2013 Louisiana Softball Louisiana Tech

#22 Louisiana vs 2013 Louisiana Softball Louisiana Tech

Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743

What’s Next? Ragin’ Cajun Notes #22 Louisiana (16-9, 1-2 SBC) WHAT’S ON TAP? The 16-9 Ragin’ Cajuns softball team seeks to bounce back from a Sun Belt series loss to WKU, when they return to non-conference action and take on vs. in-state foe, Louisiana Tech on Wednesday, March 13 at Lamson Park. The Cajuns Louisiana Tech (12-10, 0-0 WAC) are 15-7 in non-conference action this season and only have 10 non-conference Lamson Park games remaining. Wednesday, March 13 4:00 P.M. (Doubleheader) CAJUN UPDATE: The Cajuns dropped a three game series with Western Kentucky, ESPN 1420-AM two games to one, over the past weekend. After a 10-0 victory in game one, the Lady Toppers rebounded to defeat the Cajuns in game two 12-2 and then won the Sunday matinee 3-2 to take the series over the Cajuns. Sara Corbello had an RBI in each game for her first career RBI streak, now at three games.

Projected Louisiana Starting Lineup THE LADY TECHSTERS: The 12-10 Lady Techsters are coming off of a weekend Pos. No. Player Avg. HR RBI sweep of Southern in which they won by the mercy rule twice. They are led by senior CF 23 Brianna Cherry .375 7 27 pitcher Michelle Jones (8-5, 2.50 ERA, and junior outfielder Erin Kipp (.413 - 1 HR - 14 LF 22 Shellie Landry .338 6 32 RBI). The Cajuns hold a 44-30 all-time series lead over La. Tech, defeating them last C 24 Sarah Draheim .391 6 25 season in a five-inning 9-0 game at the Mardi Gras Invitational at Lamson Park. The 2B 27 Matte Haack .286 4 15 Cajuns are 24-14 when facing La. Tech at home. 1B 25 Sara Corbello .381 1 11 SS 21 Samantha Walsh .300 2 10 FIRST-YEAR FOCUS: With three freshmen in the starting lineup for every game this DH 14 Cassidy White .500 0 0 season the future is bright for the Cajuns. Shellie Landry, Sara Corbello and Samantha RF 17 Leandra Maly .255 0 5 Walsh have had a strong impact on the team in their first year of competition combining for nine HR and 53 RBI. First-year players as a whole are batting .320 on the season 3B 3 Natalie Fernandez .303 0 5 Off the bench... (82-for-256) with 57 RBI, 10 HR, and 53 runs scored. Last season a Cajuns veteran Pos. No. Player Avg. HR RBI squad didn’t send a freshman to the plate. OF 19 Shelbi Redfearn .059 0 4 CHERRY BOMBS: Senior center fielder Brianna Cherry has anchored the Cajuns’ IF 28 Kelsey Vincent .182 1 2 offense through the first 25 games this season. She is batting .375 with 27 RBI, and IF 12 Gabrielle Felps .143 0 0 a team-high 26 runs and seven home runs. Her seven home runs tie her career high Pitchers R/L No. Player W-L ERA K that she set last season. RHP 7 Jordan Wallace 9-5 2.15 109 HOME RUNS...HOME RUNS EVERYWHERE: With 29 home runs in the first 25 RHP 16 Christina Hamilton 2-1 3.85 20 games, the Cajuns lead the Sun Belt Conference in home runs by a margin of 14 RHP 32 Victoria Brown 3-0 4.67 15 (South Alabama, 15). Individually, Louisiana holds down the top three spots with LHP 10 Kristin Martinez 2-3 3.63 27 Cherry at seven, and both Landry and Draheim at six a piece. If you combine the three, they have more home runs than all the teams in the league. The Cajuns also rank 21st in the nation for home runs per game (1.13/game) Weekend Sun Belt Series #22 Louisiana (16-9, 1-2 SBC) DOMINATING THE DISH: Senior catcher Sarah Draheim has been a huge presence at both behind and at the plate for the Cajuns this season. She leads the team with 161 putouts, and has started every game at catcher. She is batting .375 on the season with South Alabama (21-4, 0-0 SBC) six home runs and 25 RBI. Draheim batted .250 in her first three seasons. Jaguar Field Saturday, March 16 - 1:00 P.M. (DH) NEARLY PERFECT: Sophomore pitcher Jordan Wallace faced just 16 batters in a five- ESPN 1420-AM inning shutout against WKU on Saturday. She allowed just one batter to reach base, a single in the second inning, with no walks and nine strikeouts. Earlier this season, Sunday, March 17 - 1:00 P.M. Wallace took a perfect game into the sixth inning of what became a six-inning mercy ESPN 1420-AM rule victory for the Cajuns. She lost the perfect game from an error to lead off the sixth, and eventually gave up a hit.

