Lady Cajuns 2005 Post Season Run

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Cajuns' offensive explosion impresses coach Lotief

Stefni Lotief has seen her Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns do some impressive things this season, but this time they outdid themselves.

The Sun Belt Conference champions unleashed four home runs to tie an NCAA Tournament record on Friday in a 7-5 opening round win over Oregon in Region 14 play at the University of Oklahoma.

"The offense stole the show," Lotief said while watching Friday night's game between host OU and Wichita State, with that victor meeting UL today at 1 p.m. in winners' bracket action.

"They came out swinging the bats. Kudos to Michael (husband and co-head coach Michael Lotief) for getting them ready to play. The offense put a lot of pressure on.

"They came out swinging. They were focused and intense."

Danyele Gomez started the barrage with a solo shot in the first inning, her 20th of the campaign.

Lacey Bertucci provided a three-run blast in the fourth - her 16th - to up the count to 4-0.

Tiffany Hebert found the perfect time to hit her first circuit shot of the season with a solo effort in the sixth.

And senior catcher Joy Webre provided an insurance run with a homer in the seventh.

"Danyele set the tone," Lotief said, "but if it hadn't been her it would have been somebody else the way we were swinging the bat.

"It was very hot, but nothing phased them."

In fact, Webre's solo homer came after the game was delayed by a switch in umpires required when the heat became too much for one of the crew.

The four home runs bring the Cajuns' season total to 80.

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Bruce Brown
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NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 14-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette softball team slammed four home runs -- tying an NCAA tournament single-game record -- in a 7-5 victory over Oregon on Friday in an NCAA regional opener at the University of Oklahoma.

The victory sets up the Ragin' Cajuns (51-8), the regional's No. 3 seed, with a showdown at 1 p.m. today against top-seeded Oklahoma, in a rematch of their regional final of a year ago. The Sooners blanked Wichita State, 2-0.

Louisiana (51-8) teed off on Oregon's Amy Harris for the second time in postseason play. Harris was the pitcher of record in the Cajuns' 6-4 win over the Ducks in an NCAA regional two years ago in Fullerton, Calif., which propelled UL-Lafayette into the Women's College World Series.

On that day, Harris lasted only one-third of an inning, giving up four runs.

Friday in Norman the Cajuns touched Harris for four home runs, getting one apiece from Danyele Gomez, Lacey Bertucci, Tiffany Hebert and Joy Webre.

Hebert and Webre's homers were solo shots, but they were runs that Cajuns used after Oregon made a late push in the sixth inning.

Second-seeded Oregon (34-24) was held at bay by UL-Lafayette starter Brooke Mitchell (28-7, 0.92 earned run average), who pitched 52/3 innings while the offense built its lead.

Heather Bobbitt relieved Mitchell with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning after Beth Boskovich's three-run home run pulled Oregon within 6-5.

Bobbitt pitched 11/3 innings of hitless relief for her second save.

"It was a thriller and a well-played game on both sides," said UL co-head coach Stefni Lotief. "It was hot out there but it was nice the way we swung the bat.

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Bottom of 5th
Cajuns--0
Sonners-3

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Robertson blast one to tie the game at 3-3. her 5th of the year

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Robertson blast one to tie the game at 3-3. her 5th of the year

Geaux Cajuns we are right back in the game.

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now 5 to 3 sooners leading top 6th.

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the umpires are really calling a one sided game and not in our favor. 5-3 going to the bottom of the 6th

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now 7 to 3

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Cajuns lose 7-3 and move on to a match up with either Oregon or Wichita tonight in the losers bracket. Let's move on and take it to whoever we have to face.

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Cajuns lose 7-3 and move on to a match up with either Oregon or Wichita tonight in the losers bracket. Let's move on and take it to whoever we have to face.

Cajun lose 6 to 3 I made a mistake on the score earlier, the only good that comes from this is we will get a game rest while the loser plays back to back.

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JMV do you think we will see brooke again at all in this tourny. Her ribs seemed to give her a lot of problems yesterday and forced her to work out of some bad situations. I think Bobbit and Kershberg can handle it, what do you think?