By all measures, the first half of UL's 2008-09 golf season was a success, and a solid start to the Ragin' Cajuns' new era under first-year coach Theo Sliman.

But it's the spring season that matters most. That's when the Cajuns played their way into 10 NCAA Tournament appearances in now-retired coach Bob Bass' 18 years, and Sliman knows the spring is where it counts.

"I know we're a more experienced team after the first semester," Sliman said, "but we have to take the same approach and continue where we left off. We had a great fall, but we've still got a long season ahead of us."

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Dan McDonald • danmcdonald@cox.net • February 4, 2009