University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
41-15
LSU
43-15
@RaginCajunsSB Sends Baton Rouge Regional to Winner-Take-All Scenario
5/20/2018 5:14:00 PM | Softball
No. 21 Louisiana walks off in 10th inning of opening game of championship round with clutch hit from Alissa Dalton
The Ragin' Cajuns and Tigers returned to the field at 4:13 p.m. for the opportunity to advance to meet Florida State in the NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional. Fans can hear the game on 1420-AM or view the action live on ESPN3.
Alissa Dalton fired a single back up the middle to plate Aeriyl Mass with the game-winning run and complete the Ragin' Cajuns comeback from an earlier 4-0 deficit.
Louisiana (41-15) sent the contest into extra innings with a two-out rally in the sixth inning.
Lexie Comeaux singled home Kelli Martinez to get Louisiana on the board. Carrie Boswell then drew a walk off of LSU starter Carley Hoover to load the bases. Kourtney Gremillion followed with a loop double down the left field line off of reliever Allie Walljasper that cleared the bases and forged a 4-all tie.
Dalton's game-winning hit, her first of the contest in five trips to the plate, made a winner out of Summer Ellyson (23-9) who re-entered the game in extra innings and shutout the Tigers (43-15) for three innings.
Key to Louisiana's triumph was another solid relief effort from senior pitcher Kylee Jo Trahan. A day after tossing four scoreless frames vs. Fordham, Trahan took over in the fifth inning and limited LSU to a single run to bridge the gap to Ellyson's game-ending jaunt.
The Tigers snapped a pitcher's duel between Ellyson and Hoover with a three-run fourth inning that was capped by a two-run home run from Michaela Schlattman. The hosts held the advantage until the four-run rally by the Ragin' Cajuns in the sixth inning.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ellyson, Summer (23-9)
L: Walljasper, Allie (17-6)
Batting:
2B: Griggs, Emily 1
HR: Schlattman, Michaela 1
RBI: Doyle, Amanda 2 ; Schlattman, Michaela 2
SH: Griggs, Emily 1 ; Serrett, Amber 1
SF: Doyle, Amanda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Antoine, Taryn 2 ; Doyle, Amanda 1 ; Schlattman, Michaela 1
SB: Andrews, Aliyah 1
Batting:
2B: Gremillion, Kourtney 1
RBI: Dalton, Alissa 1 ; Comeaux, Lexie 1 ; Gremillion, Kourtney 3
SH: Martinez, Kelli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Martinez, Kelli 1 ; Gremillion, Kara 1 ; Comeaux, Lexie 1 ; Readeaux, Jolie 1 ; Mass, Aeriyl 1
SB: Gremillion, Kara 1
