Softball Closes Week-Long Road Stretch With Sun Belt Series at App State

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team returns to Sun Belt Conference play and reaches the final destination of its Spring Break road trip when the team arrives in Boone, N.C. for a weekend series with App State from Friday-Sunday, April 22-24 at Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium.

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[SlickRick]

When you consider we're starting anywhere from 5-6 true Fr this season, the numbers to Kneaux are very impressive:

NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
.192: The Ragin' Cajuns pitching staff has limited the opposition to a .192 average. Opponents hit sub-.200, combined, over the first five weeks of the season.
2.62: Louisiana enters the weekend ranked No. 1 nationally averaging 2.62 stolen bases per game (110 swipes in 42 games).
6: The six triples posted by Stormy Kotzelnick are two shy of the program record (8) set by Lana Jimenez both in 1995 and 1997.
8-0: Entering the App State series, Sam Landry stands unbeaten (8-0) in Sun Belt Conference play.
12: There are 12 different players who have combined to give Louisiana its 49 home runs.
17: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has generated double-digit runs in 17 games (16-1 record). Louisiana ranks Top 5 nationally averaging 7.3 runs per game.
20: Louisiana's pitching staff has yielded only 20 home runs to the opposition through 268 innings.
20: The team total of 20 triples produced marks the most by a Louisiana Softball squad since the exact amount was recorded in 1998.
22: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced double-digit hits in 22 games.
24: Quick strikes are not uncommon for the Ragin' Cajuns who have scored in the first inning in 24 of the season's 42 games. The squad has had a first-inning tally in each of the first three games so far on this week's Spring Break trip (St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana).
25: Louisiana's pitching staff has limited foes to two runs or less in 25 of the season's 42 games (25-0 record).
25: Stormy Kotzelnick leads the Ragin' Cajuns with 25 extra base hits (13 doubles, 6 triples, 6 home runs).
26: Team-leading stolen base total for Maddie Hayden (14 swipes in SBC play).
27-2: Louisiana's record when scoring first.
.360: Louisiana ranks second nationally with a .360 team batting average. The figure has been .350 or above the entire season.
.371: The Ragin' Cajuns' batting average in Sun Belt Conference play leading to an average of 7.8 runs per game.
49: Sun Belt foes have been limited to 49 base hits over a combined 82-2/3 innings pitched in conference play by Sam Landry and Kandra Lamb.
65%: Of the 20 total hits posted by Karly Heath, she's seen 65 percent go for extra bases (13 out of 20).
70: Nation-leading total of consecutive conference series won for Louisiana, a streak which began in March 2013.
141/131: The Ragin' Cajuns hitters have drawn more walks (141) than they have struck out (131).
140-44: Louisiana's runs-scored advantage over the opposition in Sun Belt Conference play.
156: Total number of extra base hits produced by Louisiana's offense (87 doubles, 20 triples, 49 home runs).
3,312: When the App State series begins on Friday, April 22 in Boone, a total of 3,312 days will have passed since Louisiana's streak of 70 consecutive Sun Belt Conference series won began back on March 29, 2013.

[VObserver]

Nice work Rick.

I believe that in a couple of weeks you can add 23: The number of consecutive years UL has been in the NCAA Tournament.