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Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Softball Set for LSU Crossover, Monday Night With Ole Miss
2/24/2023 9:38:00 AM | Softball
Ragin' Cajuns back to playing inside the state's borders after lengthy Florida trip
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 25-26, 2023
Tiger Park Schedule:
      Sat, Feb. 25 – vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 12:00 p.m. (CST)
      Sat, Feb. 25 – at #14 LSU, 2:30 p.m. (CST) // SEC Network Plus
Lamson Park Schedule:
      Sun., Feb. 26 – vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 12:00 p.m. (CST) // ESPN+
      Sun., Feb. 26 – vs. #14 LSU, 2:30 p.m. (CST) // ESPN+
MEDIA INFORMATION
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
Season Stats: Louisiana | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | LSU
Rosters: Louisiana | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | LSU
Television (at Tiger Park - LSU game only): SEC Network+ • Talent: Lyn Rollins, PxP; Yvette Girouard, analyst
Television (at Lamson Park): ESPN+ • Talent: Dan McDonald, PxP; Yvette Girouard, analyst
Radio:Â 103.3 FM The Goat |Â Talent: Cody Junot, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Coverage: Radio | Video | Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @RaginCajunsSB
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Louisiana (6-5) vs. Ole Miss (6-4)
Date: Monday, Feb. 27, 2023
Location: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park (2,790)
Game Time:Â 5:30 p.m. (CST) // ESPN+
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats: Louisiana | Ole Miss
Rosters: Louisiana | Ole Miss
Television: ESPN+ • Talent: Dan McDonald, PxP; Yvette Girouard, analyst
Radio:Â 103.3 FM The Goat |Â Talent: Cody Junot, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @RaginCajunsSB
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PROMOTIONS
Sunday, Feb. 26Â (Louisiana/LSU Crossover)
- Family Day with Kids Run the Bases
- Launch the Student Section (located in outfield near scoreboard) with Cajuns x Supreme hat giveaway for UL students only
Monday, Feb. 27 (Ole Miss)
- Mardi Gras beads giveaway for all in attendance
- Launch the Student Section
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SATELLITE CONCESSION STAND
- For the LSU Crossover games and Ole Miss contest at Lamson Park, to help better serve fans in the outfield a satellite concession stand will be located behind the outfield bleachers in center field.
- The menu for the outfield satellite concession stand will include: beer ($2 natty light, $6 domestic cans) and Jambalaya and Pastalaya ($9 each).
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LEADING OFF
>> The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team is back in the state of Louisiana following a seven-game road trip to Florida (TaxAct Clearwater Invitational/UCF) for the fourth edition of annual Louisiana/LSU Crossover event and a Monday evening meeting with Ole Miss.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns participation in the Louisiana/LSU Crossover starts on Saturday, February 25 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge, facing Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 12:00 p.m. and host-LSU at approximately 2:30 p.m. The Ragin' Cajuns meet the same two opponents at the exact same times on Sunday, February 26 at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park to complete the tournament.
>> It's the fourth straight year that the Ragin' Cajuns and Tigers co-host the weekend crossover event, continuing a series of regular season meetings between the I-10 neighbors. LSU holds a 5-1 edge in head-to-head matchups since the start of the tournament.
>> The matchups with LSU continues an early season series of ranked foes that Louisiana lines up against. The Tigers will be the sixth (6th) ranked foe the Ragin' Cajuns see so far in the young season. On the recent Florida road trip, Louisiana met Top 10-ranked Oklahoma State, Arkansas, UCLA and Florida State as well as No. 25 UCF on Mardi Gras day.
>> The Monday, February 27 matchup with Ole Miss at Lamson Park is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and it concludes a brief two-day, three-game homestand.
>> Louisiana and Ole Miss last met in February 2020 at the UAB Blazer Classic in Birmingham, Alabama with the Ragin' Cajuns sweeping the two contests. Monday's game marks the Rebels first visit to Lamson Park since a season-opening, three-game series back in 2009.