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LET’S GET IT STARTED: The Cajuns have scored in the first inning SOLID COMPETITION: The Cajuns schedule features nine teams in 13 of their 25 games this season, and are 9-4 in those games. The that were either ranked in the top 25 or received votes in NCAA polls, Cajuns have scored first in 19-of-25 games and hold a record of 14-5 including ESPN.com number one, Oklahoma (April 3rd). They have when scoring first. gone 1-5 when facing teams in the Top 25 and are 0-4 against Top 10 ranked teams. SINGLING OUT FERNANDEZ: Third baseman Natalie Fernandez led the Ragin’ Cajuns squad with 75 hits and a .436 average last CLEARING THE BENCH: 29 different players have seen time at the season. All of the 75 hits were singles. Thus far in 2013 she has gone plate or on the base paths this season for the Cajuns. In all of 2012, 23-for-76 with 23 singles. In her career, Fernandez has 133 hits, just 12 players saw action in the field, not including pitchers. including 132 singles and one double. Her only extra base hit came on February 12, 2011 as her last 130 hits have been singles. CHERRY NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brianna Cherry was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week of Feb. 25 after a powerful NO SENIOR SLIDE: The five seniors, Brianna Cherry, Sarah Draheim, weekend at the plate in the NFCA Leadoff Classic. The honor is the Matte Haack, Nerissa Myers and Megan Waterman combine for a first of her career, and second this season for the Cajuns. Jordan .358 batting average (95-for-265), with 87 runs scored, 81 RBI and Wallace won Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 18. Cherry went 7-for-19 at 19 home runs with a slugging percentage of .690. the plate with eight RBI with seven runs scored and four home runs, helping the Cajuns win the NFCA Leadoff Classic. She drove in runs FRESHMAN FIREPOWER: Outfielder Shellie Landry hit her first in every game, and scored in every game but one. career grand slam against Southern on Feb. 26, and has now homered in back-to-back games this season twice. Her 32 RBI not LOVING LOUISIANA: The 2013 schedule features six teams from only lead the team, but the entire Sun Belt Conference and she is inside the Louisiana Border. McNeese State, Southern, Louisiana second on the team with six home runs. Tech and UL-Monroe. The Cajuns are 2-0 thus far against in-state opponents with victories over McNeese and Southern already. WATERMAN OFF THE WALL: In just her fourth career at-bat, senior Megan Waterman doubled off the left field wall, missing a home run by mere feet on Friday, February 15. On Saturday, February 16th she would get another pinch hitting opportunity, this time clearing the wall for her first career home run.

HOW DO THEY RANK? Louisiana is ranked 22nd in the USA Today/ NFCA Coaches poll and 25th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball polls General Information released on March 12, down seven spots from last week when they Name of School...... University of Louisiana (at Lafayette) were ranked 15 and 18th, respectively. The Cajuns started the season City/Zip...... Lafayette, La. 70504 ranked 11th, and were the unanimous selection to win the Sun Belt. Founded...... 1898 (as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute) The highest they have been ranked this season was the preseason Enrollment...... 16,687 (Fall 2012) ranking of 11th. Nickname...... Ragin’ Cajuns DEFENDING CHAMPS: Louisiana will attempt to defend their throne School Colors...... Vermilion and White at the top of the Sun Belt Conference, a spot they have held in 11 of Affiliation...... NCAA Division I the past 12 seasons, including five straight. They will also attempt Conference...... Sun Belt to extend a streak of 14 straight NCAA Regional tournament berths. President...... Dr. E. Joseph Savoie (Louisiana, 1976) Director of Athletics...... Scott Farmer (Georgia Southern, 1986) ATTENDANCE AUTHORITIES: Lamson Park has held the highest Faculty Athletics Representative...... Anita Hazelwood attendance in the Sun Belt Conference for the past 13 seasons, and Athletics Main Phone...... (337) 482-5393 set school records last season with an average attendance of 1,287, Ticket Office Phone...... (337) 265-2357 for 29,171 all season. Lamson Park has held 5673 fans this season Softball Office Phone...... (337) 262-2283 after seven dates with an average of 810. Web Site...... www.RaginCajuns.com University Web Site...... www.Louisiana.edu FAMILY AFFAIR: The Cajuns have two family links on the team, Athletics Twitter...... @ULRaginCajuns seniors Nerissa Myers and Brianna Cherry are cousins, and senior Athletics Facebook...... facebook.com/ULRaginCajuns Matte Haack has a younger brother, Brooks, who is a freshman on Softball Twitter...... @RaginCajunsSB the Ragin’ Cajuns football team. Softball Facebook...... facebook.com/ragincajunssoftball

