SHOCKER Ragin Cajun Women Lose

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Extra innings costly in game two as women earn split on the day as UL beats Purdue, but then suffers first loss of season to Nicholls State.

Brooke Mitchell made it hard on the Purdue Boilermakers and Lacey Bertucci provided the difference at the plate Saturday as Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns posted a 3-1 victory on the second day of the Louisiana Classics.

Mitchell struck out 14 Purdue batters, allowing one hit and one unearned run.

Bertucci blasted a Brooke Baker pitch for a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning, a powerful line drive to left center field that left Ragin' Cajun Softball Park in a hurry.

But the Cajuns' 11-game winning streak was halted in the next contest, as Nicholls State scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 1-0 upset.

UL left another nine runners stranded in the defeat, reflecting a hit-and-miss weekend on offense. But Bertucci had no trouble providing the winning production against Purdue.

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Bruce Brown
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[RaisingCajun08]

Shocking indeed!

[El Sidonio]

Yes it was a shocker, but after seeing them almost beat the Lady Cajuns the first time around, it didn't surprise me too much. But let's do some math here. Last year, they won 60 and lost 8. That means they won 7.5 games in between each loss. So far at 13-1, the Lady Cajuns are on par so far to eclipse last years total. I'm also kinda glad they lost one so that their heads didn't get too big, and so that they'll now take EVERY opponent seriously. Here's to an appearance in the WCWS.

God Bless.

[Diapason]

I feel bad for Brooke who pitched great just no run support.

[LuLu]

It is very interesting to see the way the UL world views things. This thread;"SHOCKER Ragin Cajun Women Lose" was viewed, at this time, by 215 readers while the one below titled "Cajuns get back to winning ways" was viewed by 33 readers.
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What does this tell you?

[DaddyCajun]

Bats failed Brooke, but later came back with a vingence! Hopefully a wake up call for a team who said they had become a little complacent.

13-1 now, and that is great, but the teams we play are going to get tougher and tougher!

Grow with it Ladies!!


DaddyCajun!!