University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, April 4
Lake Charles, La.
6:00 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
McNeese
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Busy Easter Week inside the state's borders begins Tuesday in Lake Charles
No. 25 Louisiana (26-10) at McNeese (26-10)
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Location: Lake Charles, La.
Stadium: Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond (1,300)
Game Time:Â 6:00 p.m. (CDT)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats (PDF): Louisiana | McNeese
Rosters: Louisiana | McNeese
Schedule/Results: Louisiana | McNeese
Television: ESPN+ |Â Talent: Bruce Merchant, PxP
Radio:Â Talk Radio 960 AMÂ |Â Talent: Cody Junot, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @RaginCajunsSB
TEAM INFORMATION
LOUISIANA Ragin' Cajuns
NFCA: RV |Â USA: 25Â |Â SBA: -- |Â D1S: -- | RPI: 12
Head Coach: Gerry Glasco (Illinois, '80)
Record at Louisiana: 231-63 (6th season)
Career Record: Same
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .304 / .483Â / .383
Team ERA: 2.48
MCNEESE Cowgirls
NFCA: -- |Â USA: -- |Â SBA: -- |Â D1S: -- | RPI: 65
Head Coach: James Landreneau
Record at McNeese: 237-135 (7th season)
Career Record: Same
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .300 / .415 / .373
Team ERA: 2.15
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LEADING OFF
>> Two days removed from completing a Sun Belt series sweep on the road at James Madison the No. 25-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team meets McNeese in a midweek contest.
>> It's Louisiana's first midweek game since hosting McNeese at Lamson Park back on March 8.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns and Cowgirls are completing their annual home-and-home midweek series on Tuesday in Lake Charles.Â
>> Louisiana and McNeese meet for the third time overall, adding in a meeting at Texas' Longhorn Invitational to the prior midweek contest.Â
>> Both previous meetings this season ended in the Ragin' Cajuns' favor: a 7-1 win in Austin, Texas and 6-2 triumph at Lamson Park both outcomes occurring in March.
>> The all-time series with McNeese is the second-oldest in program history at 133 meetings, trailing only the 143 games played against ULM.
>> Louisiana and McNeese have met every season of the Gerry Glasco era (2018-present), with the exception of the COVID-shortened 2020 season, with the Ragin' Cajuns holding an 8-2 edge.
>> Prior to two matchups in March, each of the previous four regular season games - over the 2021 and 2022 seasons - between the Ragin' Cajuns and Cowgirls were decided by two runs or less.
>> The last meeting at Joe Miller Field in Lake Charles saw Louisiana and McNeese battle for 13 innings before the Cowgirls claimed a 6-5 victory.
>> In a series has roots dating back to the founding of the Ragin' Cajuns' program in 1981, Louisiana holds an all-time lead of 107-26.Â
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THIS 'N THAT
>> Louisiana has picked up 17 wins (out of 26 total) away from Lamson Park (nine true road wins, eight neutral site wins). The Cajuns are a perfect 6-0 on the road in Sun Belt play.
>> In the NCAA's latest official release of the RPI (Monday, April 3), the Ragin' Cajuns were ranked No. 12 - the highest ranking among Sun Belt programs.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns were weathered and tested in the early portion of non-conference action, facing eight ranked teams .
>> In pre-conference tournament play, Louisiana claimed three wins over ranked teams, six wins over Power 5 foes and nine wins over Top 100 RPI teams.
>> To date, Louisiana has played the second (2nd) toughest schedule in D1 Softball based upon games already played. The teams faced thus far have a combined 741-388-5 (.656) record.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns handed No. 12 LSU (currently 31-6, 4-5 SEC) its only non-conference loss of the season back on Feb. 25 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge (won 5-4) and handed No. 13 Florida its first home loss of the 2023 season.
>> Of the 10 losses for Louisiana so far in the 2023 campaign, only one (App State) came against a non-Power 5 program.
>> Louisiana is set to have staying power in the national landscape in coming years, as the lineup typically features a combination of at least six to eight freshmen and sophomores. The last two recruiting classes were ranked Top 15 by Extra Inning Softball.
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LATEST TRENDS
>> Freshman Lauren Allred is hitting .435 (20-for-46) with 23 RBI since March 1, and with Saturday's season-high five RBI performance took over the team lead in RBI (now at 26).
>> In the three weeks since Sun Belt play began (back on March 18), Sophie Piskos is tied for the team lead with 12 RBI and is batting .462 (12-of-26).
>> Kandra Lamb is flourishing in her role as a closer out of the bullpen. Last weekend at James Madison, Lamb delivered three spotless relief appearances tossing 6-2/3 innings of scoreless softball while striking out 11 and yielding just two hits.
>> Meghan Schorman has recorded five-plus strikeouts in each of her last four seven-inning outings including a season-high 12 strikeouts last Friday at JMU. Schorman is five strikeouts shy of reaching 100 for the second straight season.
>> Louisiana used the same lineup all three games at James Madison and the result was six players recording at least four hits in the series leading Louisiana to a commanding 31-14 edge over JMU.
