University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Lamb, Kandra
Jersey Number 53
Kandra Lamb
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kurrajong, NSW, Australia
- High School:
- International Community School
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Commissoner's List (2023)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2022)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2022)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2021)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2021)
2021 Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 30)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2021)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2020)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019)
2022 (Junior)
Was the pitching staff's leader in ERA in conference play (1.84) ... in all five Sun Belt starts in April, yielded no more than one run and three hits and took a perfect game into the seventh inning of the Coastal Carolina series opener (April 29) ... went 3-0 with a 0.95 ERA and .158 opposing average while surrendering only three runs over the 22 innings worked in her SBC starts in April ... ranked Top 5 in Sun Belt play in ERA, opposing average, hits allowed and fewest runs allowed ... surrendered a combined three runs and seven hits over 13-2/3 innings worked over the Texas State, Troy and South Alabama series ... averaged 10.1 strikeouts per seven innings in SBC play (77 in 53.1 IP) and an identical 10.1 strikeouts per seven overall (158 in 109.1 IP) ... established a new career-high for strikeouts in a single game three times, the last occurrence tallying 14 strikeouts in 5-1/3 innings of relief at App State ... final overall season strikeouts total was 158, marking a second straight season with 150-plus strikeouts recorded (followed up 164 from sophomore season) ... pitched three no-hitters including a perfect game on March 26 vs. UT Arlington ... yielded just 61 hits over 109-1/3 innings pitched and held opponents to a .161 average ... posted a team-best five complete game shutouts.
2021 (Sophomore)
Pitched in 35 games (with 28 starts), working alongside Summer Ellyson to help lead Louisiana to a Top 25 finish and repeat as the Sun Belt Conference's regular season and tournament champions ... posted career-highs in wins (17) and strikeouts (164), in first full season of competition since 2019 ... recorded at least five strikeouts in 16 of 28 starts ... 10 times, strikeout total was eight or more (reached double digits three times) ... crafted two complete game shutouts, and combined for eight other shutouts for a hand in 10 of Louisiana's 19 shutouts ... in four regular season starts vs. Top 25 teams (LSU, Oklahoma State, Texas and Alabama) yielded no more than five hits and had a 10-strikeout effort vs. Oklahoma State ... tossed a complete game, three-hit shutout against No. 16 LSU on Championship Sunday in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ... limited the opposition to five hits or less in 26 of the 28 games started ... surrendered only 99 base hits and held the opposition to a .182 average over the 611 batters faced over 149 innings ... posted a 9-1 record with 1.93 ERA and .175 opposing average in Sun Belt Conference play ... limited conference foes to just 19 runs (16 earned) and 37 hits over 58 innings of work while striking out 69 batters ... surrendered only 10 extra base hits to SBC foes ... career-high total of 12 strikeouts came in Game 2 of the South Alabama series (Mar. 27), and turned in five other starts in SBC play with at least eight strikeouts ... posted two wins while yielding just two runs and four hits over 8-2/3 innings at the UAB Blazer Classic during Opening Weekend ... fired off eight strikeouts in first two Lamson Park appearances of the season (McNeese, Game 1 vs. Buffalo) ... in her first career road start against a nationally ranked team, shined in the circle on Feb. 27 at No. 11 LSU by scattering four hits and yielding only one run over 3-1/3 innings pitched ... the next day at Lamson Park vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State held the Top 10-ranked Cowgirls scoreless through the first three innings of the contest and to just one run over the first 7-2/3 innings ... in early-season performance vs. Top 25 teams, pitched a combined 11-2/3 innings vs. No. 11 LSU and No. 8 Oklahoma State allowing only eight base hits while striking out 13 batters ... led Louisiana to a road series sweep of Memphis by striking out 16 batters over 11 innings of work over her two starts ... earned both wins in the Sun Belt-opening series at UT Arlington