Wallace and Orgeron Have Record Days as Cajuns Sweep Owls

Contact: Cory Weigel

Box Score: Game One
Box Score: Game Two

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LAFAYETTE, La – Pitcher Jordan Wallace broke an NCAA record for a freshman with her 21^st consecutive win to begin her career, and Christi Orgeron tied the single season grand slam record with her sixth blast of the season as the seventh ranked Cajuns swept the twin bill against FAU, 21-0 and, 10-2 on Saturday afternoon at Lamson Park.

The Weatherford, Texas native, Wallace (21-0), kept her unblemished record by hurling her second one-hitter of the season, fanning seven and allowing two runs. She broke the record of 20 wins, previously held by Amanda Scarbrough of Texas A&M in 2005.

“Just a little extra recognition. It is nothing that I was striving for or thinking about. We just did what we usually do and came out and got a couple of wins,” Wallace said.

Orgeron launched her NCAA tying grand slam in a Cajuns eight-run third inning, giving her nine slams in her career. The New Orleans, La. native finished the doubleheader 3-for-5, with two homeruns, four runs scored and eight RBI. On the season, the senior has 17 long balls and leads the nation with 81 RBI. Orgeron recorded the third highest RBI total in a season in NCAA history, with 101, in 2011 and sits sixth all-time with 275 – 18 behind fifth place.

Orgeron is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.

The Ragin' Cajuns (40-2, 15-2) received other offensive help from Nerissa Myers who launched her third grand slam of the year, on her way to a 4-for-7 performance with five runs scored and 10 RBI.

Myers blast came in a UL season-high 13-run second inning in game one and was Louisiana's 10^th grand slam as a team.

Natalie Fernandez went 3-for-4 in the twinbill and tied a career-high with three runs in game one to go along with three RBI. Katie Smith recorded two hits in both games, giving her team-high 20 multi-hit games on the year. Sarah Draheim hit a three-run blast in game two and Brianna Cherry had a solo-shot as well to round out the Cajuns top offensive performers.

“Obviously it's been tough last two to three weeks trying to find consistency in our lineup,” co-head coach Michael Lotief said. “We knew our offense was going to get going again. We got a couple breaks on errors by the defense and built momentum on it.”

When asked about Wallace's record Lotief said, “It's hard enough to play this game pitch by pitch. She is so young but her thinking is that of a warrior.”

Ashley Brignac (16-2) was credited with the game one victory, throwing three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four FAU (13-31, 3-12) hitters. The senior is now just four strikeouts shy of 800 in her career and sits fourth all-time in school history, trailing Kim Esinaugle (1983-86) by 16.

UL broke the game open in game one by piling on 13 runs in the second inning and eight more in the third as the Cajuns tied a season-high with 21 runs scored. Louisiana tallied 14 hits in the game and sophomore pitcher Shelbee Rodgers came in for two scoreless innings of relief for Brignac, whiffing four, to secure the win for the Ragin' Cajuns.

Game two was knotted at zero through the first two and a half innings before UL posted a five spot in the bottom of the third as Draheim and Cherry hit back-to-back shots to left field.

The Owls answered with two in the fourth as Jordan Stovall hit her third homerun of the season, scoring Taylor Fawbush, who was aboard after drawing a walk to lead off the inning.

UL scored four more runs in the bottom of the frame as Myers drove in a pair with a double to the left center gap and Orgeron plated her with her second blast of the day for a 9-2 advantage.

Myers drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth, with a single up the middle that scored Erikka Murphy.

--Ragin' Cajuns--

Wallace and Orgeron Have Record Days as Cajuns Sweep Owls

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