University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
8-10
Miami University
10-3
Louisiana’s Comeback Spoiled by Quick Response from Miami
3/1/2024 10:29:00 PM | Softball
Ragin’ Cajuns drop slugfest to Redhawks in OU Tournament opener
Sophie Piskos' grand slam in the fifth vaulted Louisiana (8-10) into a 9-8 lead, completing the storm back from an 8-1 deficit.
The first four hitters for the Redhawks (10-3) in the sixth inning all reached base leading to the tying run crossing the plate. The very next at bat a sacrifice fly foul out returned the lead to Miami at 10-9, then a two-run single immediately followed adding insurance.
The Ragin' Cajuns received a solo home run Victoria Valdez trimming the deficit to 12-10 with two outs in the seventh. Denali Loecker drew an eight-pitch walk to give Piskos another chance to stun the Redhawks, however a ground ball was induced and shortstop Reagan Bartholomew fielded it to halt the two-out rally.
Piskos paced UL with five RBI highlighted by the grand slam. Loecker had the other multiple-RBI effort: her run-scoring double in the fourth inning sparking a three-run frame and hit-by-pitch RBI in the fifth setting up the Piskos grand slam.
The Redhawks posted four home runs in the contest with each one coming during the sprint out to the 8-1 lead.
Louisiana was dealt its first loss against a non-Power 5 team this season. The 10 runs marked the most scored in a defeat since March 19, 2022 at Georgia Southern (L, 10-12) – UL entered the game with an 8-1 mark when scoring three runs or more.
Friday's matchup marked the first-ever meeting between Louisiana and Miami University on the softball diamond.
UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
Louisiana moves to the newly built Love's Field for the remainder of the OU Tournament with a pair of games each against Oklahoma and Liberty on Saturday and Sunday.
First up on Saturday, March 1 is an 11:00 a.m. meeting with three-time defending national champion Oklahoma (16-0), then after a break from play UL meets Liberty at 4:30 p.m.
The OU game is being televised on ESPN+. Both games can be heard on The Goat 103.3 FM and 1420 AM in the Acadiana region and worldwide on The Varsity Network.
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 also encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: JARVIS, Addy (5-1)
L: Delbrey, Lexie (2-2)
Batting:
2B: GOLEMBIEWSKI, Jenna 1 ; SPAID, Karli 1 ; BLASKA, Holly 1 ; BEWICK, Sami 1
HR: GOLEMBIEWSKI, Jenna 1 ; BLASKA, Holly 2 ; PARKS, Chloe 1
RBI: CUMMINS, Allie 1 ; GOLEMBIEWSKI, Jenna 4 ; BLASKA, Holly 4 ; PARKS, Chloe 2
SF: CUMMINS, Allie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CUMMINS, Allie 1 ; GOLEMBIEWSKI, Jenna 2 ; SPAID, Karli 1 ; BLASKA, Holly 3 ; PARKS, Chloe 2 ; KOBAYASHI, Kate 1 ; BARTHOLOMEW, R. 1 ; PARISIEN, Hadley 1
Batting:
2B: Loecker, Denali 1
HR: Valdez, Victoria 1 ; Piskos, Sophie 1
RBI: Langeliers, Alexa 1 ; Valdez, Victoria 1 ; Loecker, Denali 2 ; Piskos, Sophie 5 ; Credeur, Laney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis, Mihyia 1 ; Roe, Sam 1 ; Langeliers, Alexa 1 ; Ellestad, Brooke 1 ; Valdez, Victoria 3 ; Loecker, Denali 1 ; Williams, Dayzja 1 ; Piskos, Sophie 1
SB: Davis, Mihyia 1
CS: Langeliers, Alexa 1
HBP: Hayden, Maddie 1 ; Loecker, Denali 1
