University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Monday, March 16
Lamson Park
6 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
21-3, 6-1
8
vs
2
Georgia Southern
6-17, 0-4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Georgia Southern
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
Louisiana
0
0
2
2
1
3
X
8
13
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wallace, Jordan (10-1)
L: Red, Brooke (4-8)
Batting:
2B: Snider, Emily 1
RBI: Snider, Emily 2
Base Running:
RUNS: McLendon, Breanna 1 ; Mann, Alesha 1
HBP: Johnson, Kaitlyn 1
Batting:
2B: Elkins, Lexie 1 ; Walsh, Samantha 1
HR: Landry, Shellie 1 ; Vincent, Kelsey 1
RBI: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Landry, Shellie 2 ; Walsh, Samantha 2 ; Vincent, Kelsey 2 ; Martinez, Kelli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; White, Cassidy 1 ; Elkins, Lexie 1 ; Zeringue, Kassidy 1 ; Vincent, Kelsey 1 ; Maly, Leandra 1 ; Sanders, DJ 1
SB: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Maly, Leandra 1 ; Sanders, DJ 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
dp/lf
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
RF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
2B
/ SoftballLF
/ SoftballDP
/ Softball
CF
/ Softball
1B
/ Softball
P
/ Softball3B
/ Softball
Quartet With Multiple Hits Guides Cajuns Past Eagles
3/16/2015 9:55:00 PM | Softball
LAFAYETTE – Shellie Landry's three-hit effort topped a 13-hit showing for the No. 7 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team in a 8-2 win over Georgia Southern in the opening game of a Sun Belt Conference series Monday evening at Lamson Park.
Landry, 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, was one of four Cajuns with multiple hits. Aleah Craighton, Leandra Maly and Samantha Walsh each posted two hits.
Landry's home run came in the fourth inning and opened a 4-0 lead for the Cajuns (21-3, 6-1 Sun Belt). The Eagles (6-17, 0-4 Sun Belt) answered by cutting the lead in half on a RBI double from Emily Snider in the fifth inning.
Christina Hamilton, who relieved Jordan Wallace earlier after a pair of walks and was greeted by an infield single and Snider's double, stranded two runners in scoring position to preserve the lead for Louisiana.
"They gave her a rude welcoming and she regroups and steadies the ship," Louisiana softball head coach Michael Lotief said of Hamilton's performance. "I thought Christina did a great job. She entered into a tough circumstance and did a great job."
Kelsey Vincent's team-leading fifth home run in Sun Belt Conference games upped the advantage to 7-2 in the sixth inning helping the Cajuns put the Eagles away.
Wallace pitched 4-1/3 hitless innings and registered career strikeout No. 800 in the second inning, becoming only the fifth player in program history to reach the milestone. A pair of walks issued in the fifth inning wound up causing her to be charged with two runs.
The Ragin' Cajuns extended their win streak at Lamson Park to 25 games. Louisiana is 18-0 in the facility in 2015.
Louisiana and Georgia Southern wrap up the three-game Sun Belt series in a 4 p.m., doubleheader on Tuesday, March 17. Both games are being broadcast on SportsRadio ESPN-1420 AM with Steve Peloquin and Bobby Neveaux calling the action.
After two scoreless innings, a two-run double by Walsh in the third inning put Louisiana in front 2-0. A Haley Hayden single with two outs in the fourth, which extended her hit streak to six games and marked her 13th straight game reaching base, extended the frame and set the stage of Landry's two-run shot into the left field bleachers.
Back-to-back, one-out walks gave Georgia Southern two runners on base in the fifth. Hamilton relieved Wallace, but the Eagles kept building momentum. An infield single by Taylor Rogers loaded the bases, then Snider's double plated two runs to make it 4-2. Hamilton retired the next two batters, a strikeout of Morgan Robinson and ground out from Kaitlyn Johnson to minimize the damage.
Reliever Marla Thompson kept the game from getting away from the Eagles in the bottom of the fifth. The Cajuns would load the bases three times, scoring only once on a Hayden fielder's choice grounder when Maly beat the throw home.
Hamilton retired Georgia Southern in order in the top of the sixth inning, posting two strikeouts in the process. Vincent's home run, a line drive over the right field fence, provided a cushion. Kelli Martinez then slapped a single up the middle to score Sanders (two-out walk) for the final margin.
