and Dan McDonald (Color). SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE MAY 15 TO PUBLIC. Louisiana’s "Tigue" Moore Field will be the host site for the 2008 Sun Belt Baseball Championship May 21-24. The tournament will consist of a minimum of 13 games with as many as 15 games necessary to determine the conference tournament champion... Four games will be played on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, while as many as three games will be played on Saturday. Tickets to individual games are $12 for reserved seats (box, patio box and chairbacks) and $8 for General Admission seating (bleachers). The stadium wil be cleared following the conclusion of each tournament contest... The general public will be able to purchase booklets for all open seating beginning Thursday, May 15. For more information regarding the purchase of Sun Belt Baseball Championship tickets and tournament booklets, please contact the CAJUNDOME Ticket Office at (337) 265-2100. SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. Beginning Wednesday, April 30, season ticket holders will be able to purchase tournament booklets for their regular season seats which will include all 15 potential games of the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship. Tournament booklets are $75 for reserved seats and $40 for General Admission. As a season ticket holder, your seats will be held for your purchase until Wednesday, May 14. At that time, all unsold seating will go on sale to the general public... Because of Sun Belt Conference tournament requirements, some seats must be used for tournament personnel. Accommodations will be made for all those affected. MEDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SBC FAMILY NIGHT HOME RUN DERBY. As part of the pre-tournament festivities for the Sun Belt Baseball Championship at "The Tigue", members of the Lafayette media will be participating against Sun Belt Conference student-athletes in a home run derby on Tuesday, May 20... The eight media members will be divided up into two teams - the first team will consist of sports anchors from KLFY (TV 10) and KATC (TV 3), while the second team will feature members of Planet Radio and The Advertiser. center> RaginCajuns.com Chris Yandle

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I would love to see 2 wins this weekend, but will settle for one, or getting swept but giving em hell. Its all we can really hope for right now. Cmon Cajuns, shock the everliving ____ out of us.