University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, April 12
Hammond, La.
6:00 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
Southeastern Louisiana
Softball Kicks off Lengthy Road Stretch With Tuesday's Trip to Hammond
4/11/2022 10:44:00 PM | Softball
First of 11 straight road games for Louisiana through Sunday, April 24
Louisiana (26-10) at Southeastern Louisiana (26-12)
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Location: Hammond, La.
Stadium: North Oak Park (500)
Game Time: 6:00 p.m. (CDT)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats (PDF): Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Rosters: Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Schedule/Results: Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Television: ESPN+ | Talent: Tyler Thomas, PxP
Radio: TalkRadio 960 AM | Talent: Ian Auzenne, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSB
THE BASICS
>> The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team (26-10) travels to Hammond on Tuesday, April 12 for a midweek game at Southeastern Louisiana (26-12) that begins a two-week stretch of road games.
>> Tuesday's 6 p.m. single game is the first of 11 consecutive road games for Louisiana, a stretch which lasts through Sunday, April 24.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns and Lions meet in Hammond for the first time since April 2018, a matchup held during the inaugural season of the Glasco era. It's the first meeting overall since Louisiana's 9-1 (6 inn.) win at the UAB Green and Gold Classic in the 2021 season.
>> Louisiana enters the SLU matchup coming off an impressive Sun Belt series sweep of Troy at Lamson Park which moved the team to a season-high 16 games above .500.
>> The contest features two of the nation's Top 10 leaders in stolen bases. The Ragin' Cajuns rank third averaging 2.5 stolen bases per game while SLU stands eighth at 2.4 stolen bases per game.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns seek to snap a two-game road losing streak having dropped one-run contests in the last two away from home (Texas State, McNeese).
>> Tuesday's game is the 30th game of the season, out of 37 total, for the Ragin' Cajuns inside the state of Louisiana's borders.
THE ROAD AHEAD
>> Following Tuesday's game at Southeastern Louisiana the Ragin' Cajuns continue their 11-game road trip from Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16 in Mobile, Ala., battling South Alabama (16-14, 9-1 Sun Belt) for the Sun Belt Conference lead.
>> The remainder of the road trip occurs during the team's annual Spring Break trip the following week. The week-long journey begins in the Midwest with non-conference matchups in St. Louis, Illinois and Indiana from Monday, April 18 through Wednesday, April 20 and concludes Friday-Sunday, April 22-24 in Boone, N.C., with a Sun Belt series against App State.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
Series Record: Louisiana leads, 50-1
Last Meeting: 2/21/22 // LA 9, SLU 1 (6) (Birmingham, Ala.)
In Hammond: Louisiana leads, 21-0
Last Time in Hammond: 4/11/18 // LA 13, SLU 2 (6)
Streak: Louisiana, +34
>> Vast majority of the series meetings took place from 1986-99 in midweek, home-and-home doubleheaders.
>> Tuesday's contest is just the eighth matchup since the turn of the century, however it's the fifth meeting since the series was revived with SLU's visit to Lamson Park in April 2017.
>> Louisiana extended its series win streak to 34 games with a 9-1 (6 inn.) win on Feb. 21, 2021 in Birmingham, Ala., at the UAB Green and Gold Classic.
>> Teams meet in a midweek matchup for the first time since April 2019 at Lamson Park. The 2020 meeting in Hammond was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic and last season's matchup at Lamson Park was rained out.
LAST MEETING IN HAMMOND (April 11, 2018 – Louisiana 13, SLU 2)
>> The Ragin' Cajuns piled up 14 hits and used five extra base hits (included three home runs) to create distance from the Lions.
>> Casidy Chaumont's two-run double in the second inning answered SLU's two-run first inning and brought in the first of 13 unanswered runs Louisiana recorded in collecting the win.
>> Kalyn Watts and Kourtney Gremillion chased SLU starter Rachel Hayes with back-to-back homers to open the fourth inning, extending the lead to 6-2.
>> A total of 11 Ragin' Cajuns hitters went to the plate in the sixth inning during a seven-run outburst that put the Lions away.
>> In the circle, Kylee Jo Trahan received the start and yielded just one earned run and three hits over four innings. Carrie Boswell and Casey Dixon each pitched one inning of scoreless relief to close the contest.
LOUISIANA'S LAST TIME OUT (April 8-10 vs. Troy)
>> Louisiana posted a three-game sweep of Troy to solidify its spot near the top of the Sun Belt standings, create a four-game lead over the Trojans for second place, and set up the showdown for first place with current league-leader South Alabama from April 14-16 in Mobile.
