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Louisiana Sweeps Away Another Sun Belt Contender
LAFAYETTE – The No. 25-ranked Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball crew used the pace and bat of Mihyia Davis to interrupt free from Texas State and one other spot-on look by Sam Landry within the circle to lock up a 7-0 victory on Sunday, April 16 that accomplished the collection sweep at Yvette Girouard Discipline at Lamson Park.
Louisiana (33-12, 14-1 SBC) maintained its two-game edge over Marshall for first place within the Solar Belt standings and picked up its third consecutive sweep over a Solar Belt contender (JMU, South Alabama and TXST).
The crew’s ninth consecutive convention win was put in movement within the third inning when Davis swiped second base, superior to 3rd on a throwing error and scored on Jourdyn Campbell’s grounder for a 1-0 lead.
The third-inning tally was the open door the Cajuns had been searching for in a scoreless affair, although the squad was by no means really threatened as beginning pitcher Meghan Schorman (3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 Ok) had handcuffed the Bobcats (26-18-1, 6-7-1) with a no-hitter via three full.
Louisiana widened the hole an inning later beginning with an Alexa Langeliers RBI double, then profiting from misplays and free passes to arrange a two-run double from Davis that stretched the benefit to 5-0 and chased Texas State beginning pitcher Karsen Pierce.
From there Landry, who obtained a three-pitch strikeout with the bases loaded to begin her aid look within the high of the fourth, continued her weekend mastery of the visiting Bobcats dealing with the minimal the over the ultimate three innings with the assistance of her protection that erased a leadoff single in seventh inning with an outfield relay throw from Davis.
Sophie Piskos’ one-out single and back-to-back walks issued by Jessica Mullins within the sixth inning led to Louisiana including the ultimate two runs for good measure. A caught stealing could be the one factor retaining the Ragin’ Cajuns from reaching the run rule.
Davis (2-for-4, double, 3 RBI) collected her team-leading 14th multiple-hit recreation and totaled a season-high three RBI. She completed with two stolen bases, growing her season complete to 37, and moved inside 5 hits of reaching the 50-mark in her collegiate debut marketing campaign.
Langeliers (1-for-3, double, RBI) took over the crew lead together with her thirty first RBI of the season approaching the fourth inning double. She joined Davis (3 RBI) and Lauren Allred (4 RBI) in producing a minimum of three RBI within the weekend collection.
Schorman and Landry limiting the Bobcats to only two hits accomplished the pitching employees’s dominance within the collection. The unit allowed just one earned run, yielded simply 10 hits, struck out 23 and held the guests to a .139 common over 21 innings of play.
Landry (12-4, 2.14 ERA) choosing up the win in aid tied her with Schorman (12-5, 1.91 ERA) for the crew lead with 12 victories. The duo every labored 8.0-plus innings within the collection, every surrendering solely 5 hits and mixed for 16 strikeouts.
Sunday’s outing continued the April resurgence from Landry who’s now 5-0 with a 0.89 ERA over her final eight appearances (5 begins) – all since April 1. Throughout the stretch, Landry has yielded solely six runs (4 earned) and 16 hits over 31-1/3 innings whereas placing out 29.
Louisiana picked up its first sweep of Texas State because the 2019 season and the primary sweep of the Bobcats at Lamson Park since 2016. The squad additionally gained a further three wins over High 50 RPI competitors, growing their complete to eight.
Louisiana upped its all-time collection lead over Texas State to 48-8 which now features a 22-5 edge in Solar Belt common season video games.
Including in Sunday’s win, the Ragin’ Cajuns moved to 9-0 within the present four-week stretch of matchups with Solar Belt contenders. The stretch started with sweeps of James Madison (March 31-April 2) and South Alabama (April 8-9) previous to assembly Texas State.
UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
Louisiana wraps up its temporary four-game homestand on Tuesday, April 18 internet hosting Southeastern Louisiana (37-9) in a 6:00 p.m. contest at Yvette Girouard Discipline at Lamson Park. The matchup with the Lions marks the ultimate midweek dwelling recreation of the season.
Following the Southeastern contest, the Ragin’ Cajuns journey to Troy, Alabama for a three-game Solar Belt collection with the Troy Trojans (29-13-1, 10-4-1 SBC). The weekend set in Troy is scheduled to run from Friday-Sunday, April 21-23 with all video games televised on ESPN+ at 6:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m., respectively.
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