to help Louisiana continue its string of consecutive conference series won ... dominated at the beginning and end of the series opener, starting off with three scoreless innings, then later re-entering to pitch 2-2/3 more scoreless frames to settle down the Mavericks ... closed the sixth inning of the series finale and then worked a hitless seventh after Ciara Bryan's home run returned the lead to Louisiana to lock up the series win ... dominance against SBC foes was on full display in Game 1 vs. Georgia Southern (Mar. 28) by retiring the side in five of six innings pitched, and in Game 2 at Georgia State (Apr. 2) when she retired the side in six of the seven innings of work ... in the series-clincher at Troy, helped turn the tide by retiring 15 of the 17 batters faced over the five innings that followed a three-run first inning ... pitched effectively against Top 5-ranked Alabama on the road on Apr. 25, scattering four hits, surrendering just three earned runs, and keeping the top of the batting order hitless over 5-1/3 innings ... turned in 8-1/3 scoreless innings of work during Louisiana's Sun Belt Conference Tournament title run, starting with five innings of one-hit, shutout softball in the opening game vs. ULM ... held Texas State scoreless for the first 2-1/3 innings in the winner's bracket final (May 14), then recorded the final three outs of the championship game vs. South Alabama (May 15) ... in her first career NCAA Regional start on May 21 in Baton Rouge, carried a perfect game into the seventh inning vs. George Washington ... that night recorded seven strikeouts to combine with Summer Ellyson for 14 strikeouts in the 11-inning shutout ... collected the save vs. McNeese on May 22 in the elimination game, retiring three straight batters in the bottom of the seventh after the first two Cowgirls reached base ... struck out five and did not allow a single runner to successfully move past second base in the complete game shutout of LSU on Championship Sunday that forced the winner-take-all scenario ... over the 16-2/3 innings worked at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, yielded just three runs and nine hits while limiting foes to a .155 average (included 9-2/3 innings worked vs. No. 16 LSU).
2020 (Sophomore - COVID-19 Season)
Did not see any action during the season, taking a redshirt.
2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in 14 games, receiving the start six times, and logged 31-2/3 innings in her collegiate debut season … yielded multiple hits only five times and held foes to a meager .119 average … surrendered only 12 hits, with the most allowed in any appearance being two … registered at least one strikeout in all but three outings, totaling 34 … in the six starts, held the opposition to two earned runs, five hits, one extra base hit, struck out 21 and recorded a 0.79 ERA over 17-2/3 innings … turned in seven outings of hitless softball pitched, highlighted by no-hitters thrown against Incarnate Word (Feb. 8) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 9) in her very first two collegiate appearances … posted season-best 11 strikeouts over the 15 batters faced in the A&MCC no-hitter … the two no-hitters were the first of four straight scoreless, and hitless appearances, to begin the season … struck out five and faced only two over the minimum in her scoreless relief effort vs. North Texas which quieted the Mean Green’s bats and allowed Louisiana to recover from a 2-0 first-inning deficit in the final game of round robin play at the Baylor Invitational (Feb. 23) … tossed two innings of scoreless relief in her Sun Belt Conference debut at Texas State on March 8 … held the Bobcats without an earned run in her first career SBC start the next day … struck out three batters in two innings of work in a start at South Alabama (March 23) … held Ole Miss scoreless, striking out a pair and yielding only two hits, over 2-2/3 innings pitched on May 19 in the NCAA Oxford Regional.
High School
Three-year varsity starter for International Community School … was a member of the Hills Hawks Softball Club from the Hornsby District Softball Association … competed for Australia's New South Wales U19 Women's team, helping lead the team to a national championship … chosen to pitch in the 2017 Junior Women's World Championship in Clearwater, Fla. … limited foes to four hits, struck out 11 and finished with a 1.17 ERA over two appearances at the world championship.
Personal
Born Nov. 19, 1999 in Blacktown, NSW, Australia ... daughter of Paul and Kirsty Lamb ... has two older sisters, Rachel and Shayle, and one younger sister, Teoni ... is a marketing major.
