University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, May 31
Oklahoma City, Okla.
1:30 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
49-10-1
1
vs
3
Oklahoma
51-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Timely Hitting Carries Oklahoma Past Cajuns In WCWS, 3-1
5/31/2014 5:31:00 PM | Softball
Ragin' Cajuns strand 11 in elimination game against defending champs
Box Score (PDF)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Oklahoma's Brittany Williams drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning double and Callie Parson added a two-out, inside-the-park home run in the sixth inning to lift the No. 7-seeded Sooners to a 3-1 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in an elimination game before an announced crowd of 9,192 on Saturday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium/ OGE Energy Field.
Kelsey Stevens scattered six hits and got out of three potential scoring jams as Oklahoma (51-12), the defending national champion, advanced to face top-seeded Oregon in Saturday's late game. Louisiana, making its sixth trip to the Women's College World Series and first since 2008, ended its season at 49-10-1.
Oklahoma took a 2-0 lead in the first inning after Lauren Chamberlin reached on a one-out error. Following a walk to Shelby Pendley, Williams laced a double to center-field off starter Christina Hamilton (29-4) to plate both runs.
The Ragin' Cajuns, who stranded 11 runners on base, threatened in the third inning after Natalie Fernandez and Hayley Hayden reached on a pair of one-out singles and Lexie Elkins was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But Stevens (38-9) got of the inning as she got Samantha Walsh to look at a called third strike before getting Shellie Landry to ground out to short.
Louisiana again threatened in the fifth inning after Fernandez and Hayden each collected singles to put a runner in scoring position. But Stevens halted the Cajuns threat as she got Elkins to pop up, fanned Walsh and got Landry to hit into a fielder's choice to third.
Oklahoma added an insurance run in the sixth inning after Hamilton induced an infield pop-up and caught Erin Miller looking at a third strike. Parson, who was homerless in 168 career at-bats entering the WCWS, laced a hit down the left-field line that fell in front of diving Shelbi Redfearn and rolled to the wall to give the Sooners a 3-0 lead.
Louisiana would not go down quietly in the seventh as Elkins belted a one-out home run to right-center field – her 24th home run of the season to cut the lead to 3-1. Walsh followed with a single to left that brought up the tying run to the plate, but Stevens got an infield popup and a ground out to preserve the win for the Sooners.
Elkins' home run – her 24th of the season – tied her with Florida State's Maddie O'Brien for the second-most in Division I in 2014 and moved her past former Ragin' Cajuns Christi Orgeron (2011) and Holly Tankersley (2008) into second-place on the school's single-season all-time list.
Hamilton, a junior who was named to the NFCA All-America team on Wednesday, scattered four hits and fanned two in notching her 23rd complete game of the season. Fernandez, one of two seniors on a team that featured 10 sophomores and 11 freshmen, went 2-for-4 in her final game in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform and finished her career as the school's second-leading hitter with a .395 career average (253-for-641).
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Oklahoma's Brittany Williams drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning double and Callie Parson added a two-out, inside-the-park home run in the sixth inning to lift the No. 7-seeded Sooners to a 3-1 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in an elimination game before an announced crowd of 9,192 on Saturday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium/ OGE Energy Field.
Kelsey Stevens scattered six hits and got out of three potential scoring jams as Oklahoma (51-12), the defending national champion, advanced to face top-seeded Oregon in Saturday's late game. Louisiana, making its sixth trip to the Women's College World Series and first since 2008, ended its season at 49-10-1.
Oklahoma took a 2-0 lead in the first inning after Lauren Chamberlin reached on a one-out error. Following a walk to Shelby Pendley, Williams laced a double to center-field off starter Christina Hamilton (29-4) to plate both runs.
The Ragin' Cajuns, who stranded 11 runners on base, threatened in the third inning after Natalie Fernandez and Hayley Hayden reached on a pair of one-out singles and Lexie Elkins was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But Stevens (38-9) got of the inning as she got Samantha Walsh to look at a called third strike before getting Shellie Landry to ground out to short.
Louisiana again threatened in the fifth inning after Fernandez and Hayden each collected singles to put a runner in scoring position. But Stevens halted the Cajuns threat as she got Elkins to pop up, fanned Walsh and got Landry to hit into a fielder's choice to third.
Oklahoma added an insurance run in the sixth inning after Hamilton induced an infield pop-up and caught Erin Miller looking at a third strike. Parson, who was homerless in 168 career at-bats entering the WCWS, laced a hit down the left-field line that fell in front of diving Shelbi Redfearn and rolled to the wall to give the Sooners a 3-0 lead.
Louisiana would not go down quietly in the seventh as Elkins belted a one-out home run to right-center field – her 24th home run of the season to cut the lead to 3-1. Walsh followed with a single to left that brought up the tying run to the plate, but Stevens got an infield popup and a ground out to preserve the win for the Sooners.
Elkins' home run – her 24th of the season – tied her with Florida State's Maddie O'Brien for the second-most in Division I in 2014 and moved her past former Ragin' Cajuns Christi Orgeron (2011) and Holly Tankersley (2008) into second-place on the school's single-season all-time list.
Hamilton, a junior who was named to the NFCA All-America team on Wednesday, scattered four hits and fanned two in notching her 23rd complete game of the season. Fernandez, one of two seniors on a team that featured 10 sophomores and 11 freshmen, went 2-for-4 in her final game in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform and finished her career as the school's second-leading hitter with a .395 career average (253-for-641).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stevens, Kelsey (38-9)
L: Hamilton, Christina (29-4)
Batting:
HR: Elkins, Lexie 1
RBI: Elkins, Lexie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Elkins, Lexie 1
HBP: Elkins, Lexie 1 ; Redfearn, Shelbi 1
Batting:
2B: Williams, Brittany 1
HR: Parsons, Callie 1
RBI: Williams, Brittany 2 ; Parsons, Callie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chamberlain, Lauren 1 ; Pendley, Shelby 1 ; Parsons, Callie 1
HBP: Henson, Javen 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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