DIAMOND NOTES: Monday's contest was the first on either school's campus in the all-time series...The previous two meetings took place at a neutral site…Louisiana is now 3-0 all-time against Georgia Southern…Shellie Landry (3-for-4) and Aleah Craighton (2-for-4) each collected their team-best ninth multiple-hit game…Eight of the nine starters in the Cajuns lineup posted at least one base hit…Jordan Wallace picked up her 83rd career victory, moving her within one shy of tying Melissa Coronado for fourth place in school history…By collecting career strikeout No. 800, Jordan Wallace (803) joined Brooke Mitchell (1,309), Ashley Brignac (962), Kyla Hall (820) and Kim Eisnaugel (812) as the only pitchers in program history to amass 800 strikeouts…The Cajuns played error-free for the fourth straight game on the current nine-game homestand…Louisiana has played error-free in 14 of 24 games this season and committed only 12 errors through 591 chances…Jordan Wallace has now pitched 53 -1/3 innings at Lamson Park and surrendered only 10 base hits…Kelsey Vincent has reached base in seven straight games and 21 of 24 overall in 2015…Louisiana now has 41 home runs through 24 games (1.71/game) and is on pace to end the regular season with 85 home runs which would mark the third straight season with 80-plus and sixth time under Michael Lotief's guidance…The Cajuns posted at least one home run for the 21st time in 24 games and multiple home runs for the 12th time…The pitching staff held the opposition to two hits or less for the fourth time in four games in the current homestand and 12th time this season…Louisiana improved to 20-1 when scoring first.
Landry, 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, was one of four Cajuns with multiple hits. Aleah Craighton, Leandra Maly and Samantha Walsh each posted two hits.
Landry's home run came in the fourth inning and opened a 4-0 lead for the Cajuns (21-3, 6-1 Sun Belt). The Eagles (6-17, 0-4 Sun Belt) answered by cutting the lead in half on a RBI double from Emily Snider in the fifth inning.
Christina Hamilton, who relieved Jordan Wallace earlier after a pair of walks and was greeted by an infield single and Snider's double, stranded two runners in scoring position to preserve the lead for Louisiana.
"They gave her a rude welcoming and she regroups and steadies the ship," Louisiana softball head coach Michael Lotief said of Hamilton's performance. "I thought Christina did a great job. She entered into a tough circumstance and did a great job."
Kelsey Vincent's team-leading fifth home run in Sun Belt Conference games upped the advantage to 7-2 in the sixth inning helping the Cajuns put the Eagles away.
Wallace pitched 4-1/3 hitless innings and registered career strikeout No. 800 in the second inning, becoming only the fifth player in program history to reach the milestone. A pair of walks issued in the fifth inning wound up causing her to be charged with two runs.
The Ragin' Cajuns extended their win streak at Lamson Park to 25 games. Louisiana is 18-0 in the facility in 2015.
Louisiana and Georgia Southern wrap up the three-game Sun Belt series in a 4 p.m., doubleheader on Tuesday, March 17. Both games are being broadcast on SportsRadio ESPN-1420 AM with Steve Peloquin and Bobby Neveaux calling the action.
After two scoreless innings, a two-run double by Walsh in the third inning put Louisiana in front 2-0. A Haley Hayden single with two outs in the fourth, which extended her hit streak to six games and marked her 13th straight game reaching base, extended the frame and set the stage of Landry's two-run shot into the left field bleachers.
Back-to-back, one-out walks gave Georgia Southern two runners on base in the fifth. Hamilton relieved Wallace, but the Eagles kept building momentum. An infield single by Taylor Rogers loaded the bases, then Snider's double plated two runs to make it 4-2. Hamilton retired the next two batters, a strikeout of Morgan Robinson and ground out from Kaitlyn Johnson to minimize the damage.
Reliever Marla Thompson kept the game from getting away from the Eagles in the bottom of the fifth. The Cajuns would load the bases three times, scoring only once on a Hayden fielder's choice grounder when Maly beat the throw home.
Hamilton retired Georgia Southern in order in the top of the sixth inning, posting two strikeouts in the process. Vincent's home run, a line drive over the right field fence, provided a cushion. Kelli Martinez then slapped a single up the middle to score Sanders (two-out walk) for the final margin.
DIAMOND NOTES: Monday's contest was the first on either school's campus in the all-time series...The previous two meetings took place at a neutral site…Louisiana is now 3-0 all-time against Georgia Southern…Shellie Landry (3-for-4) and Aleah Craighton (2-for-4) each collected their team-best ninth multiple-hit game…Eight of the nine starters in the Cajuns lineup posted at least one base hit…Jordan Wallace picked up her 83rd career victory, moving her within one shy of tying Melissa Coronado for fourth place in school history…By collecting career strikeout No. 800, Jordan Wallace (803) joined Brooke Mitchell (1,309), Ashley Brignac (962), Kyla Hall (820) and Kim Eisnaugel (812) as the only pitchers in program history to amass 800 strikeouts…The Cajuns played error-free for the fourth straight game on the current nine-game homestand…Louisiana has played error-free in 14 of 24 games this season and committed only 12 errors through 591 chances…Jordan Wallace has now pitched 53 -1/3 innings at Lamson Park and surrendered only 10 base hits…Kelsey Vincent has reached base in seven straight games and 21 of 24 overall in 2015…Louisiana now has 41 home runs through 24 games (1.71/game) and is on pace to end the regular season with 85 home runs which would mark the third straight season with 80-plus and sixth time under Michael Lotief's guidance…The Cajuns posted at least one home run for the 21st time in 24 games and multiple home runs for the 12th time…The pitching staff held the opposition to two hits or less for the fourth time in four games in the current homestand and 12th time this season…Louisiana improved to 20-1 when scoring first.
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