2013-14 LOUISIANA SOFTBALL History & Records Book LOUISIANA SOFTBALL HISTORY and RECORDS
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2013-14 LOUISIANA SOFTBALL HISTORY & RECORDS BOOK LOUISIANA SOFTBALL HISTORY AND RECORDS Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (47-15) RAGIN’ CAJUNS BATTING LEADERS 2013 Ann Arbor Super Regional BATTING AVERAGE Sarah Draheim .409 2013 Baton Rouge Regional Champions Nerissa Myers .400 Brianna Cherry .393 Natalie Fernandez .345 Season Story Lines Matte Haack .326 • Despite not winning the Sun Belt regular season, or tournament crown for the first time SLUGGING PERCENTAGE since 2007, the Cajuns received an at-large bid to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, Sarah Draheim .746 where they swept the field, including two victories over LSU, to advance to the NCAA Brianna Cherry .717 Nerissa Myers .688 Ann Arbor Super Regional against Michigan. Matte Haack .610 Shellie Landry .562 • With their selection to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, the Cajuns made their 15th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance and their 23rd overall. ON BASE PERCENTAGE Nerissa Myers .559 Sarah Draheim .514 • The Cajuns also recorded their 15th consecutive 45-win season as they posted a 57-15 Brianna Cherry .480 overall mark. Never in the Lotief-Era have the Cajuns failed to win 40-or-more games. Natalie Fernandez .411 Matte Haack .402 • Louisiana boasted two all-America selections in seniors Brianna Cherry (second team) and Sarah Draheim (third team)...the duo led the conference in nearly every offensive RUNS SCORED category Brianna Cherry 65 Sarah Draheim 55 Nerissa Myers 52 • Sophomore pitcher Jordan Wallace led the pitching staff with one of the best statistical Matte Haack 47 seasons in Louisiana history. The Weatherford, Texas native won 32 games (t-4th all- Natalie Fernandez 44 time), struck out 382 batters (2nd all-time), and finished the season ranked third in the nation in strikeouts. HITS Brianna Cherry 75 Sarah Draheim 74 • The Cajuns had six players selected to the all-Sun Belt teams. Nerissa Myers, Brianna Natalie Fernandez 61 Cherry, Sarah Draheim, Matte Haack and Jordan Wallace were all named first team all- Matte Haack 61 Sun Belt, and Shelly Landry was named second team all-Sun Belt. Shellie Landry 55 • The youth of the team showed a lot of promise, with young players stepping up and RUNS BATTED IN contributing right away. Samantha Walsh and Sara Corbello started every game, and Sarah Draheim 67 Shellie Landry 61 Shellie Landry started all but one as freshmen. Matte Haack 58 Brianna Cherry 55 • Shellie Landry set a school record for most home runs in a game when she launched Nerissa Myers 37 three bombs against Southern Miss on April 10 at Lamson Park. The freshman hit one in the first, and then two in the fifth inning, also becoming the only Louisiana hitter to ever DOUBLES Nerissa Myers 12 homer twice in one inning. Brianna Cherry 12 Matte Haack 12 Shellie Landry 9 Sarah Draheim 8 TRIPLES Brianna Cherry 4 Sarah Draheim 1 Matte Haack 1 Samantha Walsh 1 HOME RUNS Sarah Draheim 17 Shellie Landry 15 Brianna Cherry 14 Matte Haack 13 Nerissa Myers 8 TOTAL BASES Brianna Cherry 137 Sarah Draheim 135 Matte Haack 114 Shellie Landry 109 Nerissa Myers 86 WALKS Nerissa Myers 33 Sarah Draheim 31 Samantha Walsh 28 Brianna Cherry 24 Sara Corbello 24 SARAH DRAHEIM BRIANNA CHERRY Third Team NFCA All-America Second Team NFCA All-America STOLEN BASES First Team NFCA All-Region First Team NFCA All-Region Eight Tied 4 First Team All-Sun Belt First Team All-Sun Belt 2 LOUISIANA SOFTBALL HISTORY AND RECORDS 2013 RESULTS 2013 TRENDS PITCHING LEADERS Date Opp. Score Overall Sun Belt Month Attendance Total 47-15 2/9 Lipscomb# W, 5-2 1-0 - - 1-0 - - Conference 19-4 EARNED RUN AVERAGE 2/9 Iowa# L, 13-10 1-1 - - 1-1 442 Non-Conf 28-11 Jordan Wallace 1.70 2/10 Iowa# W, 11-0 2-1 - - 2-1 278 Home 21-2 Victoria Brown 3.79 2/13 Mississippi State W, 9-1 3-1 - - 3-1 837 Away 14-6 2/15 Mississippi Valley St@. W, 13-2 4-1 - - 4-1 997 Neutral 21-2 OPPOSING BATTING AVERAGE 2/16 Texas State@ W, 9-1 5-1 - - 5-1 665 Jordan Wallace .167 Day 40-12 2/16 Mississippi Vallley St.