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Latest Tournament Stop Takes Louisiana to Oklahoma
2/29/2024 12:05:00 PM | Softball
Cajuns participating in first-ever weekend at Sooners' newly built Love's Field
Dates: Friday-Sunday, March 1-3, 2024
Location: Norman, Okla.
Stadium: Marita Hynes Field and Love's Field
Louisiana's Schedule:
Fri., March 1 – vs. Miami University, 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Sat., March 2 – at No. 1 Oklahoma, 11:00 a.m. (CST) // ESPN+
Sat., March 2 – vs. Liberty, 4:30 p.m. (CST)
Sun., March 3 – vs. Liberty, 10:00 a.m. (CST)
Sun., March 3 – at No. 1 Oklahoma, 12:30 p.m. (CST) // ESPN+
MEDIA INFORMATION
Game Notes (PDF): Louisiana
Season Stats (PDF): Louisiana | Liberty | Miami University | Oklahoma
Rosters: Louisiana | Liberty | Miami University | Oklahoma
Schedule/Results: Louisiana | Liberty | Miami University | Oklahoma
Television (Oklahoma Games Only): ESPN+ | Talent: DJ Sanchez (PxP), Erin Miller and Nicole Mendes (analyst)
Radio: 105.1 FM (Fri.)/103.3 FM (Sat. & Sun.) and Varsity Network | Talent: Cody Junot, PxP; Bobby Neveaux, analyst
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Live Coverage Links: Video | Radio | Stats
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSB
LEADING OFF
>> Louisiana competes in a tournament in Norman, Oklahoma featuring three 2023 NCAA Tournament teams: the three-time defending national champion Sooners, Miami University and Liberty.
>> The Oklahoma Tournament continues the second phase of a series of 15 consecutive games away from home.
>> The Cajuns are scheduled for first-time matchups with Miami and Liberty while meeting OU for the first time since March 2019.
>> UL will be one of the first teams to get a look at Oklahoma's newly opened Love's Field during the facility's opening weekend.
>> Louisiana started the week with an 8-2 win at Nicholls sparked by a combined five RBI from Victoria Valdez and Sam Roe and a season-best three double plays turned.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Series Record: First Meeting
OKLAHOMA
Series Record: Louisiana leads, 15-14
Last: 3/1/19 – OU 9, UL 1 (5) (Norman, Okla.)
Streak: Oklahoma, +4
- Last met in tournament in Norman in March 2019.
- Programs have met six times in NCAA postseason, most recently 2016 NCAA Norman Super Regional.
- Series dates back to 1990 in a tournament in Tallahassee, Fla. – first of 11 neutral site meetings.
LIBERTY
Series Record: First Meeting
THIS 'N THAT
>> Cajuns pitching has a sub-3.00 ERA against a schedule that has included 11 games against Power 5 competition.
>> Since Feb. 20, UL is batting .270 and averaging 7.3 hits per game.
>> Louisiana is 8-1 when scoring three runs or more.
>> Maddie Hayden posted a .583 average (7-of-12) in the five games with Mississippi State and Baylor.
>> Chloe Riassetto emerged in the circle vs. Baylor, taking a two-hit shutout to the seventh on Friday and tossing 2-2/3 scoreless relief Sunday.
>> Two-out hitting was contagious for UL on Opening Weekend, scoring 30 of 45 runs (67%) in two-out situations.
>> Sam Landry began the season with 10-plus consecutive scoreless innings pitched, highlighted by the no-hitter of California.
>> Louisiana was preseason ranked in all four major polls: No. 21 in NFCA, ESPN/USA Softball and D1Softball and No. 23 by Softball America.
>> Louisiana was the unanimous choice as the favorite to win the 2024 Sun Belt Conference softball title in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches.
>> Mihyia Davis, the 2023 SBC Freshman of the Year and NFCA All-American, was chosen as the SBC Preseason Player of the Year.
>> Sophie Piskos, Lauren Allred, Alexa Langeliers, Brooke Ellestad and Sam Landry joined Davis on the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team.
>> Louisiana now has a veteran-laden roster with Gerry Glasco's No. 1 recruiting Class of 2022 now entering their junior campaign, plus the key offseason transfer additions of five upperclassmen.
NUMBERS TO KNEAUX
4: The offense has produced double figures in hits in four of the last seven games.
5: UL's pitching staff has only yielded five (5) home runs over 108-1/3 innings pitched.
7: Maddie Hayden leads the Cajuns with seven multiple-hit games.
13: Team-leading hits (13) for Maddie Hayden in games vs. Power 5 teams (13-for-31, .419)
15: The Cajuns are currently in a stretch of 15 games away from home, next at Lamson Park on March 13 vs. McNeese.
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