>> The sweep extended the Ragin' Cajuns nation-leading total of consecutive conference series won to 69 straight, a streak which began back in March 2013.
>> Sam Landry claimed two of the three victories, limiting the Trojans who were ranked second in the conference in batting average to a single run, four hits and a .089 average over 13 innings in the circle.
>> Alexa Langeliers homered in her first at bat of Game 1 and Game 2 to give Louisiana the early lead off of Troy's ace pitcher Leanna Johnson.
>> Jourdyn Campbell led the offense with six RBI during the series and twice delivered the decisive blow that put the Trojans away: a three-run triple in the sixth inning of Game 1 that extended the lead to 7-1 and a three-run home run in the sixth inning to close out the 10-0 run-rule win in Game 3.
>> Kandra Lamb carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and combined with Meghan Schorman to strike out 10 Trojans batters in the series clincher on Saturday, April 9.
NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
.101: Louisiana's pitching staff limited Troy's offense to a .101 average in last weekend's series sweep.
1: Kandra Lamb surrendered just one base hit over the 9-1/3 innings she pitched combined last week against McNeese and Troy.
.194: The Ragin' Cajuns pitching staff has limited the opposition to a .194 average. Opponents hit sub-.200, combined, over the first five weeks of the season.
2: Playing for the first time since being injured March 19 at Georgia Southern, Alexa Langeliers homered in the first two games of the Troy series.
2.5: Louisiana entered the week ranked No. 3 nationally averaging 2.5 stolen bases per game (90 swipes in 36 games).
4: Stormy Kotzelnick has posted four of her season total of six home runs in the last nine games (since March 27).
6: With six triples, Stormy Kotzelnick is two shy of tying the single-season record of eight established by Lana Jimenez in 1995 and 1997.
10: There are 10 different players who have combined to give Louisiana its 43 home runs.
11: Louisiana's offense produced 11 runs (all earned) off of Troy's ace and Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year Leanna Johnson.
13: The Ragin' Cajuns offense generated 13 extra base hits (4 doubles, 4 triples, 5 home runs) off of Troy's pitching staff.
14: Louisiana's pitching staff has yielded only 14 home runs to the opposition through 228 innings.
14: Jourdyn Campbell leads the Ragin' Cajuns with 14 multiple-hit games.
18: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced double-digit hits in 18 games.
22: Stormy Kotzelnick leads the Ragin' Cajuns with 22 extra base hits (10 doubles, 6 triples, 6 home run).
23-2: Louisiana's record when scoring first.
.361: Louisiana ranks second nationally with a .361 team batting average. The figure has been .350 or above the entire season.
.435: Louisiana's on base percentage entering the week, which ranked No. 3 nationally and trailed only Oklahoma (.504) and Arizona State (.437).
117/109: The Ragin' Cajuns hitters have drawn more walks (117) than they have struck out (109).
133: Total number of extra base hits produced by Louisiana's offense (73 doubles, 17 triples, 43 home runs).
DIAMOND NOTES
ABOUT LOUISIANA
During the 2021 season, the Ragin' Cajuns reached the 40-win mark for the 22nd consecutive completed season, closing out the regular season winning 25 of the final 29 games, and advanced to Championship Sunday of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. Louisiana repeated as Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament champions highlighted by an 11-1 record, regular season and tournament combined, against the league's other three NCAA Tournament participants (Texas State, Troy and South Alabama).
Moving forward into the 2022 season, Louisiana is armed with the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class of the 2021 recruits by Extra Inning Softball including the No. 4-rated recruit in pitcher Sam Landry and No. 15-rated recruit in outfielder Maddie Hayden, has first team All-Sun Belt performer Kandra Lamb back in the circle seeking to pick up where Summer Ellyson left off, and welcomes back Raina O'Neal and Taylor Roman and their power bats back to the lineup.
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.
Fans are encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Location: Hammond, La.
Stadium: North Oak Park (500)
Game Time: 6:00 p.m. (CDT)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats (PDF): Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Rosters: Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Schedule/Results: Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana
Television: ESPN+ | Talent: Tyler Thomas, PxP
Radio: TalkRadio 960 AM | Talent: Ian Auzenne, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSB
THE BASICS
>> The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team (26-10) travels to Hammond on Tuesday, April 12 for a midweek game at Southeastern Louisiana (26-12) that begins a two-week stretch of road games.
