Greg Fontenot now leads the team in multiple hit games with 12 following his Player of the Week-worthy stretch.

Chad Keefer has tallied 11 multiple hit games, good for a second-place tie with Les Smith, and leads with six multiple RBI games.

Smith is right behind Keefer for multiple-RBI games, tied with Scott Hawkins for second at six each.

Kyle Olasin has become the Cajuns’ most frequent leadoff hitter, starting in the No. 1 spot in 14 games, going 4-for-13 in the Cajuns’ first at bat.

The team is 9-5 with him batting first. Alex Fuselier and Brian Bowman are next, starting in lineup spot No. 1 six and five times each, respectively.

Fuselier has been called upon both on the mound and in the order twice, both times as the leadoff hitter. He has started the Cajuns off with a hit in three out of the six games he has batted in the leadoff spot.

Brian Bowman is 0-3 with two walks in the Cajuns’ first at bat, but the team is 3-1 with him batting first.

Kyle Bostick has gone first twice and is 1-for-2 in those at bats, while Greg Fontenot has led off the game once, hitting a single against FAU on March 15.

The lone strikeout for Cajuns’ batters versus UALR on Sunday, March 22, is the best figure of the season, beating the previous best of three set on March 8 at Arkansas State.

Louisiana had previously struck out at least six times in every game in which they posted 10 or more hits.

Senior Matt Hicks entered the 2009 campaign with 18 sacrifice hits, six short of the career mark of 24 held by Devon Bourque (2004-07). In the 14th on Friday,

Hicks laid down his first sac bunt of the year, giving him 19 for his career and posing him one bunt away from fourth on the all-time list. In each of the past four seasons, Louisiana has utilized the sacrifice bunt at least 50 times.

The Cajuns set the school record in 2006 with 57 sacrifice hits, and tied it with 57 again in 2008. Junior Will Long is close behind Hicks, with 15 sacrifice hits in his career.

More Stats
Courtesy of RaginCajuns.com

Games this week