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Louisiana Cruises Past SFA to Finish Off Opening Weekend Sweep
LAFAYETTE – A bunch effort on the plate and one other lockdown efficiency within the circle produced a 12-0 (5 inn.) win for the No. 20-ranked Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball crew over SFA on Sunday, February 12 at Yvette Girouard Discipline at Lamson Park, finishing a sweep of Opening Weekend and the thirty seventh Annual Louisiana Classics.
Louisiana (4-0) had 11 completely different gamers document a base hit and acquired RBI from 5 completely different people in matching its season-high runs complete (12) and posting the very best hits complete (13) of the weekend.
Sam Landry (4.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 Okay) labored round early free passes, yielded only one base hit and added six extra strikeouts to her weekend complete (completed with 19). Tyler Oubre retired SFA (3-2) so as, selecting up two strikeouts, for her second scoreless inning of aid on the younger season.
Landry’s third strikeout of the underside of the primary inning left the Lumberjacks with the bases loaded after being the primary crew to pose a risk.
The Ragin’ Cajuns didn’t waste their second alternative of the day on the plate as Jourdyn Campbell walked, Sophie Piskos singled and Victoria Valdez adopted with a house run off the scoreboard in proper discipline for a 3-0 lead.
Louisiana saved the strain on as Lauren Allred drew a stroll and Cecilia Vasquez’s ground-rule double had runners at second and third nonetheless with no outs. The Ragin’ Cajuns went on to double the run complete earlier than SFA might escape the half inning, getting runs off a Kramer Eschete grounder, Karly Heath’s looper into proper discipline and a Lumberjacks throwing error.
Landry turned SFA away once more within the second inning after runners reached second and third after a double steal, then Vasquez delivered the knockout punch along with her grand slam 4 batters into the third inning that stretched the result in 10-0.
The Lumberjacks went away quietly as Landry and Oubre mixed to retire the ultimate 9 batters the guests despatched to the plate.
Laney Credeur’s first residence run of the season, a two-run shot to proper heart within the fifth inning, accomplished the scoring and introduced the Ragin’ Cajuns closing complete for Opening Weekend to 42 runs scored over 20 journeys to the plate.
Vasquez had the most important day on the plate to this point in her collegiate rookie season, doubling and launching her first residence run. She completed 2-for-3 within the contest with a game-high 4 RBI and raised her team-leading weekend batting common to .636 (7-for-11, 2 doubles, HR, 6 RBI).
Valdez was the opposite Ragin’ Cajuns rookie to affix the house run celebration along with her three-run shot within the third inning that opened the scoring. She posted her early season-best of three RBI and prolonged her hitting streak to 4 video games.
Piskos (2-for-2, 2 runs) singled in each of her plate appearances to collected her second multiple-hit recreation of the weekend.
Sunday’s win moved Louisiana on the verge of accumulating the 1,800th win in program historical past, now just one win away. The Ragin’ Cajuns head to the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational standing at 1,799 program victories.
The Ragin’ Cajuns defeated SFA for the second time within the Louisiana Classics event, extending their collection win streak over the Lumberjacks to 11 video games.
UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
No. 20 Louisiana heads to the state of Florida for a key seven-game highway journey that begins Thursday-Sunday, February 16-19 on the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational in Clearwater, Florida.
Whereas in Clearwater the Ragin’ Cajuns are set to face an all-Energy 5 slate that features Indiana, Michigan, plus nationally ranked Oklahoma State, Arkansas, UCLA and Florida State. Play begins on Thursday, February 16 vs. Indiana at 12:00 p.m. (CST).
The Ragin’ Cajuns then journey to Orlando, Florida for a Mardi Gras day (Feb. 21) assembly with nationally ranked UCF earlier than returning residence.
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