>> Tuesday's 6 p.m. single game is the first of 11 consecutive road games for Louisiana, a stretch which lasts through Sunday, April 24.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns and Lions meet in Hammond for the first time since April 2018, a matchup held during the inaugural season of the Glasco era. It's the first meeting overall since Louisiana's 9-1 (6 inn.) win at the UAB Green and Gold Classic in the 2021 season.
>> Louisiana enters the SLU matchup coming off an impressive Sun Belt series sweep of Troy at Lamson Park which moved the team to a season-high 16 games above .500.
>> The contest features two of the nation's Top 10 leaders in stolen bases. The Ragin' Cajuns rank third averaging 2.5 stolen bases per game while SLU stands eighth at 2.4 stolen bases per game.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns seek to snap a two-game road losing streak having dropped one-run contests in the last two away from home (Texas State, McNeese).
>> Tuesday's game is the 30th game of the season, out of 37 total, for the Ragin' Cajuns inside the state of Louisiana's borders.
THE ROAD AHEAD
>> Following Tuesday's game at Southeastern Louisiana the Ragin' Cajuns continue their 11-game road trip from Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16 in Mobile, Ala., battling South Alabama (16-14, 9-1 Sun Belt) for the Sun Belt Conference lead.
>> The remainder of the road trip occurs during the team's annual Spring Break trip the following week. The week-long journey begins in the Midwest with non-conference matchups in St. Louis, Illinois and Indiana from Monday, April 18 through Wednesday, April 20 and concludes Friday-Sunday, April 22-24 in Boone, N.C., with a Sun Belt series against App State.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
Series Record: Louisiana leads, 50-1
Last Meeting: 2/21/22 // LA 9, SLU 1 (6) (Birmingham, Ala.)
In Hammond: Louisiana leads, 21-0
Last Time in Hammond: 4/11/18 // LA 13, SLU 2 (6)
Streak: Louisiana, +34
>> Vast majority of the series meetings took place from 1986-99 in midweek, home-and-home doubleheaders.
>> Tuesday's contest is just the eighth matchup since the turn of the century, however it's the fifth meeting since the series was revived with SLU's visit to Lamson Park in April 2017.
>> Louisiana extended its series win streak to 34 games with a 9-1 (6 inn.) win on Feb. 21, 2021 in Birmingham, Ala., at the UAB Green and Gold Classic.
>> Teams meet in a midweek matchup for the first time since April 2019 at Lamson Park. The 2020 meeting in Hammond was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic and last season's matchup at Lamson Park was rained out.
LAST MEETING IN HAMMOND (April 11, 2018 – Louisiana 13, SLU 2)
>> The Ragin' Cajuns piled up 14 hits and used five extra base hits (included three home runs) to create distance from the Lions.
>> Casidy Chaumont's two-run double in the second inning answered SLU's two-run first inning and brought in the first of 13 unanswered runs Louisiana recorded in collecting the win.
>> Kalyn Watts and Kourtney Gremillion chased SLU starter Rachel Hayes with back-to-back homers to open the fourth inning, extending the lead to 6-2.
>> A total of 11 Ragin' Cajuns hitters went to the plate in the sixth inning during a seven-run outburst that put the Lions away.
>> In the circle, Kylee Jo Trahan received the start and yielded just one earned run and three hits over four innings. Carrie Boswell and Casey Dixon each pitched one inning of scoreless relief to close the contest.
LOUISIANA'S LAST TIME OUT (April 8-10 vs. Troy)
>> Louisiana posted a three-game sweep of Troy to solidify its spot near the top of the Sun Belt standings, create a four-game lead over the Trojans for second place, and set up the showdown for first place with current league-leader South Alabama from April 14-16 in Mobile.
>> The sweep extended the Ragin' Cajuns nation-leading total of consecutive conference series won to 69 straight, a streak which began back in March 2013.
>> Sam Landry claimed two of the three victories, limiting the Trojans who were ranked second in the conference in batting average to a single run, four hits and a .089 average over 13 innings in the circle.
>> Alexa Langeliers homered in her first at bat of Game 1 and Game 2 to give Louisiana the early lead off of Troy's ace pitcher Leanna Johnson.
>> Jourdyn Campbell led the offense with six RBI during the series and twice delivered the decisive blow that put the Trojans away: a three-run triple in the sixth inning of Game 1 that extended the lead to 7-1 and a three-run home run in the sixth inning to close out the 10-0 run-rule win in Game 3.
>> Kandra Lamb carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and combined with Meghan Schorman to strike out 10 Trojans batters in the series clincher on Saturday, April 9.
NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
.101: Louisiana's pitching staff limited Troy's offense to a .101 average in last weekend's series sweep.
