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RAIN HALTS TILT WITH LOUISIANA TECH IN NINTH ...March 10, 2000

RUSTON - A second round of heavy rain hit Ruston late Friay, causing the Louisiana-Lafayette's game with Louisiana Tech to be postponed with the Cajuns leading 11-2 in the ninth inning. The No. 18 Cajuns were threatening again with runners on first and second and one out when the skies opened up delivering rain and lightning. Through the first eight-plus innings, the Cajuns never were threatened, as Tech committed five errors that led to nine unearned runs. Meanwhile, junior right-hander Scott Dohmann was cruising through the Bulldog lineup. Dohmann, who one-hit the Bulldogs on May 2 in a 12-0 Cajun victory, wasn't as effective in this contest, but he didn't have to be. The Cajuns exploded for six runs in the sixth inning, their largest single-inning output of the season, to push their lead to 11-0. Nathan Nelson's two-run double was the big blow in the inning. Nelson, who had two hits and three RBIs when play was stopped, scored on a Will Hawkins' single. Hawkins and Nelson were two of the six Cajuns who had recorded more than one hit in the rain-shortened contest. Although his teammates provided him with ample run support, Dohmann clearly didn't need much. The junior allowed eight hits, but was touched for only two runs through eight innings. Dohmann walked only one batter while striking out a career-high 13. Dohmann had blanked the Bulldogs through 5.2 innings before Cullen Simmons plated Eric Gashel with a two-out single in the sixth. The final inning will be played tomorrow at 1 p.m. as a prelude to the teams' regularly scheduled nine-inning contest. Eric Templet (5-0) will take the mound for the Cajuns in today's game against Tech's Robert Ogle (4-1).

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

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