For each of the past 10 years, Melissa Verde and her father have traveled to Oklahoma City to watch the nation's best collegiate softball teams compete in the Women's College World Series.

The dynamics of this year's trip to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium will be a little different for UL's sophomore third baseman. Instead of watching from the stands, she and her Ragin' Cajuns teammates will be one of eight teams on the field playing for a national championship.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • May 29, 2008


[igm] The dynamics of this year's trip to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium will be a little different for UL's sophomore third baseman. Instead of watching from the stands, she and her Ragin' Cajuns teammates will be one of eight teams on the field playing for a national championship. [/igm]