University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Florida Atlantic
UL Opens FAU Series with Pair of Shutouts
4/15/2009 1:15:00 AM | Softball
In her inning, Cuevas struck out a pair of batters without surrendering a hit or a walk.
Offensively, the Cajuns were led by Gabriele Bridges. The sophomore slugger finished the day 3-for-5 with a double, a walk and a pair of runs scored.
Lana Bowers and Karli Hubbard each batted .500 on the day, finishing 3-for-6 each. Hubbard finished with a pair of doubles and an RBI, while Bowers had a double and a pair of runs batted in.
GAME 1 RECAP
Bourgeois earned the victory in game one. She tossed four shutout innings, striking out seven batters. After allowing a leadoff walk in the first inning, Bourgeois retired 11 batters in a row before allowing a base runner. All seven of her strikeouts came in the stretch of 11 consecutive batters retired.
Offensively, five different UL players each had a pair of hits to total 10 hits in the game. Bowers, Bridges, Kelly Cormier, Hubbard and Christi Orgeron each had two hits apiece in game one with Bowers, Bridges, Hubbard and Orgeron each collecting doubles in the game.
Bowers led all Cajuns with two runs batted in and Bowers, Cormier and Orgeron each scored a pair of runs each.
The Cajuns threatened in the top of the second inning, but were unable to take the lead. With one out, Bridges reached base on an infield singe to short. She moved to second as Bowers made it to first on an error by the Owls. A walk to Orgeron loaded the bases, but a strikeout and a foul out ended the inning and left the score tied at 0-0.
UL tacked on three more runs in the top of the fifth inning. With one out in the first inning, the Ragin' Cajuns pieced together four consecutive hits to take an 8-0 lead. Bridges doubled down the right field line and Bowers, Orgeron and Cormier followed with singles to give the Cajuns their first run of the inning. A fielding error by the hosts allowed two more runs to score and saw UL in front
GAME 2 RECAP
The Ragin' Cajuns completed the two-game sweep with a 1-0 victory in game two. The Cajuns scored a run in the top of the fifth inning that proved to be the difference in the game as the Cajuns' pitching kept Florida Atlantic off the scoreboard.
For the second straight game, Bourgeois came through with a stellar effort. The sophomore scattered four hits in the game ? all singles ? and allowed only one batter to reach scoring position in the entire game. Bourgeois struck out six batters in the game and did not allow a walk.
Aside from the pitching, the story of the game was the
Offensively, the Cajuns collected four hits in the game. Bowers, Bridges, Hubbard and Melissa Verde each had hits in the game.
The Cajuns broke a scoreless deadlock in the top of the fifth inning. Bridges led off the inning with a single through the left side of the infield. With two outs, Cormier reached on a fielding error by the Owls that allowed Bridges to advance to third base. With runners on the corners,
The lone run would be the only run scored in the game by the Cajuns as were unable to plate a runner in the sixth or seventh innings.
The Ragin' Cajuns and Owls will conclude the three-game tilt with a single game on Wednesday afternoon. First pitch in the game is slated for
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