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2022)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2022)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2021)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2021)
2021 Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 30)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2021)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2020)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019)
2022 (Junior)
Was the pitching staff's leader in ERA in conference play (1.84) ... in all five Sun Belt starts in April, yielded no more than one run and three hits and took a perfect game into the seventh inning of the Coastal Carolina series opener (April 29) ... went 3-0 with a 0.95 ERA and .158 opposing average while surrendering only three runs over the 22 innings worked in her SBC starts in April ... ranked Top 5 in Sun Belt play in ERA, opposing average, hits allowed and fewest runs allowed ... surrendered a combined three runs and seven hits over 13-2/3 innings worked over the Texas State, Troy and South Alabama series ... averaged 10.1 strikeouts per seven innings in SBC play (77 in 53.1 IP) and an identical 10.1 strikeouts per seven overall (158 in 109.1 IP) ... established a new career-high for strikeouts in a single game three times, the last occurrence tallying 14 strikeouts in 5-1/3 innings of relief at App State ... final overall season strikeouts total was 158, marking a second straight season with 150-plus strikeouts recorded (followed up 164 from sophomore season) ... pitched three no-hitters including a perfect game on March 26 vs. UT Arlington ... yielded just 61 hits over 109-1/3 innings pitched and held opponents to a .161 average ... posted a team-best five complete game shutouts.
2021 (Sophomore)
Pitched in 35 games (with 28 starts), working alongside Summer Ellyson to help lead Louisiana to a Top 25 finish and repeat as the Sun Belt Conference's regular season and tournament champions ... posted career-highs in wins (17) and strikeouts (164), in first full season of competition since 2019 ... recorded at least five strikeouts in 16 of 28 starts ... 10 times, strikeout total was eight or more (reached double digits three times) ... crafted two complete game shutouts, and combined for eight other shutouts for a hand in 10 of Louisiana's 19 shutouts ... in four regular season starts vs. Top 25 teams (LSU, Oklahoma State, Texas and Alabama) yielded no more than five hits and had a 10-strikeout effort vs. Oklahoma State ... tossed a complete game, three-hit shutout against No. 16 LSU on Championship Sunday in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ... limited the opposition to five hits or less in 26 of the 28 games started ... surrendered only 99 base hits and held the opposition to a .182 average over the 611 batters faced over 149 innings ... posted a 9-1 record with 1.93 ERA and .175 opposing average in Sun Belt Conference play ... limited conference foes to just 19 runs (16 earned) and 37 hits over 58 innings of work while striking out 69 batters ... surrendered only 10 extra base hits to SBC foes ... career-high total of 12 strikeouts came in Game 2 of the South Alabama series (Mar. 27), and turned in five other starts in SBC play with at least eight strikeouts ... posted two wins while yielding just two runs and four hits over 8-2/3 innings at the UAB Blazer Classic during Opening Weekend ... fired off eight strikeouts in first two Lamson Park appearances of the season (McNeese, Game 1 vs. Buffalo) ... in her first career road start against a nationally ranked team, shined in the circle on Feb. 27 at No. 11 LSU by scattering four hits and yielding only one run over 3-1/3 innings pitched ... the next day at Lamson Park vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State held the Top 10-ranked Cowgirls scoreless through the first three innings of the contest and to just one run over the first 7-2/3 innings ... in early-season performance vs. Top 25 teams, pitched a combined 11-2/3 innings vs. No. 11 LSU and No. 8 Oklahoma State allowing only eight base hits while striking out 13 batters ... led Louisiana to a road series sweep of Memphis by striking out 16 batters over 11 innings of work over her two starts ... earned both wins in the Sun Belt-opening series at UT Arlington to help Louisiana continue its string of consecutive conference series won ... dominated at the beginning and end of the series opener, starting off with three scoreless innings, then