MONROE — Louisiana's Lady Cajuns ninth-ranked softball team unleashed an arsenal of weapons in its season openers here Saturday, pounding out 26 runs in wins over Kentucky and Gardner-Webb at the UL Monroe Mardi Gras Classic

The Ragin’ Cajuns (2-0) posted an 8-4 morning win over Kentucky (2-1) and came back later in the afternoon and routed Gardner-Webb (0-2) 18-4. Louisiana's Lady Cajuns will face Georgia Tech at 1 p.m. and tourney host ULM at 5 p.m. today.

Against UK, the Lady Cajuns got a solid pitching performance from junior Brooke Mitchell (1-0), who went six innings and struck out 12 batters while scattering seven hits.

At the plate, freshman Lacey Bertucci homered in her first collegiate plate appearance in the top of the second inning to tie the game 1-1. Bertucci ended the game 2-for-3, and Brittany Bryant also had a two-run homer in the fifth inning.

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