>> Stormy Kotzelnick enters the week with a three-game hitting streak that boosted her average 20 points up to .287. She began the streak with back-to-back multiple-hit and multiple-RBI efforts to start the JMU series, tallying four hits and four RBI as Louisiana clinched the series.
>> Despite missing 10 games with a hand injury following Opening Day, freshman Mihyia Davis has already swiped 30 stolen bases (in 32 attempts) with her elite speed.Â
>> A year ago, Louisiana's pitching staff was one of only three units in Division I Softball to amass 500-plus strikeouts (504). Early on in April the group is more than halfway to the mark, having tallied 274 strikeouts with five weeks still remaining in the regular season.
>> Last weekend's series sweep at James Madison extended Louisiana's streak of consecutive Sun Belt Conference series won to 76 straight – the nation's longest active streak of consecutive conference series victories which dates back to March 2013.
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NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
1: Louisiana's pitching staff has lowered its ERA more than one full point since the Clearwater Invitational (from 4.13 to 2.48).
2: Number of shutouts pitched vs. ranked teams by Meghan Schorman (no-hit UCF, three-hit blanking of Florida).
5: As of April 3, Mihyia Davis ranked No. 5 nationally in stolen bases with 30 swipes.
5: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced at least five base hits in all but two of the season's first 36 games.Â
10: There are 10 different players who have posted at least one home run for the Ragin' Cajuns.
11-1/3: Innings pitched by Sam Landry vs. McNeese this season, yielding just three runs and six hits.Â
18: Number of times (in 36 games) that the Ragin' Cajuns have scored in the first inning.
17: Number of non-conference games scheduled against Power 5 competition (six matchups at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational).
23: Number of RBI generated since March 1 by freshman Lauren Allred.
24: Combined RBI total generated - 12 apiece - by Lauren Allred and Sophie Piskos the past three weeks.Â
28: Number of times the Ragin' Cajuns have scored the game's first run (24-4 record).
76:Â Consecutive Sun Belt Conference series won, a streak that dates back to March 2013.
1,821: 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 face off with South Alabama (25-10, 8-1 SBC) in a pivotal three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park from Thursday-Saturday, April 6-8.
The USA continues Louisiana's stretch of conference series that will have implications on the title race. The Ragin' Cajuns and Jaguars will battle for the right to remain near the top of the SBC standings as the league schedule reaches the halfway point.
Game times are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday followed by a 2:00 p.m. series finale on Saturday. Television coverage is being provided by ESPN+ and radio coverage is availabe on 103.3 FM The Goat and the Varsity Network.
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FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Location: Lake Charles, La.
Stadium: Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond (1,300)
Game Time:Â 6:00 p.m. (CDT)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats (PDF): Louisiana | McNeese
Rosters: Louisiana | McNeese
Schedule/Results: Louisiana | McNeese
Television: ESPN+ |Â Talent: Bruce Merchant, PxP
Radio:Â Talk Radio 960 AMÂ |Â Talent: Cody Junot, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates:Â @RaginCajunsSB
TEAM INFORMATION
LOUISIANA Ragin' Cajuns
NFCA: RV |Â USA: 25Â |Â SBA: -- |Â D1S: -- | RPI: 12
Head Coach: Gerry Glasco (Illinois, '80)
Record at Louisiana: 231-63 (6th season)
Career Record: Same
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .304 / .483Â / .383
Team ERA: 2.48
MCNEESE Cowgirls
NFCA: -- |Â USA: -- |Â SBA: -- |Â D1S: -- | RPI: 65
Head Coach: James Landreneau
Record at McNeese: 237-135 (7th season)
Career Record: Same
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .300 / .415 / .373
Team ERA: 2.15
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LEADING OFF
>> Two days removed from completing a Sun Belt series sweep on the road at James Madison the No. 25-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball team meets McNeese in a midweek contest.
>> It's Louisiana's first midweek game since hosting McNeese at Lamson Park back on March 8.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns and Cowgirls are completing their annual home-and-home midweek series on Tuesday in Lake Charles.Â
>> Louisiana and McNeese meet for the third time overall, adding in a meeting at Texas' Longhorn Invitational to the prior midweek contest.Â
>> Both previous meetings this season ended in the Ragin' Cajuns' favor: a 7-1 win in Austin, Texas and 6-2 triumph at Lamson Park both outcomes occurring in March.
>> The all-time series with McNeese is the second-oldest in program history at 133 meetings, trailing only the 143 games played against ULM.
>> Louisiana and McNeese have met every season of the Gerry Glasco era (2018-present), with the exception of the COVID-shortened 2020 season, with the Ragin' Cajuns holding an 8-2 edge.
>> Prior to two matchups in March, each of the previous four regular season games - over the 2021 and 2022 seasons - between the Ragin' Cajuns and Cowgirls were decided by two runs or less.
>> The last meeting at Joe Miller Field in Lake Charles saw Louisiana and McNeese battle for 13 innings before the Cowgirls claimed a 6-5 victory.
