University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, February 14
Lamson Park
2:30 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
7-0
20
vs
0
Mississippi Valley State
1-9
1
2
3
4
5
R
H
E
Louisiana
4
1
2
9
4
20
12
0
Mississippi Valley
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Trahan, Kylee Jo (2-0)
L: Young, Haley (0-6)
Batting:
2B: Craighton, Aleah 1
HR: Craighton, Aleah 1
RBI: Hayden, Haley 2 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Elkins, Lexie 1 ; Walsh, Samantha 3 ; Cifreo, Linzey 1 ; Vincent, Kelsey 1 ; Felps, Gabby 1 ; Craighton, Aleah 5 ; Corbello, Sara 1 ; Martinez, Kelli 1
SF: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Walsh, Samantha 1 ; Cifreo, Linzey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Hoag, Marie 1 ; Landry, Shellie 2 ; Elkins, Lexie 1 ; White, Cassidy 1 ; Walsh, Samantha 1 ; Smith, Kendall 1 ; Vincent, Kelsey 1 ; Terrio, Taylor 1 ; Craighton, Aleah 2 ; Thomas, Meagan 2 ; Sanders, DJ 3 ; Martinez, Kelli 2 ; Maly, Leandra 1
SB: Landry, Shellie 1 ; White, Cassidy 1
HBP: Arceneaux, Sarah 1 ; Walsh, Samantha 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
4
RBI
5
AB
3
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
c/dp
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
3
Players Mentioned
RF
/ SoftballC
/ Softball
2B
/ Softball
LF
/ SoftballCF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ Softball3B
/ Softball
Cajuns Remain Undefeated Following Saturday Shutouts
2/14/2015 9:43:00 PM | Softball
LAFAYETTE - The No. 7 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team posted a pair of shutouts on Saturday in wins over Mississippi Valley State and Idaho State at Lamson Park in the Mardi Gras Classic presented by Hilton Lafayette.
Aleah Craighton went 4-for-5 with five RBI to lead the charge in a 20-0 run-rule win over MVSU in five innings in the opener. Kylee Jo Trahan struck out a personal-best 10 and limited the Devilettes to four hits.
Lexie Elkins and Samantha Walsh had RBI singles to break a scoreless tie in the third inning against Idaho State. Alex Stewart stranded nine ISU baserunners over five innings, then Jordan Wallace struck out five of the six batters she faced in relief to secure the 3-0 victory.
"That's how college softball is played," head coach Michael Lotief said referring to the Idaho State contest. "You get away from the run-rule games and other non-sense, and you start getting down to which team can execute in the critical situations.
"We need to do a better job with our base running, with our situational hitting and defensively we still need to clean things up a bit. If we're going to win games like that you have to feel adversity and start figuring out how to get it done."
Louisiana (8-0) wraps up play in the Mardi Gras Classic on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. against Idaho State (3-6). The contest will be aired live on television on MyKLAF-TV with Kevin Cantrelle and Gerald Broussard calling the action. Steve Peloquin has the call on Sports Radio ESPN 1420-AM.
Craighton's first of four hits in the MVSU contest was a two-run home run in the top of the first that pushed the Cajuns early lead to 4-0. The Devilettes (1-9) would register three hits in the bottom half of the inning, but Trahan struck out Tracey Williams to leave the bases loaded.
After a single run in the second, sacrifice flies by Haley Hayden and Shellie Landry increased the Cajuns lead to 7-0. Trahan retired MVSU in order in the second and third innings.
Louisiana sent 13 batters to the plate and pushed across nine runs in the fourth inning. In the frame, Craighton picked up her second extra base hit by doubling home a pair of runs to make it 16-0. An additional four runs crossed in the fifth inning as once more the Cajuns made it completely through lineup.
Trahan picked up her second victory and second shutout of her freshman campaign. Craighton extended her hitting streak to seven games and picked up her sixth multiple-hit game.
Stewart had to fend off Idaho State traffic in the nightcap before the offense provided her with the lead. The Bengals had runners on first and second in the first inning, then a leadoff double in the second gave them a runner in scoring position.
The Cajuns broke through on ISU starter Sophie Slagle in the third inning. Kelli Martinez reached base on interference by first baseman Maddy Hickman, Haley Hayden walked and both moved up a base on a Landry grounder. Back-to-back singles from Elkins and Walsh then gave Louisiana a 2-0 lead.
Stewart protected the lead despite more traffic by the Bengals the next two innings. She stranded two ISU runners in the third inning and three more in the fourth inning.
Landry led off the fifth inning with a solo home run off of Slagle to add an insurance run. The Bengals had runners on first and second base in the bottom half with one out before a double play was turned off of a ball that Martinez trapped against the wall in deep center field.
"That was the play of the game," Lotief stated. "It's not that she didn't finish the play, but just to get to that ball is what made the double play because the runners didn't know what to do. Most center fielders don't even get to the ball in that situation."
Wallace relieved Stewart in the sixth inning. She struck out the first two ISU hitters and wound up fanning five of the six faced over the final two innings to collect the save.
