BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns saw their record 33-game Sun Belt Conference winning streak halted here Saturday, but bounced back in style for a softball split with Western Kentucky.

The Cajuns opened the door for the Lady Toppers with a pair of errors that helped the home team to a 3-2 victory in the first game as all three runs against UL All-American Brooke Mitchell (25-7) were unearned.

In Game 2, the visitors powered four home runs and had a season-high 17 hits en route to a 13-5 victory behind undefeated Heather Bobbitt (13-0).

No. 14 Louisiana is now 41-8 overall and 13-1 in league play heading into today's noon doubleheader with WKU (28-19, 9-5). The Cajuns can clinch a fifth straight Sun Belt regular-season title with two more victories.

Senior Jill Robertson's drop of a two-out fly ball with the bases loaded in the second inning gave WKU its first two runs of the opener.

In the fifth inning with runners at first and second with one out, second baseman Brittany Bryant muffed a throw from third baseman Tiffany Hebert on a sacrifice bunt. That allowed pinch runner Renikka Toliver to score the eventual winning run.

UL scored one run in the fourth inning when Ashley Evans led off with her seventh home run of the season. Robertson walked with two out in the fifth, stole second and scored on a Danyele Gomez single to temporarily tie it at 2-2.

The second game was more like it for coach Stefni Lotief as the Cajuns erupted for three runs in the first inning and never looked back.

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