Following a frustrating regular season, UL's baseball team put together a late streak and advanced to a bracket final last weekend in the Sun Belt tournament. The Cajuns, though, saw their season end with back-to-back losses to eventual league tourney champion Middle Tennessee, falling short of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.

UL head coach Tony Robichaux, who earned his 800th career victory this season, is ready for the Cajuns (27-30-1, 14-15 Sun Belt) to return to the top of the conference after back-to-back subpar years.

In the first of a three-part series, Robichaux recently spoke with The Daily Advertiser about this season's struggles and what kept the team from reaching its potential.

•Question: After going 30-29 in 2008, the Cajuns posted the program's first losing overall record in 13 years this season and first sub-.500 mark in Sun Belt action since 2001. What frustrated you the most about this season?



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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • May 30, 2009