>> Louisiana is a perfect 4-0 at Lamson Park, sweeping play against Lafayette College and SFA in the 37th Annual Louisiana Classics on Opening Weekend. The Ragin' Cajuns claimed their lone win in a true road game so far this season, run-ruling and no-hitting No. 25 UCF on Mardi Gras day.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns are coming off a seven-game, six day trek in the state of Florida where the team posted a 2-5 mark through games spanning the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational and a midweek contest at UCF. Louisiana faced an all-Power 5 slate in Clearwater that featured four Top 10-ranked teams. Three of the team's five defeats in Clearwater (Michigan, Arkansas and UCLA) were by one run. Â
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THIS 'N THAT
>> The Clearwater-opening 4-1 win over Indiana marked Louisiana's 1,800th all-time win in program history - 5th most in NCAA D1 Softball history (joining UCLA, Arizona, Florida State, Texas A&M).
>> The win over Indiana gave Louisiana a 5-0 start under Gerry Glasco for the third consecutive season and fifth time in six years.
>> Louisiana's efforts on Mardi Gras day in Orlando marked the first time that UCF was run-ruled and no-hit since the 2022 Super Regional at No. 1 Oklahoma (May 27, 2022).
>> Louisiana batted .320 through the first 10 games (which included four Top 10 opponents) paced by four players with 25-plus plate appearances who were batting at or above the mark (Valdez, Heath, Hayden and Campbell). Leading the way was freshman Victoria Valdez who was hitting .370 with four doubles, a home run and a team-high tying eight (8) RBI.
>> Nine (9) different players have posted at least one home run for the Ragin' Cajuns. Seven of them collected their home run during Opening Weekend at Lamson Park, then Stormy Kotzelnick and Jourdyn Campbell joined the group last weekend at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational.
>> Louisiana's pitching arsenal gained another arm in Clearwater with the debut of freshman lefthander Chloe Riassetto. She worked 6-1/3 innings highlighted by a stretch of four consecutive scoreless innings pitched in the team's tournament finale vs. No. 7 Florida State.Â
>> Meghan Schorman led the pitching staff with a 2.81 ERA and 17 total strikeouts during the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational. She pitched 6-2/3 innings of scoreless softball with seven strikeouts while scattering five hits before Indiana broke through with two outs in the seventh in the tournament opener, then on Saturday dazzled in relief vs. No. 4 Arkansas with four innings of two-hit, scoreless softball that featured six strikeouts.
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DIAMOND NOTES
>> Louisiana was preseason ranked in three major national polls: No. 20 in D1Softball, No. 22 in Softball America and No. 24 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll. The Ragin' Cajuns were receiving votes in the USA Today/NFCA poll, third in line from No. 25.
>> Louisiana, the three-time defending regular season and tournament champions, was the unanimous selection as the favorite to win the 2023 Sun Belt Conference title in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches.
>> In the pitcher's circle, the Ragin' Cajuns returned all 47 victories posted in the 2022 season headlined by the trio of Sam Landry (20), Meghan Schorman (17) and Kandra Lamb (9) who combined for all but one of the triumphs.
>> A year ago, Louisiana's pitching staff ranked Top 25 nationally in ERA (2.17), shutouts (16), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.97) and was one of only three units in Division I Softball to amass 500-plus strikeouts (504).
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NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
1: The no-hitter tossed at No. 25 UCF was the first for Meghan Schorman spanning her collegiate career at Kenutcky and Louisiana.
5: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced at least five base hits in all but two of the season's first 11 games.Â
6-1: Louisiana's record when scoring the game's first run.
7:Â Career-high total of RBI (7) produced by Alexa Langeliers at No. 25 UCF, using a pair of three-run home runs to build the figure.
9: There are nine (9) different players who have posted at least one home run for the Ragin' Cajuns.
17: Number of non-conference games against Power 5 competition (includes six matchups at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational).
1,800: Louisiana's number of all-time program victories (1981-present) which ranks No. 5 in NCAA D1 Softball history.
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UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
The Ragin' Cajuns return to the road for non-conference tournament play, traveling to Austin, Texas for the Longhorn Invitational hosted by No. 13 Texas and set to run from Friday-Sunday, March 3-5 at Red & Charline McCombs Field.
The team's five-game slate in Austin features single games with McNeese, Princeton and Tennessee State plus two matchups with the nationally ranked Longhorns.Â
Louisiana will begin play in Austin on Friday, March 3 meeting McNeese at 2:00 p.m. and No. 13 Texas in the 7:00 p.m. nightcap.
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