University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Sam Houston State
Cajuns End Season in Extra Innings
5/19/2007 5:00:00 AM | Softball
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ? For the second straight game in the College Station Regional, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns went into extra innings and, unfortunately for the Cajuns, the final result was the same. UL dropped a 2-1 eight-inning decision to
The Cajuns and Bearkats entered the bottom of the eighth inning of the low scoring contest with the score tied at one. SHS first baseman Amy Brown led off the inning flying out to centerfield and Casey Everitt, who was three-for-four in the game, reached on an error. Stephanie Mosley's bloop double into short right centerfield scored Everitt from first and the Bearkats had the 2-1 victory over the Cajuns.
Cajuns third baseman Melissa Verde took Bearkats starting pitcher Brandi Crnkovic's first pitch of the top of the second inning over the right field wall and
Everitt's solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning tied the score.
The Verde and Everitt solo home runs would be the only scoring in the game until the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Cajuns leaving a runner in scoring position in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.
Crnkovic pitched a complete game victory, checking the Cajuns on four hits and improving to 20-12.
Verde led the Cajuns at the plate with a three-for-three day, while Karli Hubbard had the Cajuns other hit.