1: Kandra Lamb surrendered just one base hit over the 9-1/3 innings she pitched combined last week against McNeese and Troy.
.194: The Ragin' Cajuns pitching staff has limited the opposition to a .194 average. Opponents hit sub-.200, combined, over the first five weeks of the season.
2: Playing for the first time since being injured March 19 at Georgia Southern, Alexa Langeliers homered in the first two games of the Troy series.
2.5: Louisiana entered the week ranked No. 3 nationally averaging 2.5 stolen bases per game (90 swipes in 36 games).
4: Stormy Kotzelnick has posted four of her season total of six home runs in the last nine games (since March 27).
6: With six triples, Stormy Kotzelnick is two shy of tying the single-season record of eight established by Lana Jimenez in 1995 and 1997.
10: There are 10 different players who have combined to give Louisiana its 43 home runs.
11: Louisiana's offense produced 11 runs (all earned) off of Troy's ace and Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year Leanna Johnson.
13: The Ragin' Cajuns offense generated 13 extra base hits (4 doubles, 4 triples, 5 home runs) off of Troy's pitching staff.
14: Louisiana's pitching staff has yielded only 14 home runs to the opposition through 228 innings.
14: Jourdyn Campbell leads the Ragin' Cajuns with 14 multiple-hit games.
18: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced double-digit hits in 18 games.
22: Stormy Kotzelnick leads the Ragin' Cajuns with 22 extra base hits (10 doubles, 6 triples, 6 home run).
23-2: Louisiana's record when scoring first.
.361: Louisiana ranks second nationally with a .361 team batting average. The figure has been .350 or above the entire season.
.435: Louisiana's on base percentage entering the week, which ranked No. 3 nationally and trailed only Oklahoma (.504) and Arizona State (.437).
117/109: The Ragin' Cajuns hitters have drawn more walks (117) than they have struck out (109).
133: Total number of extra base hits produced by Louisiana's offense (73 doubles, 17 triples, 43 home runs).
DIAMOND NOTES
- Louisiana was preseason ranked in all four major national polls: No. 19 in Softball America, No. 22 in D1Softball and No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll.
- Louisiana, the two-time defending Sun Belt regular-season and tournament champion, was selected as the favorite to win the 2022 Sun Belt Conference softball title in a vote of the league's 10 head coaches.
- Kandra Lamb, Raina O'Neal and Sophie Piskos were voted onto the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Softball Preseason All-Conference Team.
- Kandra Lamb represented Louisiana Softball on the Extra Inning Softball Elite 100 list and Sam Landry was named on of D1Softball's Top 75 Impact Freshman. The duo was ranked among D1Softball's Top 150 Players.
- With the exception of Sophie Piskos at catcher, Raina O'Neal returning in center field and Taylor Roman at first base, the Ragin' Cajuns are using a new starter at every other position.
- For Gerry Glasco, his fifth season in Louisiana has a different look and feel: the team largely consists of players he recruited and went from being one of the oldest in the nation to one of the youngest. The Ragin' Cajuns went from a roster in 2021 that was predominantly sixth-year and fifth-year players to a group in 2022 that includes eight freshmen and 12 total newcomers.
- Louisiana is in a transition year in the pitching circle following the departure of former All-American and two-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year Summer Ellyson. After working alongside Ellyson last season to lead the Ragin' Cajuns to repeat champions in the Sun Belt, Kandra Lamb takes her turn as the pitching staff's leader.
- The 2022 season has brought the much-anticipated debut for Louisiana's 2021 recruiting class, which was ranked No. 1 by Extra Inning Softball and includes the No. 4-rated recruit in pitcher Sam Landry and the No. 15-ranked prospect in Louisiana native Maddie Hayden.
ABOUT LOUISIANA
During the 2021 season, the Ragin' Cajuns reached the 40-win mark for the 22nd consecutive completed season, closing out the regular season winning 25 of the final 29 games, and advanced to Championship Sunday of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. Louisiana repeated as Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament champions highlighted by an 11-1 record, regular season and tournament combined, against the league's other three NCAA Tournament participants (Texas State, Troy and South Alabama).
Moving forward into the 2022 season, Louisiana is armed with the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class of the 2021 recruits by Extra Inning Softball including the No. 4-rated recruit in pitcher Sam Landry and No. 15-rated recruit in outfielder Maddie Hayden, has first team All-Sun Belt performer Kandra Lamb back in the circle seeking to pick up where Summer Ellyson left off, and welcomes back Raina O'Neal and Taylor Roman and their power bats back to the lineup.
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.
Fans are encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
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