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll Cajuns Record When... No. Team Record Pts Prev No. Team Record Pts Prev Night games...... 5-2 1 Oklahoma (31) 22-1 775 2 1 Oklahoma (18) 22-1 498 1 Day games...... 11-7 2 Arizona State 25-1 733 3 2 Arizona State (2) 25-1 478 3 Playing at home...... 7-2 3 Florida 25-2 706 4 3 Florida 25-2 444 4 Playing on the road...... 1-2 4 Alabama 23-3 658 1 4 California 20-2 421 6 Playing at a neutral site...... 8-5 5 California 20-2 638 6 5 Texas A&M 23-2 420 5 As home team...... 10-3 6 Tennessee 21-4 625 8 6 Alabama 23-3 399 2 As away team...... 6-6 7 Texas A&M 23-2 593 7 7 Tennessee 31-4 383 10 Conference games...... 1-2 8 Missouri 10-2 562 5 8 Missouri 10-2 368 7 Non-conference games...... 15-7 9 Texas 23-3 532 10 9 Oregon 21-4 333 8 First game of day...... 12-5 10 Oregon 21-4 493 9 10 Texas 23-3 332 11 Second game of day...... 4-4 11 Louisville 20-3 456 13 11 Louisville 20-3 289 13 3+ game of day...... 0-0 12 UCLA 22-4 415 11 12 UCLA 22-4 285 9 vs. Top 10...... 0-4 13 LSU 19-5 403 12 13 LSU 19-5 253 12 vs. Top 25...... 1-5 14 Arizona 18-5 338 16 14 Michigan 17-6 215 14 UL scores first...... 14-5 15 Michigan 17-6 330 14 15 Baylor 22-3 201 17 Opponent scores first...... 2-4 16 Stanford 22-5 312 18 16 Washington 19-5 195 16 vs. Left-handed starter...... 7-0 17 Kentucky 18-4 284 17 17 Kentucky 18-4 194 15 vs. Right-handed starter...... 9-9 18 Washington 19-5 265 19 18 Stanford 22-5 167 19 1-run games...... 1-2 19 Baylor 22-3 240 20 19 Arizona 18-5 133 20 2-run games...... 1-2 20 Hawaii 16-5 165 21 20 Tulsa 19-5 114 20 5+ run games...... 10-4 21 Tulsa 19-5 156 22 21 Nebraska 16-5 100 22 Extra innings...... 0-0 22 LOUISIANA 16-9 130 15 22 Virginia Tech 15-2 100 23 Shutouts...... 5-0 23 Oregon State 20-4 113 23 23 Hawaii 16-5 43 24 UL scores 0-2 runs...... 0-5 24 North Carolina 18-6 49 25 24 North Carolina 18-6 38 25 UL scores 3-5 runs...... 5-3 25 Georgia 17-7 42 24 25 LOUISIANA 16-9 31 18 UL scores 6-9 runs...... 6-0 Dropped Out: None UL scores 10+ runs...... 5-1 Dropped Out: None Opponent scores 0-2 runs...... 14-0 Opponent scores 3-5 runs...... 2-3 Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska (21), Virginia Others Receiving Votes: Oregon State (22), Iowa Tech (21), South Alabama (14), Florida State (3), Iowa (14), Georgia (12), Wisconsin (8), Mississippi State 4), Opponent scores 6-9 runs...... 0-4 (3) SC Upstate (4) Florida State (1), South Alabama (1) Opponent scores 10+ runs...... 2-1 Out hit opponent...... 15-3 * Rankings and Records as of Mar. 12 * Records and rankings as of Mar. 12 Out hit BY opponent...... 1-6 Hits are equal...... 0-0