@ W, 16-4 6-1 - - 6-1 665 Victoria Brown .208 Night 7-3 2/17 Texas State@ W, 3-2 7-1 - - 7-1 902 WON-LOSS PERCENTAGE 2/20 at McNeese State W, 5-1 8-1 - - 8-1 337 vs Left 11-3 Jordan Wallace .780 2/22 Michigan& L, 3-1 8-2 - - 8-2 120 vs Right 36-12 2/22 South Florida& W, 3-0 9-2 - - 9-2 147 WINS 2/23 Illinois State& W, 8-5 10-2 - - 10-2 133 1-Run games 6-5 Jordan Wallace 32 2/23 Hofstra& W, 4-2 11-2 - - 11-2 119 2-Run games 2-2 Victoria Brown 9 2/24 James Madison& W, 9-1 12-2 - - 12-2 100 5+Run games 29-4 Christina Hamilton 3 2/26 Southern University W, 9-1 13-2 - - 13-2 304 Extra inns 2-3 Kristin Martinez 3 3/1 Pittsburgh$ W, 8-0 14-2 - - 1-0 104 Shutouts 18-1 3/1 Texas A&M$ L, 6-4 14-3 - - 1-1 233 INNINGS PITCHED 3/2 Texas$ L, 7-2 14-4 - - 1-2 121 Scoring 0-2 runs 3-7 Jordan Wallace 255.1 3/2 College of Charleston$ W, 16-0 15-4 - - 2-2 245 Scoring 3-5 runs 11-7 Victoria Brown 68.1 3/3 Illinois State$ L, 4-3 15-5 - - 2-3 262 Scoring 6-9 runs 20-0 Kristin Martinez 37.1 3/6 at Texas L, 9-4 15-6 - - 2-4 - - Scoring 10+ runs 13-1 Christina Hamilton 35.0 3/6 at Texas L, 7-1 15-7 - - 2-5 778 Opponent 0-2 runs 38-2 3/9 Western Kentucky^ W, 10-0 16-7 1-0 3-5 - - STRIKEOUTS Opponent 3-5 runs 8-4 Jordan Wallace 382 3/10 Western Kentucky^ L, 12-2 16-8 1-1 3-6 619 Opponent 6-9 runs 1-7 Victoria Brown 40 3/10 Western Kentucky^ L, 3-2 16-9 1-2 3-7 988 Opponent 10+ runs 0-2 Kristin Martinez 35 3/13 Louisiana Tech W, 4-1 17-9 - - 4-7 - - Christina Hamilton 32 3/13 Louisiana Tech W, 9-1 18-9 - - 5-7 729 Scored in 1st inn. 30-6 3/16 at South Alabama^ L, 7-3 18-10 1-3 5-8 - - Opp. scored in 1st inn. 7-8 WALKS 3/16 at South Alabama^ L, 8-4 18-11 1-4 5-9 369 Scores first 38-8 Victoria Brown 15 3/17 at South Alabama^ W, 2-1 19-11 2-4 6-9 423 Opp. scores first 9-7 Jordan Wallace 98 3/29 FIU^ W, 10-2 20-11 3-4 7-9 - - 3/29 FIU^ W, 9-5 21-11 4-4 8-9 880 After 4 leading 43-2 APPEARANCES 3/30 FIU^ W, 7-5 22-11 5-4 9-9 750 After 4 trailing 1-9 Jordan Wallace 47 4/6 at North Texas^ W, 10-0 23-11 6-4 1-0 - - After 4 tied 3-4 Victoria Brown 21 4/6 at North Texas^ W, 8-2 24-11 7-4 2-0 350 After 5 leading 29-2 Kristin Martinez 18 4/7 at North Texas^ W, 5-0 25-11 8-4 3-0 250 After 5 trailing 1-12 Christina Hamilton 16 After 5 tied 2-1 4/10 Southern Miss W, 18-2 26-11 - - 4-0 - - After 6 leading 24-0 4/10 Southern Miss W, 10-0 27-11 - - 5-0 638 GAMES STARTED After 6 trailing 1-12 Jordan Wallace 40 4/13 Middle Tennessee^ W, 10-0 28-11 9-4 6-0 - - After 6 tied 2-3 Victoria Brown 13 4/13 Middle Tennessee^ W, 6-3 29-11 10-4 7-0 886 Christina Hamilton 5 4/14 Middle Tennessee^ W, 6-0 30-11 11-4 8-0 632 Hit 0 home runs 9-6 Kristin Martinez 4 4/17 Houston W, 9-1 31-11 - - 9-0 - - Hit 1 home run 12-7 4/17 Houston W, 10-5 32-11 - - 10-0 835 Hit 2+ home runs 26-2 4/21 at Florida Atlantic^ W, 1-0 (8 inn.) 33-11 12-4 11-0 - - FIELDING LEADERS 4/21 at Florida Atlantic^ W, 8-4 34-11 13-4 12-0 - - Opponent 0 home runs 31-4 4/27 Troy^ W, 9-1 35-11 14-4 13-0 - - Opponent 1 home run 13-5 TOTAL CHANCES 4/27 Troy^ W, 6-0 36-11 15-4 14-0 812 Opponent 2+ HRs 3-6 Sarah Draheim 500 4/28 Troy^ W, 7-2 37-11 16-4 15-0 840 Matte Haack 268 5/4 at LA.-Monroe^ W, 8-2 38-11 17-4 1-0 - - Made 0 errors 30-2 Samantha Walsh 144 5/4 at LA.-Monroe^ W, 12-3 39-11 18-4 2-0 582 Made 1 error 13-6 Natalie Fernandez 131 5/5 at LA.-Monroe^ W, 6-0 40-11 19-4 3-0 421 Made 2+ errors 4-7 Nerissa Myers 130 5/8 FIU ¥ W, 8-7 (8 inn.) 41-11 - - 4-0 1,325 Opp. made 0 errors 15-5 5/9 South Alabama ¥ L, 1-0 (8 inn.) 41-12 - - 4-1 1,208 PUTOUTS Opp.