University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Prepare To Finish Season On a High Note
5/6/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Cajuns
Prepare To Finish Season On a High Note
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns baseball team will return from a seven game road trip this Wednesday night to face in-state rival Nicholls State at 6:30 pm. The Cajuns will be looking to avenge a 15-5 loss in Thibodeaux earlier in the season and return to Moore Field after going 6-1 on the recent road trip with a conference sweep in New Orleans and two wins against a Nebraska team ranked as high as fourth in the nation.
UL Lafayette stands just a game and a half out of first place in the Sun Belt standings with six conference games remaining, a road trip this weekend against Arkansas State and a final home series against South Alabama. The Cajuns have won eight of their last nine games and find themselves just three games under the .500 mark after opening the season just 7-20.
The Ragin' Cajuns pitching staff currently leads the Sun Belt conference with a combined 4.40 ERA on the year. The Cajun bats have played a key role in turning around the season and since entering conference play hitting just .236 as a team the Cajuns have increased their season average to .275 and are currently tops in the Sun Belt with a .308 average in conference games. Junior left fielder Corey Coles leads the Sun Belt with a .453 average in conference games.
Senior left-handed pitcher Andy Gros (4-6, 4.34 ERA) will make the start for UL Lafayette against Nicholls State on Wednesday. Gros was honored as Sun Belt pitcher of the week after going 2-0 with road wins at Southeastern La. and Nebraska this past week. Nicholls State will go with right-hander Robby Hebert (3-5, 5.94 ERA).
Following Nicholls State, the Cajuns will open a crucial conference series in Jonesboro, Arkansas against the Arkansas State Indians beginning Friday at 2 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm, but was moved to an earlier time due to graduation ceremonies taking place. Game two will take place Saturday at 2 pm and Sunday's final game of the three game series will be start at 1 pm.
Louisiana-Lafayette has secured a spot in the 2003 Sun Belt Conference Tournament to be held in Lafayette at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field on May 21-24 and tickets are currently on sale for the general public and can be purchased at the Cajundome ticket office by calling 265-2100.
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