>> In a series has roots dating back to the founding of the Ragin' Cajuns' program in 1981, Louisiana holds an all-time lead of 107-26.Â
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THIS 'N THAT
>> Louisiana has picked up 17 wins (out of 26 total) away from Lamson Park (nine true road wins, eight neutral site wins). The Cajuns are a perfect 6-0 on the road in Sun Belt play.
>> In the NCAA's latest official release of the RPI (Monday, April 3), the Ragin' Cajuns were ranked No. 12 - the highest ranking among Sun Belt programs.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns were weathered and tested in the early portion of non-conference action, facing eight ranked teams .
>> In pre-conference tournament play, Louisiana claimed three wins over ranked teams, six wins over Power 5 foes and nine wins over Top 100 RPI teams.
>> To date, Louisiana has played the second (2nd) toughest schedule in D1 Softball based upon games already played. The teams faced thus far have a combined 741-388-5 (.656) record.
>> The Ragin' Cajuns handed No. 12 LSU (currently 31-6, 4-5 SEC) its only non-conference loss of the season back on Feb. 25 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge (won 5-4) and handed No. 13 Florida its first home loss of the 2023 season.
>> Of the 10 losses for Louisiana so far in the 2023 campaign, only one (App State) came against a non-Power 5 program.
>> Louisiana is set to have staying power in the national landscape in coming years, as the lineup typically features a combination of at least six to eight freshmen and sophomores. The last two recruiting classes were ranked Top 15 by Extra Inning Softball.
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LATEST TRENDS
>> Freshman Lauren Allred is hitting .435 (20-for-46) with 23 RBI since March 1, and with Saturday's season-high five RBI performance took over the team lead in RBI (now at 26).
>> In the three weeks since Sun Belt play began (back on March 18), Sophie Piskos is tied for the team lead with 12 RBI and is batting .462 (12-of-26).
>> Kandra Lamb is flourishing in her role as a closer out of the bullpen. Last weekend at James Madison, Lamb delivered three spotless relief appearances tossing 6-2/3 innings of scoreless softball while striking out 11 and yielding just two hits.
>> Meghan Schorman has recorded five-plus strikeouts in each of her last four seven-inning outings including a season-high 12 strikeouts last Friday at JMU. Schorman is five strikeouts shy of reaching 100 for the second straight season.
>> Louisiana used the same lineup all three games at James Madison and the result was six players recording at least four hits in the series leading Louisiana to a commanding 31-14 edge over JMU.
>> Stormy Kotzelnick enters the week with a three-game hitting streak that boosted her average 20 points up to .287. She began the streak with back-to-back multiple-hit and multiple-RBI efforts to start the JMU series, tallying four hits and four RBI as Louisiana clinched the series.
>> Despite missing 10 games with a hand injury following Opening Day, freshman Mihyia Davis has already swiped 30 stolen bases (in 32 attempts) with her elite speed.Â
>> A year ago, Louisiana's pitching staff was one of only three units in Division I Softball to amass 500-plus strikeouts (504). Early on in April the group is more than halfway to the mark, having tallied 274 strikeouts with five weeks still remaining in the regular season.
>> Last weekend's series sweep at James Madison extended Louisiana's streak of consecutive Sun Belt Conference series won to 76 straight – the nation's longest active streak of consecutive conference series victories which dates back to March 2013.
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NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
1: Louisiana's pitching staff has lowered its ERA more than one full point since the Clearwater Invitational (from 4.13 to 2.48).
2: Number of shutouts pitched vs. ranked teams by Meghan Schorman (no-hit UCF, three-hit blanking of Florida).
5: As of April 3, Mihyia Davis ranked No. 5 nationally in stolen bases with 30 swipes.
5: The Ragin' Cajuns offense has produced at least five base hits in all but two of the season's first 36 games.Â
10: There are 10 different players who have posted at least one home run for the Ragin' Cajuns.
11-1/3: Innings pitched by Sam Landry vs. McNeese this season, yielding just three runs and six hits.Â
18: Number of times (in 36 games) that the Ragin' Cajuns have scored in the first inning.
17: Number of non-conference games scheduled against Power 5 competition (six matchups at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational).
23: Number of RBI generated since March 1 by freshman Lauren Allred.
24: Combined RBI total generated - 12 apiece - by Lauren Allred and Sophie Piskos the past three weeks.Â
28: Number of times the Ragin' Cajuns have scored the game's first run (24-4 record).
76:Â Consecutive Sun Belt Conference series won, a streak that dates back to March 2013.
1,821: 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 face off with South Alabama (25-10, 8-1 SBC) in a pivotal three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park from Thursday-Saturday, April 6-8.
The USA continues Louisiana's stretch of conference series that will have implications on the title race. The Ragin' Cajuns and Jaguars will battle for the right to remain near the top of the SBC standings as the league schedule reaches the halfway point.
Game times are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday followed by a 2:00 p.m. series finale on Saturday. Television coverage is being provided by ESPN+ and radio coverage is availabe on 103.3 FM The Goat and the Varsity Network.
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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.
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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