University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns and Jaguars to Meet for Tournament Championship
5/8/2015 8:54:00 PM | Softball
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The top seed and 10th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team will meet No.2 seed and 23rd-ranked South Alabama in the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Softball Tournament championship game at 1 p.m., on Saturday here at Bobcat Softball Stadium.
The winner of the Cajuns-Jaguars contest will receive the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Louisiana advanced to Saturday's championship game with a 6-3 win over South Alabama (37-11) in Friday's winner's bracket final. The Jaguars escaped elimination Friday evening with a 3-1 win over Georgia State.
The game will be broadcast on SportsRadio ESPN 1420-AM in the Lafayette area with Steve Peloquin and Bobby Neveaux on the call. It will also be televised via internet stream on WatchESPN.com with links available at championship central on SunBeltSports.org.
The 10th-ranked Ragin' Cajuns (39-8), who picked up the program's 13th regular season SBC championship in the league's 15th season of regular season play with a sweep of ULM last weekend, seek to win the conference tournament for the second consecutive season and 13th time in the 16-year history of the event.
UL and USA meet for the second time in the 2015 Sun Belt Tournament and seventh time overall in the event. The programs split the previous six SBC Tournament outings, the Ragin' Cajuns having won the last two.
The two teams met in last season's championship game at Lamson Park in Lafayette. The Cajuns defeated the Jaguars by a 4-1 count.
Saturday's matchup marks the third Sun Belt Tournament championship game meeting between the Louisiana and South Alabama. The two programs met for the title in 2012 in Boca Raton, Fla. (USA won 3-1) and 2014 in Lafayette (UL won 4-1).
Louisiana vs. South Alabama in the Sun Belt Tournament
May 13, 2011 (Lafayette) – Louisiana 10, South Alabama 0 (5 inn.)
May 12, 2012 (Boca Raton, Fla.) – South Alabama 3, Louisiana 1*
May 9, 2013 (Troy, Ala.) – South Alabama 1, Louisiana 0 (8 inn.)
May 9, 2014 (Lafayette) – South Alabama 4, Louisiana 2 (8 inn.)
May 10, 2014 (Lafayette) – Louisiana 4, South Alabama 1*
May 8, 2015 (San Marcos, Texas) – Louisiana 6, South Alabama 3
*Sun Belt Tournament Championship Game
UPDATED SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
G1 No. 5 Georgia State 8, No. 8 Georgia Southern 0 (5 inn.)
G2 No. 6 ULM 6, No. 7 UT Arlington 1
G3 No. 5 Georgia State 9, No. 4 Troy 3
G4 No. 6 ULM 3, No. 3 Texas State 0
Thursday, May 7, 2015
G5 No.1 Louisiana 10, Georgia State 2 (6 inn.)
G6 No. 2 South Alabama 6, No. 6 ULM 2
Friday, May 8, 2015
G7 No. 5 Georgia State 8, No. 6 ULM 6
G8 No. 1 Louisiana 6, No. 2 South Alabama 2
G9 No. 2 South Alabama 3, No. 5 Georgia State 1
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Championship Game
G10 No. 1 Louisiana (39-8) vs. No. 2 South Alabama (37-11) - 1:00 PM (ESPN3)
The winner of the Cajuns-Jaguars contest will receive the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Louisiana advanced to Saturday's championship game with a 6-3 win over South Alabama (37-11) in Friday's winner's bracket final. The Jaguars escaped elimination Friday evening with a 3-1 win over Georgia State.
The game will be broadcast on SportsRadio ESPN 1420-AM in the Lafayette area with Steve Peloquin and Bobby Neveaux on the call. It will also be televised via internet stream on WatchESPN.com with links available at championship central on SunBeltSports.org.
The 10th-ranked Ragin' Cajuns (39-8), who picked up the program's 13th regular season SBC championship in the league's 15th season of regular season play with a sweep of ULM last weekend, seek to win the conference tournament for the second consecutive season and 13th time in the 16-year history of the event.
UL and USA meet for the second time in the 2015 Sun Belt Tournament and seventh time overall in the event. The programs split the previous six SBC Tournament outings, the Ragin' Cajuns having won the last two.
The two teams met in last season's championship game at Lamson Park in Lafayette. The Cajuns defeated the Jaguars by a 4-1 count.
Saturday's matchup marks the third Sun Belt Tournament championship game meeting between the Louisiana and South Alabama. The two programs met for the title in 2012 in Boca Raton, Fla. (USA won 3-1) and 2014 in Lafayette (UL won 4-1).
Louisiana vs. South Alabama in the Sun Belt Tournament
May 13, 2011 (Lafayette) – Louisiana 10, South Alabama 0 (5 inn.)
May 12, 2012 (Boca Raton, Fla.) – South Alabama 3, Louisiana 1*
May 9, 2013 (Troy, Ala.) – South Alabama 1, Louisiana 0 (8 inn.)
May 9, 2014 (Lafayette) – South Alabama 4, Louisiana 2 (8 inn.)
May 10, 2014 (Lafayette) – Louisiana 4, South Alabama 1*
May 8, 2015 (San Marcos, Texas) – Louisiana 6, South Alabama 3
*Sun Belt Tournament Championship Game
UPDATED SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
G1 No. 5 Georgia State 8, No. 8 Georgia Southern 0 (5 inn.)
G2 No. 6 ULM 6, No. 7 UT Arlington 1
G3 No. 5 Georgia State 9, No. 4 Troy 3
G4 No. 6 ULM 3, No. 3 Texas State 0
Thursday, May 7, 2015
G5 No.1 Louisiana 10, Georgia State 2 (6 inn.)
G6 No. 2 South Alabama 6, No. 6 ULM 2
Friday, May 8, 2015
G7 No. 5 Georgia State 8, No. 6 ULM 6
G8 No. 1 Louisiana 6, No. 2 South Alabama 2
G9 No. 2 South Alabama 3, No. 5 Georgia State 1
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Championship Game
G10 No. 1 Louisiana (39-8) vs. No. 2 South Alabama (37-11) - 1:00 PM (ESPN3)
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