Who Leads the Cajuns’ Batters? Who Leads the Cajuns’ Pitchers? Category Player Stat Category Player Stat Wins...... Wallace...... 9 Average...... Myers...... 395 Walks...... Corbello/Draheim...... 14 ERA...... Wallace...... 2.15 Hits...... Landry/Draheim/Cherry...... 27 OBP...... Myers...... 552 Strikeouts...... Wallace...... 109 RBI...... Landry...... 32 At-bats...... Landry...... 80 Games Started...... Wallace...... 14 Doubles...... Landry...... 6 Total Bases...... Cherry...... 56 Innings Pitched...... Wallace...... 81.1 Triples...... Cherry...... 2 Stolen Bases...... Landry/White...... 3 Opp. Batting Avg...... Wallace...... 198 Home Runs...... Cherry...... 7 Slugging Pct...... Cherry...... 778 Walks...... Wallace...... 34 Runs...... Cherry...... 26 Fielding Pct...... Draheim...... 994 Earned Runs...... Wallace...... 25 Complete Games....Wallace...... 10 Sun Belt Conference Standings Shutouts...... Wallace...... 2 Sun Belt Overall Against Other Conferences Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Florida Atlantic 3 0 0 1.000 12 15 0 .444 Atlantic Sun...... 1-0 MVC...... 1-1 Western Kentucky 2 1 0 .667 11 7 0 .611 Big 12...... 0-3 SEC...... 1-1 FIU 1 1 0 .500 16 11 0 .593 Big East...... 2-0 Southern...... 0-0 North Texas 1 1 0 .500 12 11 0 .522 Big Ten...... 1-2 Southland...... 1-0 Troy 1 1 0 .500 11 13 0 .458 C-USA...... 0-0 SWAC...... 3-0 Middle Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 1 19 0 .050 Colonial...... 3-0 WAC...... 2-0 Louisiana 1 2 0 .333 16 9 0 .640 South Alabama 0 0 0 .000 21 4 0 .840 Louisiana-Monroe 0 3 0 .000 11 14 0 .440 33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 Women’s College World Series 2013 Louisiana Softball 2013 Louisiana Softball Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743