DIAMOND NOTES: Jordan Wallace has struck out 21 of the 28 batters she's faced in the Mardi Gras Classic...Aleah Craighton's home run vs. MVSU upped her season total to four, tying her with Haley Hayden for the team lead...Craighton had a seven-game hit streak snapped after finishing 0-for-3 against Idaho State...Lexie Elkins, Kelli Martinez and Samantha Walsh each carry a four-game hitting streak into Sunday's Mardi Gras Classic finale...The Cajuns 12 hits against Mississippi Valley marked the fifth straight game with double digit hits...Cajuns pitchers picked up 19 more strikeouts against juts two walks in 12 innings of work on Saturday...The pitching staff has posted 82 strikeouts with only nine walks in 48 innings this season...Aleah Craighton is the Cajuns leading hitter in the Mardi Gras Classic after two days, hitting 9-of-17 (.529) with two home runs and seven RBI...Louisiana is now 11-0 all-time vs. Mississippi Valley State...Saturday's contest with Idaho State was the second of the Mardi Gras Classic and in program history with the Bengals.
#GeauxCajuns
Aleah Craighton went 4-for-5 with five RBI to lead the charge in a 20-0 run-rule win over MVSU in five innings in the opener. Kylee Jo Trahan struck out a personal-best 10 and limited the Devilettes to four hits.
Lexie Elkins and Samantha Walsh had RBI singles to break a scoreless tie in the third inning against Idaho State. Alex Stewart stranded nine ISU baserunners over five innings, then Jordan Wallace struck out five of the six batters she faced in relief to secure the 3-0 victory.
"That's how college softball is played," head coach Michael Lotief said referring to the Idaho State contest. "You get away from the run-rule games and other non-sense, and you start getting down to which team can execute in the critical situations.
"We need to do a better job with our base running, with our situational hitting and defensively we still need to clean things up a bit. If we're going to win games like that you have to feel adversity and start figuring out how to get it done."
Louisiana (8-0) wraps up play in the Mardi Gras Classic on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. against Idaho State (3-6). The contest will be aired live on television on MyKLAF-TV with Kevin Cantrelle and Gerald Broussard calling the action. Steve Peloquin has the call on Sports Radio ESPN 1420-AM.
Craighton's first of four hits in the MVSU contest was a two-run home run in the top of the first that pushed the Cajuns early lead to 4-0. The Devilettes (1-9) would register three hits in the bottom half of the inning, but Trahan struck out Tracey Williams to leave the bases loaded.
After a single run in the second, sacrifice flies by Haley Hayden and Shellie Landry increased the Cajuns lead to 7-0. Trahan retired MVSU in order in the second and third innings.
Louisiana sent 13 batters to the plate and pushed across nine runs in the fourth inning. In the frame, Craighton picked up her second extra base hit by doubling home a pair of runs to make it 16-0. An additional four runs crossed in the fifth inning as once more the Cajuns made it completely through lineup.
Trahan picked up her second victory and second shutout of her freshman campaign. Craighton extended her hitting streak to seven games and picked up her sixth multiple-hit game.
Stewart had to fend off Idaho State traffic in the nightcap before the offense provided her with the lead. The Bengals had runners on first and second in the first inning, then a leadoff double in the second gave them a runner in scoring position.
The Cajuns broke through on ISU starter Sophie Slagle in the third inning. Kelli Martinez reached base on interference by first baseman Maddy Hickman, Haley Hayden walked and both moved up a base on a Landry grounder. Back-to-back singles from Elkins and Walsh then gave Louisiana a 2-0 lead.
Stewart protected the lead despite more traffic by the Bengals the next two innings. She stranded two ISU runners in the third inning and three more in the fourth inning.
Landry led off the fifth inning with a solo home run off of Slagle to add an insurance run. The Bengals had runners on first and second base in the bottom half with one out before a double play was turned off of a ball that Martinez trapped against the wall in deep center field.
"That was the play of the game," Lotief stated. "It's not that she didn't finish the play, but just to get to that ball is what made the double play because the runners didn't know what to do. Most center fielders don't even get to the ball in that situation."
Wallace relieved Stewart in the sixth inning. She struck out the first two ISU hitters and wound up fanning five of the six faced over the final two innings to collect the save.
DIAMOND NOTES: Jordan Wallace has struck out 21 of the 28 batters she's faced in the Mardi Gras Classic...Aleah Craighton's home run vs. MVSU upped her season total to four, tying her with Haley Hayden for the team lead...Craighton had a seven-game hit streak snapped after finishing 0-for-3 against Idaho State...Lexie Elkins, Kelli Martinez and Samantha Walsh each carry a four-game hitting streak into Sunday's Mardi Gras Classic finale...The Cajuns 12 hits against Mississippi Valley marked the fifth straight game with double digit hits...Cajuns pitchers picked up 19 more strikeouts against juts two walks in 12 innings of work on Saturday...The pitching staff has posted 82 strikeouts with only nine walks in 48 innings this season...Aleah Craighton is the Cajuns leading hitter in the Mardi Gras Classic after two days, hitting 9-of-17 (.529) with two home runs and seven RBI...Louisiana is now 11-0 all-time vs. Mississippi Valley State...Saturday's contest with Idaho State was the second of the Mardi Gras Classic and in program history with the Bengals.
#GeauxCajuns
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