University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, April 20
Lafayette
4 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
35-7
7
vs
0
Louisiana Tech
14-23
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Softball Quickly Turns Away La. Tech in Midweek Tilt
4/20/2021 8:23:00 PM | Softball
13th-ranked Ragin’ Cajuns needed just two innings to lock up the triumph
LAFAYETTE – No. 13 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball didn't give Louisiana Tech any chance to settle in during Tuesday's midweek game at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park, tallying a run two batters into the game and producing all of the runs in a 7-0 win by the end of the second inning.
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Louisiana's quick strike was delivered following a Ciara Bryan leadoff triple and subsequent Kaitlyn Alderink double. Alderink scored two batters later when Jade Gortarez ripped a single back up the middle and the Ragin' Cajuns led 2-0.
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An inning later the hustle of Sophie Piskos, who beat the throw on a grounder to third base with two outs, set the stage for Louisiana (35-7) pulling away from Louisiana Tech (14-23).
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A walk to Bryan further extended the inning, then a misplay of a grounder gave the Ragin' Cajuns a run and added life to take full command of the contest. Before the Lady Techsters could regroup another Gortarez RBI single and two-run single from Julie Rawls had stretched the advantage to 7-0.
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Kandra Lamb, Summer Ellyson and Vanessa Foreman combined for the one-hit shutout. It was the second straight blanking of its kind, following up the shutout tossed at Texas State in Sunday's rubber match.
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Lamb set the tone early with a quick six-pitch first inning and tossed no-hit softball during her three innings in the circle. Ellyson struck out six batters over her three innings and carried the no-hit bid into the sixth inning until a two-out single gave LA Tech its lone hit of the day.
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Tuesday's outing marked Louisiana Tech's first visit to Lamson Park since March 2013. The Ragin' Cajuns posted their 28th consecutive win over the Lady Techsters, a streak that dates back to April 1999.
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It was the final midweek game of the 2021 season for Louisiana. It also concluded the squad's lone April homestand.
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DIAMOND NOTES
UP NEXT
No. 13 Louisiana travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a weekend showdown with No. 5 Alabama. The two nationally ranked squads are set to meet Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25 at Rhoads Stadium with first pitch set for 1:30 p.m. (CDT) each day.
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Live video coverage is available through SEC Network Plus, and Ragin' Cajuns fans can also follow along on SportsRadio ESPN 1420-AM and at CajunStats.com.
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Louisiana's quick strike was delivered following a Ciara Bryan leadoff triple and subsequent Kaitlyn Alderink double. Alderink scored two batters later when Jade Gortarez ripped a single back up the middle and the Ragin' Cajuns led 2-0.
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An inning later the hustle of Sophie Piskos, who beat the throw on a grounder to third base with two outs, set the stage for Louisiana (35-7) pulling away from Louisiana Tech (14-23).
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A walk to Bryan further extended the inning, then a misplay of a grounder gave the Ragin' Cajuns a run and added life to take full command of the contest. Before the Lady Techsters could regroup another Gortarez RBI single and two-run single from Julie Rawls had stretched the advantage to 7-0.
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Kandra Lamb, Summer Ellyson and Vanessa Foreman combined for the one-hit shutout. It was the second straight blanking of its kind, following up the shutout tossed at Texas State in Sunday's rubber match.
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Lamb set the tone early with a quick six-pitch first inning and tossed no-hit softball during her three innings in the circle. Ellyson struck out six batters over her three innings and carried the no-hit bid into the sixth inning until a two-out single gave LA Tech its lone hit of the day.
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Tuesday's outing marked Louisiana Tech's first visit to Lamson Park since March 2013. The Ragin' Cajuns posted their 28th consecutive win over the Lady Techsters, a streak that dates back to April 1999.
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It was the final midweek game of the 2021 season for Louisiana. It also concluded the squad's lone April homestand.
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DIAMOND NOTES
- For the third straight game the Ragin' Cajuns took hold of the lead in the first inning and improved to 29-3 when scoring first.
