Welcome to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, where dreams come true every year for a select group of softball players at the Women's College World Series.

To help his players feel more at home in new surroundings, UL co-coach Michael Lotief brought a bottle filled with dirt from the team's home field, Lamson Park.

During practice on Wednesday, Lotief had each of his players sprinkle some of that hometown dirt at their respective position in the field at ASA Stadium. Lotief then put poured some dirt from the field into the bottle to take back to Lafayette.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • May 30, 2008