Schedule and Results Scoring by the Inning Date Rank Opp. Score W/L Winner Loser Record Inning Cajuns Opponent 2/9 11 Lipscomb# 5-2 W Wallace (1-0) Anderson (0-1) 1-0 1 29 14 2/9 11 Iowa# 13-10 L Lyon (2-0) Martinez (0-1) 1-1 2 47 6 # 2/10 11 Iowa 11-0 W Wallace (2-0) Massey (1-2) 2-1 3 13 13 2/13 15 Mississippi State 9-1 W Wallace (3-0) Vry (0-1) 3-1 4 31 26 2/15 15 Mississippi Valley St@. 13-2 W Brown (1-0) Spivey (1-2) 4-1 5 28 8 2/16 15 Texas State@ 9-1 W Wallace (4-0) Taylor (0-3) 5-2 2/16 15 Mississippi Vallley St.@ 16-4 W Martinez (1-1) Lorenz (0-3) 6-1 6 15 14 2/17 15 Texas State@ 3-2 W Wallace (5-0) House (0-2) 7-1 7 4 5 2/20 12 at McNeese State 5-1 W Wallace (6-0) Lilly (1-2) 8-1 Extra 0 0 2/22 12 #15 Michigan& 3-1 L Driesenga (6-1) Wallace (6-1) 8-2 Total 167 86 2/22 12 # 14 South Florida& 3-0 W Hamilton (1-0) Richardson (3-2) 9-2 2/23 12 Illinois State& 8-5 W Wallace (7-1) Rodriguez (1-1) 10-2 Record When... 2/23 12 Hofstra& 4-2 W Brown (2-0) Galati (3-4) 11-2 Scoring Runs Allowing 2/24 12 James Madison& 9-1 W Wallace (8-1) Kiefer (2-1) 12-2 0-0 0 5-0 2/26 13 Southern University 9-1 W Brown (3-0) Stevenson (0-4) 13-2 0-2 1 5-0 3/1 13 Pittsburgh$ 8-0 W Hamilton (2-0) King (3-4) 14-2 0-3 2 4-0 3/1 13 #9 Texas A&M$ 6-4 L Dumezich (13-0) Wallace (8-2) 14-3 2-1 3 0-2 3/2 13 #5 Texas$ 7-2 L Luna (9-0) Hamilton (2-1) 14-4 1-2 4 1-1 3/2 13 College of Charleston$ 16-0 W Martinez (2-1) Saylors (3-2) 15-4 2-0 5 1-0 3/3 13 Illinois State$ 4-3 L Baxter (6-3) Wallace (8-3) 15-5 0-0 6 0-1 3/6 15 at #10 Texas 9-4 L Luna (10-0) Martinez (2-2) 15-6 0-0 7 0-2 3/6 15 at #10 Texas 7-1 L Bruins (6-0) Wallace (8-4) 15-7 2-0 8 0-0 3/9 15 Western Kentucky^ 10-0 W Wallace (9-4) Sulaski (2-3) 16-7 4-0 9 0-1 3/10 15 Western Kentucky^ 12-2 L Rousseau (5-2) Martinez (2-3) 16-8 5-1 10+ 0-2 3/10 15 Western Kentucky^ 3-2 L Rousseau (6-2) Wallace (9-5) 16-9 3/13 22 Louisiana Tech 4:00 P.M. NCAA Rankings 3/13 22 Louisiana Tech DH Batting Average...... 29th 3/16 22 at South Alabama^ 1:00 P.M. Earned Run Average...... 131st 3/16 22 at South Alabama^ DH Fielding Percentage...... 78th 3/17 22 at South Alabama^ 1:00 P.M. Scoring...... 22nd 3/20 at Mississippi State 6:00 P.M. W/L Percentage...... 68th 3/29 FIU^ 4:00 P.M. Home Runs/game...... 21st 3/29 FIU^ DH Doubles/game...... 106th 3/30 FIU^ 12:00 P.M. Triples/game...... 69th 4/3 at Oklahoma 5:00 P.M. Stolen Bases/game...... 173rd 4/4 at Tulsa 6:00 P.M. Slugging Percentage...... 25th 4/6 at North Texas^ 2:00 P.M. Double Plays/game...... 99th 4/6 at North Texas^ DH *All stats as of 3/10 4/7 at North Texas^ 11:00 A.M. Sun Belt Conference Rankings 4/10 Southern Miss 4:00 P.M. 4/10 Southern Miss DH Batting Average...... 1st 4/13 Middle Tennessee^ 1:00 P.M. Slugging Percentage...... 1st 4/13 Middle Tennessee^ DH Scoring...... 1st 4/14 Middle Tennessee^ 12:00 P.M. Hits...... 1st 4/17 Houston 4:00 P.M. Home Runs...... 1st 4/17 Houston DH Doubles...... 3rd 4/20 at Florida Atlantic^ 5:00 P.M. Triples...... 4th 4/20 at Florida Atlantic^ DH Stolen Bases...... 8th 4/21 at Florida Atlantic^ 11:00 A.M. Earned Run Average...... 5th 4/27 Troy^ 1:00 P.M. Strikeouts...... 2nd 4/27 Troy^ DH Opp. Batting Average...... 3rd 4/28 Troy^ 1:00 P.M. W/L Percentage...... 2nd 5/4 at LA.-Monroe^ 4:00 P.M. 5/4 at LA.-Monroe^ DH 5/5 at LA.-Monroe^ 1:00 P.M. # Hilton Houston Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) @ 27th Annual Louisiana Classics (Lafayette, La.) & NFCA Leadoff Classic (Clearwater, Fla.) ^ Denotes Sun Belt Conference Game BOLD Denotes home game

33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 Women’s College World Series Women’s College World Series 2013 Louisiana Softball 2013 Louisiana Softball Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games Last Home Run Hit (career) Player 2H 3H 4H 5H Tot 2BI 3BI 4BI 5+BI Tot Date Opp Runs Cherry 8 0 0 0 8 7 2 0 0 9 3/1/13 Texas A&M 2 Cifreo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2/23/13 Hofstra 1 Corbello 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 3/6/13 Texas (Game 1) 1 Draheim 5 1 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 6 3/2/13 Col. Of Charleston 2 Felps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Fernandez 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 ------Haack 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 3 3/6/13 Texas (Game 1) 2 Hoag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Landry 7 1 0 0 8 4 1 2 1 8 2/26/13 Southern 4 Maly 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ------McDowell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Meaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Myers 5 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 2/9/13 Lipscomb 1 Redfearn 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ------Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3/2/13 Col. Of Charleston 2 Voinche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Walsh 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 3/6/13 Texas (Game 2) 1 Waterman 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2/16/13 Miss. Valley St. 3 White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Team 44 5 0 0 49 25 6 3 2 36 ------