- The leadoff triple for Ciara Bryan was her fourth of the season and the first she's hit at Lamson Park.
- Ciara Bryan has now posted at least one base hit in all but three of the 42 games Louisiana has played this season. Dating back to 2020, Bryan has had a hit in 61 of the last 70 games dating back to the 2020 season.
- Ciara Bryan increased her season hits total to 66, a mark which presently ranks No. 2 nationally in Division I Softball. Last week Bryan reached 60 hits in her collegiate career for the first time and is now on the doorstep of 70 for the first time.
- The RBI double that brought in the game's first run extended Kaitlyn Alderink's current hitting streak to 11 games – her longest hit streak as a Ragin' Cajun.
- During the 11-game hitting streak, Kaitlyn Alderink is batting a team-leading .516 (16-for-31) with 11 runs scored, eight doubles and seven RBI.
- With RBI singles in the first and second inning, Jade Gortarez picked up her 10th multiple-hit game and sixth multiple-RBI game of the season.
- Julie Rawls increased her season RBI total to 47, moving her within two RBI of her career-high total and on the verge of the first 50-RBI campaign of her collegiate career.
- Julie Rawls, who for the season is hitting an astounding .463 with runners in scoring position, has generated a team-leading 23 RBI in the month of April.
- Summer Ellyson was credited with the win giving her the 90th of her collegiate career. The Lafayette native owns a 90-21 career mark and is just the fifth Ragin' Cajuns pitcher to reach 90 career wins, joining the likes of Brooke Mitchell, Kyla Hall, Ashley Brignac and Jordan Wallace.
- Summer Ellyson, undefeated in her last 15 appearances, stretched her personal win streak to 11 games with Tuesday's decision. Since March 21, Ellyson is 11-0 with a 1.41 ERA over 69-1/3 innings pitched having yielded just 14 earned runs, 49 hits, a .191 average and struck out 77 batters.
- Over the last three appearances in the circle, starting with the Texas State series, Summer Ellyson has struck out 25 batters over 16 innings of work.
- Kandra Lamb turned in her 11th appearance in which she limited the opposition to two hits or less. For the season, Lamb leads the pitching staff with a .178 opposing batting average.
- Louisiana's pitching staff posted its 14th shutout of the season and the fourth occurrence of consecutive shutouts (Feb. 26 vs. Buffalo, March 26-28 vs. South Alabama, April 5 vs. Lamar).
- The Ragin' Cajuns pitching staff has now held foes to two runs or fewer in 25 of the 42 games played in the 2021 season. Â
UP NEXT
No. 13 Louisiana travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a weekend showdown with No. 5 Alabama. The two nationally ranked squads are set to meet Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25 at Rhoads Stadium with first pitch set for 1:30 p.m. (CDT) each day.
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Live video coverage is available through SEC Network Plus, and Ragin' Cajuns fans can also follow along on SportsRadio ESPN 1420-AM and at CajunStats.com.
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FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Facebook (/RaginCajunsSB), Twitter (@RaginCajunsSB) and Instagram (@Louisiana.SB) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Softball.
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Players Mentioned
2B/3B
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
SS/2B
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
C/IF
/ Softball
C/OF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballTeam Stats
Pitching:
W: Ellyson, Summer (16-4)
L: PICKETT, Audrey (4-10)
Base Running:
SB: SMITH, Tanjala 1
Batting:
2B: Alderink, Kaitlyn 1
3B: Bryan, Ciara 1
RBI: Alderink, Kaitlyn 1 ; Talley, Kendall 1 ; Gortarez, Jade 2 ; Rawls, Julie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bryan, Ciara 2 ; Alderink, Kaitlyn 2 ; Talley, Kendall 1 ; Mayeux, Melissa 1 ; Piskos, Sophie 1
SB: Bryan, Ciara 1 ; Gortarez, Jade 1 ; Mayeux, Melissa 1
HBP: Talley, Kendall 1
PO: Bryan, Ciara 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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