The Book 2009 LAdy Cajuns Softball

[4LSU]

_ Against the weakest field of teams the Cajuns have ever had for a softball tourney.....no great accomplishment.

Z

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Nice piece of firepower you are highlighting there...should I stay away from Lafayette for a tad?

Oh, congrats on the softball title this weekend.

[Zeebart21]

_ Nice piece of firepower you are highlighting there...should I stay away from Lafayette for a tad?

Oh, congrats on the softball title this weekend. _

Lonnie, you actually make more sense than alot of our more recent posters...stick around.

Hope all is well.

Z

[CajunDreDog]

Z,

I like your new avatar...just keep that thing pointed away from me.

dre

[Zeebart21]

_ Z,

I like your new avatar...just keep that thing pointed away from me.

dre _

you just make sure you're never on the business end of that sucker.



Z

[CajunDreDog]

you just make sure you're never on the business end of that sucker.



Z

Hammer asked for the business end already!
https://forumeus.com/sh...t=17561&page=7

I say give it to him if he asked for it.

I'm standing behind at all times.....way back too

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  UL - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns softball team welcomes Connecticut, Kentucky and San Diego State to Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park for the Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Invitational on Friday through Sunday, Feb. 20-22.

The Lady Cajuns will play back-to-back games on Friday as they take on UConn at 4:00 p.m. and Kentucky at 6:30 p.m.

Louisiana opens up play at Noon on Saturday against San Diego State, before taking on the Wildcats at 5:00 p.m.

On the final day of the tournament, the LAdy Cajuns and Aztecs square off at 11:30 a.m. in the final game of the tournament.

The Ragin’ Cajuns enter the weekend ranked No. 20 according to the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll. UL is ranked 18th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll.

Pitcher Donna Bourgeois was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second consecutive week. Bourgeois was named the Louisiana Classics Most Outstanding Player, after making five appearances with a 4-0 record with a save. She boasted a 0.32 ERA in 21.2 innings pitched, allowing just one earned run on the week. Bourgeois struckout 36 batters compared to just four walks.

Gabriele Bridges picked up her first Sun Belt accolade of the season as she was named Player of the Week. Bridges was named to the Louisiana Classics All-Tournament team, batting .467 on the weekend, finishing the tournament 7-for-15 with four home runs, including a grand slam and three doubles. Bridges scored seven runs on the weekend while driving in a team best 11 RBI.

The Lady Cajuns swept the 2008 Louisiana Classics Softball Tournament last weekend, defeating Lipscomb, Louisiana Tech, Providence, Nicholls State and McNeese State. The Ragin’ Cajuns placed Bridges, Vallie Gaspard, Karli Hubbard, Katie Smith and Melissa Verde on the Louisiana Classics All-Tournament Team. Bourgeois was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament Schedule

Friday, Feb. 20
11:00 a.m. – Kentucky vs. San Diego State
1:30 p.m. – San Diego State vs. UConn
4:00 p.m. – Louisiana vs. UConn
6:30 p.m. – Louisiana vs. Kentucky

Saturday, Feb. 21
12:00 p.m. – Louisiana vs. San Diego State
2:30 p.m. – Uconn vs. Kentucky
5:00 p.m. – Louisiana vs. Kentucky
7:30 p.m. – San Diego State vs. UConn

Sunday, Feb. 22
9:00 a.m. – Kentucky vs. UConn
11:30 a.m. – Louisiana vs. San Diego State

Scouting the Opposition
The University of Connecticut softball team was picked fifth in the preseason coaches’ poll released by the BIG EAST Conference. The Huskies finished 28-22 last season, including a 13-7 record in the conference, which was good enough for third place.

Kentucky had an impressive start to its season last week at the Desert Classic hosted by UNLV. UK opened its 12th season of softball with an 11-9 win over Oregon. The Wildcats followed that with an 8-0 five-inning shutout over Hawaii. Kentucky capped off the weekend with a 7-1 win over UNLV.

San Diego State enters the weekend after playing a pair of tournaments. The Mardi Gras Invitational will mark the first trip outside of the state of California for the Aztecs. San Diego State enters the weekend with a 4-5 record with four of their five losses coming at the hands of ranked opponents.

RaginCajuns.com

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  UL - Connecticut was making its season debut in Friday's Mardi Gras Invitational.

And the UL Ragin' Cajuns were considerate hosts, giving the Huskies a few extra innings of work.

But in the 10th inning of Friday's third game, the Lady Cajuns exploded for five runs, capped off by a grand slam by Melissa Verde to rally past the Huskies 9-4.

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Brady Aymond • baymond@theadvertiser.com • February 21, 2009

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 The UL Ragin' Cajun softball team likes to give the fans their money's worth.

After playing a 10-inning marathon game against Connecticut in their first game of the Mardi Gras Invitational, the Cajuns turned around and played a nine-inning affair with the Kentucky Wildcats.

The Lady Cajuns won both extra-inning contests and upped their record to 8-2 on the year as the Mardi Gras Invitational kicked off and played well into the night.

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Brady Aymond • baymond@theadvertiser.com • February 21, 2009

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  Ashley Brignac wasn't at her best on Saturday.

And that doesn't bode well for future UL opponents.

Brignac tossed the fourth no-hitter of her career and struck out eight batters as the Cajuns blanked the San Diego State Aztecs 1-0 in the first game of Saturday's Mardi Gras Invitational at Alfred and Helen Lamson Park.

"It feels good to be back out there," Brignac said. "Everything is feeling good, being out there with my teammates. We're going to fight every pitch, and that's what we did."

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Brady Aymond • baymond@theadvertiser.com • February 22, 2009

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  The UL softball team is not a group of violent girls.

But given the chance, they'll slap you silly.

"I kind of like the new t-shirt that's hanging in the souvenir shop that says 'Don't make me slap you,'" UL coach Stefni Lotief said.

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Brady Aymond • baymond@theadvertiser.com • February 23, 2009

 

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  Coaches can't plan adversity, but it's always nice to experience it early in the season.

The UL softball coaches didn't plan on playing 19 innings on Friday before turning around and playing the early game on Saturday and having their late game with Kentucky rained out in the third inning.

But it happened nonetheless and the Cajuns (10-2) survived the test unscathed as they wrapped up the three-day Mardi Gras Invitational with a 5-0 win over San Diego State on Sunday at Alfred and Helen Lamson Park to finish the weekend with a perfect 4-0 record.

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Brady Aymond • baymond@theadvertiser.com • February 23, 2009

[BeauCajun]

Per this week's NFCA/USA Today Top 25 poll the Lady Cajuns move up from 20 to 16.

http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=1