Lady Cajuns Open Women's College World Series with Kentucky

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns will head to Oklahoma City for their sixth Women's College World Series in school history and first since 2008, where they will take on No. 14 Kentucky on Thursday, May 29 at 6 p.m. in the first round.

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[tank]

MAKE IT HAPPEN LADIES !!!!!

[jllanclos]

By the way, they are not the "Lady Cajuns." They are the "Ragin' Cajuns."

[Turbine]

By the way, they are not the "Lady Cajuns." They are the "Ragin' Cajuns."

The two are NOT mutually exclusive!

Of course they are Ragin' Cajuns.

Who came up with that mutually exclusive nonsense?

[GeauxCajuns]

are we the home team tonight or visitors? i know we are the higher seed, but that slot was for the 3 seed that 14kentucky took, so are they the home team tonight.

i would rather bat 1st and start out like we did against zona on saturday

[SlappyCajun]

The two are NOT mutually exclusive!

Of course they are Ragin' Cajuns.

Who came up with that mutually exclusive nonsense?

I guess Coach Mike who asked that the team not be called Lady Cajuns and prefers Ragin Cajuns.

[Turbine]

I guess Coach Mike who asked that the team not be called Lady Cajuns and prefers Ragin Cajuns.

Coaches don't change school colors or traditions.

They are Ragin' Cajuns!

Besides he has called them "Ladies" "Girls" "Kids" thousands of times.

[jllanclos]

Coaches don't change school colors or traditions.

They are Ragin' Cajuns!

Besides he has called them "Ladies" "Girls" "Kids" thousands of times.

Point taken. Geaux Cajuns!

[cajun4life]

With the wave of momentum that we have been riding we need to win the whole damn thing!

[ATXCajun]

I guess Coach Mike who asked that the team not be called Lady Cajuns and prefers Ragin Cajuns.

Female athletes at UL have not been Lady Cajuns for a long time. There were a lot of good reasons to change (gender equity, branding, trademarks, media consistency, solidarity) and really no reason to keep it.

Grammar-wise, the use of "lady" as an adjective is generally negative because it becomes a qualifer (ex. That lady doctor doesn't know what she is talking about.). The singular noun can also be negative depending on the context.

The plural noun refers to the female gender in a general way, without qualification. Therefore, a statement like "Bring home a national championship, ladies!" should be well received.