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May 8 #21 Louisiana vs 2013 Louisiana Softball Florida Atlantic Sun Belt Conference Tournament Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 ESPN 1420 - AM Ragin’ Cajun Notes Projected Louisiana Starting Lineup Pos. No. Player Avg. HR RBI WHAT’S ON TAP? The Ragin’ Cajuns open up the Sun Belt Tournament against Florida SS 15 Nerissa Myers .440 8 36 International on Wednesday, May 8 at 3:00 P.M. The Cajuns finished the regular season third in CF 23 Brianna Cherry .408 12 47 the Sun Belt; FIU finished sixth. The winner of the first round game will take on the winner of No. 2 C 24 Sarah Draheim .400 13 52 South Alabama and No. 7 and tournament host, Troy University. 1B 27 Matte Haack .347 11 51 LF 22 Shellie Landry .299 15 54 CAJUNS UPDATE: The Cajuns continued their hot streak, sweeping ULM and winning their 22nd 2B 21 Samantha Walsh .271 6 22 consecutive game. They improved their record to 40-11, picking up 40 wins in a season for the DP 25 Sara Corbello .324 6 30 15th consecutive season. They defeated ULM by scores of 8-2, 12-3 and 6-0, and crushed eight RF 17 Leandra Maly .273 0 5 home runs over the weekend. 3B 3 Natalie Fernandez .361 0 6 Off the bench... Pos. No. Player Avg. HR RBI WALLACE WINS FOURTH: Jordan Wallace won her fourth Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week award of IF 28 Kelsey Vincent .152 4 9 the 2013 season, and eighth of her career, announced on May 6 by the Sun Belt Offices. Wallace OF 19 Shelbi Redfearn .083 1 6 picked up two more wins on the weekend and struck out 19 batters, including her 300th of the Pinch Runners... season. She finished the season tied with Emily Rousseau at four selections each, in a total of Pos. No. Player SB Att R 12 weeks. OF 8 Megan Waterman 0 0 4 OF 14 Cassidy White 4 4 13 WE’RE GOING STREAKING: The Cajuns are in the midst of a season-high 22 game winning IF 5 Meagan Thomas 1 2 15 streak, dating back to March 17 at South Alabama. In comparison, #1 Oklahoma (43-3), has only Pitchers won 17 consecutive games this season. R/L No. Player W-L ERA K RHP 7 Jordan Wallace 26-6 1.76 302 THE LOTIEF DYNASTY: The Cajuns won their 40th game of the season on Sunday and have now RHP 32 Victoria Brown 8-1 3.95 35 RHP 16 Christina Hamilton 3-1 3.60 32 won 40 games in every season since 1998. The Cajuns have never failed to win 40 games with a LHP 10 Kristin Martinez 3-3 3.34 35 Lotief at the helm of the program, stringing together 15 consecutive 40-win seasons. WALLACE IN THE STREAK: Jordan Wallace has been a huge factor in the Cajuns’ current winning streak. She holds a 16-0 record with two saves in 15 starts and 21 total appearances with a 1.07 ERA and 179 strikeouts. She has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.77 and has thrown 98.0 innings, allowing just 13 extra-base hits. She has held opponents to a .138 batting average, #21 Louisiana FIU allowing just 47 hits. RAGIN’ CAJUNS PANTHERS Record Record HAACK ATTACK: Matte Haack hit a first inning grand slam in the second game against ULM, Overall: 40-11 Overall: 27-26 Sun Belt: 19-4 Sun Belt: 10-13 and continued to crush the ball during the Cajuns’ winning streak. In the past 22 games, Haack is Streak: W22 Streak: L5 batting .429 with seven home runs, 33 RBI and 19 runs scored, going 27-for-63 at the plate. She has also reached base eight times on a base on balls and been plunked four times. Last Game: Last Game: W, 6-0 at UL-Monroe L, 3-0 at FAU WHAT ARE THEY RANKED? The Cajuns moved up to 21st in the USA Today/NFCA Softball poll Head Coach: Head Coach: Michael Lotief Jake Schumann when it was released on Tuesday, April 30, moving up one spot from last week’s poll. They also sit (13th Season) (2nd season) in 21st in the National RPI rankings, which ranks every team in the NCAA Division-I. Statistical Leaders Statistical Leaders Average: Myers (.440) Average: Graves (.287) WALLACE AMONG NATIONAL RANKS: Jordan Wallace has fanned 11.0 batters per seven- Home Runs: Landry (15) Home Runs: Rojas (5) innings, which is the fourth highest in the NCAA, behind leader Blaire Luna (12.3) of Texas. She RBI: Landry (54) RBI: Lopez (33) ERA: Wallace (1.76) ERA: Jenkins (2.80) is also fifth in the nation with 302 strikeouts, behind leader Olivia Galati, whom the Cajuns beat in Strikeouts: Wallace (302) Strikeouts: Jenkins (99) March at the NFCA Lead-Off Classic. Last Meeting Ragin’ Cajuns 7, Panthers 5 - March 30, 2013 - Lafayette CAREER RECORD WATCH: Nerissa Myers topped the Ragin’ Cajuns All-Time Runs record, Series History scoring her 231st career run on a Brianna Cherry home run. She over took Jerie Alexander (1999- Cajuns lead 44-12 Last Cajun Win March 30, 2013 - 7-5 @ UL 2002) at 230 runs. Series in Lafayette Cajuns lead 21-6 Last Panther Win March 10, 2012 - 2-1 @ FIU REGULAR SEASON IN REVIEW: The Cajuns finished up the regular season on Sunday with a Series in Miami final record of 40-11. They finished the regular season with a 22 game winning streak, going into Cajuns lead 18-6 Current Streak the Conference Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the league. Cajuns have won last four Series at Neutral Site Cajuns lead 5-0 Game By Game NFCA Rank Date UL Opp. Opp. Score W/L Winner Loser Overall Sun Belt Month Attendance 2/9 11 Lipscomb# 5-2 W Wallace (1-0) Anderson (0-1) 1-0 - - 1-0 442 2/9 11 Iowa# 13-10 L Lyon (2-0) Martinez (0-1) 1-1 - - 1-1 442 2/10 11 Iowa# 11-0 W Wallace (2-0) Massey (1-2) 2-1 - - 2-1 278 2/13 15 Mississippi State 9-1 W Wallace (3-0) Vry (0-1) 3-1 - - 3-1 837 2/15 15 Mississippi Valley St@. 13-2 W Brown (1-0) Spivey (1-2) 4-1 - - 4-1 997 2/16 15 Texas State@ 9-1 W Wallace (4-0) Taylor (0-3) 5-1 - - 5-1 665 2/16 15 Mississippi Vallley St.@ 16-4 W Martinez (1-1) Lorenz (0-3) 6-1 - - 6-1 665 2/17 15 Texas State@ 3-2 W Wallace (5-0) House (0-2) 7-1 - - 7-1 902 2/20 12 at McNeese State 5-1 W Wallace (6-0) Lilly (1-2) 8-1 - - 8-1 337 2/22 12 15 Michigan& 3-1 L Driesenga (6-1) Wallace (6-1) 8-2 - - 8-2 120 2/22 12 17 South Florida& 3-0 W Hamilton (1-0) Richardson (3-2) 9-2 - - 9-2 147 2/23 12 Illinois State& 8-5 W Wallace (7-1) Rodriguez (1-1) 10-2 - - 10-2 133 2/23 12 RV Hofstra& 4-2 W Brown (2-0) Galati (3-4) 11-2 - - 11-2 119 2/24 12 James Madison& 9-1 W Wallace (8-1) Kiefer (2-1) 12-2 - - 13-2 100 2/26 13 Southern University 9-1 W Brown (3-0) Stevenson (0-4) 13-2 - - 14-2 304 3/1 13 Pittsburgh$ 8-0 W Hamilton (2-0) King (3-4) 14-2 - - 1-0 104 3/1 13 9 Texas A&M$ 6-4 L Dumezich (13-0) Wallace (8-2) 14-3 - - 1-1 233 3/2 13 5 Texas$ 7-2 L Luna (9-0) Hamilton (2-1) 14-4 - - 1-2 121 3/2 13 College of Charleston$ 16-0 W Martinez (2-1) Saylors (3-2) 15-4 - - 2-2 245 3/3 13 RV Illinois State$ 4-3 L Baxter (6-3) Wallace (8-3) 15-5 - - 2-3 262 3/6 15 10 at Texas 9-4 L Luna (10-0) Martinez (2-2) 15-6 - - 2-4 - - 3/6 15 10 at Texas 7-1 L Bruins (6-0) Wallace (8-4) 15-7 - - 2-5 778 3/9 15 Western Kentucky^ 10-0 W Wallace (9-4) Sulaski (2-3) 16-7 1-0 3-5 - - 3/10 15 Western Kentucky^ 12-2 L Rousseau (5-2) Martinez (2-3) 16-8 1-1 3-6 619 3/10 15 Western Kentucky^ 3-2 L Rousseau (6-2) Wallace (9-5) 16-9 1-2 3-7 988 3/13 22 Louisiana Tech 4-1 W Wallace (10-5) Jones (8-6) 17-9 - - 4-7 - - 3/13 22 Louisiana Tech 9-1 W Brown (4-0) Jones (8-7) 18-9 - - 5-7 729 3/16 22 RV at South Alabama^ 7-3 L Campbell (10-4) Wallace (10-6) 18-10 1-3 5-8 - - 3/16 22 RV at South Alabama^ 8-4 L Beard (10-0) Brown (4-1) 18-11 1-4 5-9 369 3/17 22 RV at South Alabama^ 2-1 W Wallace (11-6) Campbell (10-5) 19-11 2-4 6-9 423 3/29 RV FIU^ 10-2 W Wallace (12-6) Jenkins (11-4) 20-11 3-4 7-9 - - 3/29 RV FIU^ 9-5 W Brown (5-1) Dawson (4-11) 21-11 4-4 8-9 880 3/30 RV FIU^ 7-5 W Wallace (13-6) Jenkins (11-5) 22-11 5-4 9-9 750 4/6 RV at North Texas^ 10-0 W Wallace (14-6) Simmons (6-5) 23-11 6-4 1-0 - - 4/6 RV at North Texas^ 8-2 W Brown (6-1) Kirk (8-6) 24-11 7-4 2-0 350 4/7 RV at North Texas^ 5-0 W Wallace (15-6) Simmons (6-6) 25-11 8-4 3-0 250 4/10 RV Southern Miss 18-2 W Wallace (16-6) Wilson (4-11) 26-11 - - 4-0 - - 4/10 RV Southern Miss 10-0 W Brown (7-1) Dietrich (1-11) 27-11 - - 5-0 638 4/13 RV Middle Tennessee^ 10-0 W Wallace (17-6) McClure (2-12) 28-11 9-4 6-0 - - 4/13 RV Middle Tennessee^ 6-3 W Wallace (18-6) Fisherback (3-17) 29-11 10-4 7-0 886 4/14 RV Middle Tennessee^ 6-0 W Wallace (19-6) Stinnett (0-7) 30-11 11-4 8-0 632 4/17 25 RV Houston 9-1 W Wallace (20-6) D.