Red Wolves shock UL in SBC opener

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. ? Arkansas State managed to do what only one Sun Belt Conference baseball team could during the second half of the regular season.

Find a way to beat UL.

After enduring a 90-minute delay due to inclement weather, the second-seeded Ragin' Cajuns fell to the seventh-seeded Red Wolves, 8-6, on Wednesday night in the first round of the league tournament at Middle Tennessee's Reese Smith Field.

UL (37-19) grabbed a 3-0 lead after three innings, but Arkansas State (29-26) used a five-run fourth to eventually pull the upset.

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[CajunZ1]

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[cajun2bag]

Look on the bright side....maybe we can send middle packing and at least get some revenge on them....they always seem to beat us in the tournament. My 2 years at UL we were beaten by them twice with one of the games being an elimination game.

I sure hope Zach deals today!

[HoustonCajun]

_ Look on the bright side....maybe we can send middle packing and at least get some revenge on them....they always seem to beat us in the tournament. My 2 years at UL we were beaten by them twice with one of the games being an elimination game.

I sure hope Zach deals today! _

MT lost to Troy and finished early in the morning, so they are coming at us with little rest and facing our #1 pitcher with our backs to the wall. No excuses for this game. Let's win in and let's win this tournament.

[cajun2bag]

_ MT lost to Troy and finished early in the morning, so they are coming at us with little rest and facing our #1 pitcher with our backs to the wall. No excuses for this game. Let's win in and let's win this tournament. _

I concur, we need to win 2 more games in the tournament....I would rather us not win the tournament I think it would be best for us to go 2-2 and not burn everyone out from playing 5 games in 3 days... Winning the tournament really does little for us, rather we are a 2 or 3 next week it doesn't matter you have to win and I would rather us be fresh than not...

We have bigger fish to fry next week.

[cajun2bag]

_ I concur, we need to win 2 more games in the tournament....I would rather us not win the tournament I think it would be best for us to go 2-2 and not burn everyone out from playing 5 games in 3 days... Winning the tournament really does little for us, rather we are a 2 or 3 next week it doesn't matter you have to win and I would rather us be fresh than not...

We have bigger fish to fry next week. _

before I get bashed, I'm not rooting against us. Besides if a team other than FAU or us wins the tournament the belt will be a lock for 3 teams.

[Rebel02]

before I get bashed, I'm not rooting against us. Besides if a team other than FAU or us wins the tournament the belt will be a lock for 3 teams.

I don't think anyone would ever accuse you of rooting against the Cajuns. If they do, they obviously don't know who you are and how much you contributed to the program.

But I do agree with what you are saying about being fresh next week. It would be great to win the conference tournament, but I'd rather win a regional than win the Sun Belt tournament.

igeaux.mobi

[wcd35]

_ I concur, we need to win 2 more games in the tournament....I would rather us not win the tournament I think it would be best for us to go 2-2 and not burn everyone out from playing 5 games in 3 days... Winning the tournament really does little for us, rather we are a 2 or 3 next week it doesn't matter you have to win and I would rather us be fresh than not...

We have bigger fish to fry next week. _

How much of a disadvantage is it really to have to play past midnight and go at it with less than 12 hours between games? You think it will be noticeable in their hitting/fielding not being as sharp necessarily? You ever been in the situation MT are in?

We can all speculate as outsiders that it would seem like a big disadvantage, but I wanted to ask someone with a little more experience

[Cajun90]

before I get bashed, I'm not rooting against us. Besides if a team other than FAU or us wins the tournament the belt will be a lock for 3 teams.

Skip Bertman could have cared less about the SEC tournament every year.

I think many teams who are comfortably in the regionals at seasons end arent' well focused on conference tournament play. I think it is fair to say that often stands true for the coaching staffs as well. Just don't ask anyone of them to actually admit to that fact.

[cajun2bag]

_ How much of a disadvantage is it really to have to play past midnight and go at it with less than 12 hours between games? You think it will be noticeable in their hitting/fielding not being as sharp necessarily? You ever been in the situation MT are in?

We can all speculate as outsiders that it would seem like a big disadvantage, but I wanted to ask someone with a little more experience _

Actually yes. In 2004 we beat middle and the game was not over until around midnight. We got back to the hotel and in bed for 1:30. We had 7:00 AM batting practice the next day. We played Middle again, and got our asses kicked...