later re-entering to pitch 2-2/3 more scoreless frames to settle down the Mavericks ... closed the sixth inning of the series finale and then worked a hitless seventh after Ciara Bryan's home run returned the lead to Louisiana to lock up the series win ... dominance against SBC foes was on full display in Game 1 vs. Georgia Southern (Mar. 28) by retiring the side in five of six innings pitched, and in Game 2 at Georgia State (Apr. 2) when she retired the side in six of the seven innings of work ... in the series-clincher at Troy, helped turn the tide by retiring 15 of the 17 batters faced over the five innings that followed a three-run first inning ... pitched effectively against Top 5-ranked Alabama on the road on Apr. 25, scattering four hits, surrendering just three earned runs, and keeping the top of the batting order hitless over 5-1/3 innings ... turned in 8-1/3 scoreless innings of work during Louisiana's Sun Belt Conference Tournament title run, starting with five innings of one-hit, shutout softball in the opening game vs. ULM ... held Texas State scoreless for the first 2-1/3 innings in the winner's bracket final (May 14), then recorded the final three outs of the championship game vs. South Alabama (May 15) ... in her first career NCAA Regional start on May 21 in Baton Rouge, carried a perfect game into the seventh inning vs. George Washington ... that night recorded seven strikeouts to combine with Summer Ellyson for 14 strikeouts in the 11-inning shutout ... collected the save vs. McNeese on May 22 in the elimination game, retiring three straight batters in the bottom of the seventh after the first two Cowgirls reached base ... struck out five and did not allow a single runner to successfully move past second base in the complete game shutout of LSU on Championship Sunday that forced the winner-take-all scenario ... over the 16-2/3 innings worked at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, yielded just three runs and nine hits while limiting foes to a .155 average (included 9-2/3 innings worked vs. No. 16 LSU).
2020 (Sophomore - COVID-19 Season)
Did not see any action during the season, taking a redshirt.
2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in 14 games, receiving the start six times, and logged 31-2/3 innings in her collegiate debut season … yielded multiple hits only five times and held foes to a meager .119 average … surrendered only 12 hits, with the most allowed in any appearance being two … registered at least one strikeout in all but three outings, totaling 34 … in the six starts, held the opposition to two earned runs, five hits, one extra base hit, struck out 21 and recorded a 0.79 ERA over 17-2/3 innings … turned in seven outings of hitless softball pitched, highlighted by no-hitters thrown against Incarnate Word (Feb. 8) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 9) in her very first two collegiate appearances … posted season-best 11 strikeouts over the 15 batters faced in the A&MCC no-hitter … the two no-hitters were the first of four straight scoreless, and hitless appearances, to begin the season … struck out five and faced only two over the minimum in her scoreless relief effort vs. North Texas which quieted the Mean Green’s bats and allowed Louisiana to recover from a 2-0 first-inning deficit in the final game of round robin play at the Baylor Invitational (Feb. 23) … tossed two innings of scoreless relief in her Sun Belt Conference debut at Texas State on March 8 … held the Bobcats without an earned run in her first career SBC start the next day … struck out three batters in two innings of work in a start at South Alabama (March 23) … held Ole Miss scoreless, striking out a pair and yielding only two hits, over 2-2/3 innings pitched on May 19 in the NCAA Oxford Regional.
High School
Three-year varsity starter for International Community School … was a member of the Hills Hawks Softball Club from the Hornsby District Softball Association … competed for Australia's New South Wales U19 Women's team, helping lead the team to a national championship … chosen to pitch in the 2017 Junior Women's World Championship in Clearwater, Fla. … limited foes to four hits, struck out 11 and finished with a 1.17 ERA over two appearances at the world championship.
Personal
Born Nov. 19, 1999 in Blacktown, NSW, Australia ... daughter of Paul and Kirsty Lamb ... has two older sisters, Rachel and Shayle, and one younger sister, Teoni ... is a marketing major.
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