UL Softball Drops Two to Oklahoma

[UL_Cajuns]

Coach Ali cost us this game. Let the girls swing. Unbelievable over thinking going on !
AShame a great pitching performance against one of the best hitting teams in the country ruined by a failed safety squeeze.

[60swerethebest]

Noble had a great game. Tough loss. Missed opportunity against a great team. Fun game. Not a fan of endless bunts.

[cajunref]

Someone mentioned a while back that small ball would cost us a game or two this season. Well it cost them today.

Guilty.

[NewsCopy]

Louisiana Softball received a strong pitching effort from Bethaney Noble that kept No. 4 Oklahoma within reach in a 2-1 loss on Sunday, March 8 at Love's Field in Norman, Oklahoma on the final day of Okana Invitational.

In the day's second game, Louisiana made the quick turnaround and pushed No. 4 Oklahoma to the end before falling by a run.

The Sooners (23-2) scored the game's decisive runs in the third inning when Ella Parker hit a two-run home run to snap a scoreless tie.

Noble (6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K) clamped down afterward, holding Oklahoma scoreless the rest of the way and finishing with two runs allowed on five hits across six innings.

Louisiana broke through in the sixth when Kennedy Marceaux (1-for-2, BB, HR, RBI) homered down the left-field line to cut the deficit to 2-1. Haley Hart followed with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, but OU escaped the threat with a double play.

The Cajuns were limited to three hits in the contest, with Marceaux, Hart and Smith each recording one. Noble held a Sooners offense that entered the day batting .469 to five hits, well below its double-figure runs average and the lowest output since the season opener on February 5.

The win pulled OU ahead, at 17-16, in the all-time series with UL which now includes a 9-3 advantage in Norman.

Sunday's outing brought a close to the non-conference weekend tournament portion of the 2026 season.

Louisiana will be in Sun Belt play on weekends moving forward, starting off with the league-opening series in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 against Southern Miss at the USM Softball Complex.

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[CajunGator]

It’s amazing how one little lady can get your goat with a simple bunt

You are an idiot of sports

[CajunVic]

You are an idiot of sports

I’m going to bunt on that one

[zephyr]

He really dislikes cajun fans

[CajunVic]

He really dislikes cajun fans

that is a poor generalization huge over exaggeration . . . first, I don’t dislike anyone . . . second, often time the many of the few Cajun fans who post on social media will overreact to situations in Cajun sports and a select few are very vocal with their over reaction . . . in such instances I may try to be a balancing point on the issue - no more, no less . . .

[VObserver]

Coach Ali cost us this game. Let the girls swing. Unbelievable over thinking going on !
AShame a great pitching performance against one of the best hitting teams in the country ruined by a failed safety squeeze.

It wasn't a safety squeeze, it was a suicide squeeze, but same outcome.