Lady Cajuns vs Lady Raiders

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Sunday at Lady Raider Field

Game one
#9 Louisiana(52-6, 18-0): 3
Middle Tennessee: 1

Game two
#9 Louisiana(52-6, 18-0): 6
Middle Tennessee: 3

[CajunCall]

52 wins has got to be a record.

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Louisiana’s Lady Cajun softball team entered this weekend having already wrapped up its fourth consecutive Sun Belt Conference regular season championship.

All that was left to determine was if the ninth-ranked Cajuns could complete its sweep of the Sun Belt regular season slate.

Thanks to a two-run double in the fifth inning from Ashley Evans, the Cajuns were able to complete a come-from-behind 6-3 victory over host Middle Tennessee in Sunday’s nightcap, and exit the weekend as the first team in league history to end the season with a perfect record in conference play.

Evans’ double scored Danyele Gomez and Holly Tankersley to help the Cajuns erase a 3-2 deficit and finish the season with an 18-0 Sun Belt record.

Earlier in the day, the Cajuns used another strong outing from Brooke Mitchell to post a 3-1 opening-game win. Mitchell struck out 10 MTSU hitters for her 26th double-digit strikeout game of the season.

Louisiana (52-6, 18-0 Sun Belt) completed the four-game sweep of the Lady Raiders (31-21, 11-9) and extended the team’s win streak to 11 straight overall and 21 straight in Sun Belt play.

The win also kept the Cajuns perfect (20-0) all-time against the Lady Raiders.

The nightcap win also was the 200th for head coach Stefni Lotief in her fourth season at the helm of the program.

The Cajuns return to action Thursday in the Sun Belt Tournament at Ragin’ Cajun Softball Park. The top-seeded Cajuns will face the winner of the Western Kentucky-North Texas first round game at 6:30 p.m.

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