2013 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Roster 2013 Preseason All-SBC No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Exp. Hometown(Previous School) Pitchers 00 Shyanne McDowell C R/R 5-10 Fr. Haughton, La. (Haughton) Jordan Wallace*..... So...... Louisiana 3 Natalie Fernandez UTL L/R 5-5 Jr.-2L Denham Springs, La. (Live Oak) Hannah Campbell..... Jr...... South Alabama 5 Megan Thomas UTL L/R 5-4 Fr.-RS New Iberia, La. (New Iberia) Catcher 6 Taylor Meaux INF R/R 5-5 Fr.-RS Maurice, La. (Vermillion Catholic) Sarah Draheim...... Sr...... Louisiana 7 Jordan Wallace RHP R/R 5-9 So.-1L Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford) First Base 8 Megan Waterman OF R/R 5-7 Sr.-3L Ashburn, Va. (Broad Run) Matte Haack...... Sr...... Louisiana 9 Linzey Cifreo C R/R 5-10 Fr.-RS Walker, La. (Walker) Second Base 10 Kristin Martinez LHP L/L 5-4 Jr.-TR Texas City, Texas (Kansas) Kayla Toney...... Jr.....Mid. Tennessee 12 Gabrielle Felps INF R/R 5-6 Fr. Gonzales, La. (St. Amant) Shortstop 13 Marie Hoag UTL L/L 5-9 Fr.-RS New Iberia, La. (Catholic) Nerissa Myers**...... Sr...... Louisiana 14 Cassidy White OF L/R 5-6 Fr. Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound) Third Base 15 Nerrisa Myers INF L/R 5-5 Sr.-3L Petal, Miss (Petal) Natalie Fernandez... Jr...... Louisiana 16 Christina Hamilton RHP R/R 5-9 r-So.-1L Leesville, La. (Rosepine) Outfield 17 Leandra Maly OF L/R 5-8 So.-JC Pearland, Texas (Blinn College) Jessy Alfonso...... Sr...... FIU Brianna Cherry...... Sr...... Louisiana 19 Shelbi Redfearn OF R/R 5-8 Jr.-TR Stillwater, Okla. (Baylor) Blair Johnson...... So.....South Alabama 21 Samantha Walsh UTL R/R 5-7 Fr.-RS Ingleside, Texas (Ingleside) Kelsie Mattox...... Jr...... WKU 22 Shellie Landry UTL R/R 5-8 Fr. Broussard, La. (St. Thomas More) At-Large 23 Brianna Cherry OF R/R 5-10 Sr.-3L Petal, Miss. (Petal) Taylor Fawbush...... Sr...... Florida Atlantic 24 Sarah Draheim C R/R 6-0 Sr.-3L Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) Kayla Burri...... Sr...... FIU 25 Sara Corbello UTL R/R 5-6 Fr. Lake Charles, La. (Barbe) Brie Rojas...... Sr...... FIU 27 Matte Haack INF R/R 5-10 Sr.-1L Katy, Texas (Katy) Britney Campbell...... Sr...... South Alabama 28 Kelsey Vincent INF R/R 5-9 Fr. Tomball, Texas (Tomball) Hannah Renn...... Sr...... Troy 31 Corin Voinche INF L/R 5-0 Fr. Scott, La. (Teurlings Catholic) Karavin Dew...... Sr...... WKU 32 Victoria Brown RHP R/R 5-11 r-Fr.-TR La Porte, Texas (Arkansas) Head Coach: Michael Lotief (Louisiana, 1985) - 13th Season * Preseason Pitcher of the Year Assistant Coach: Megan Granger (Louisiana, 2012) - 1st Season ** Preseason Player of the Year Assistant Coach: Joshua Johnson (Wisconsin-Stout, 2000) - 1st Season Assistant Coach: Lana Bowers (Louisiana, 2010) - 1st Season Director of Softball Operations: Callie Philen (Louisiana, 2012) 1st Season

33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 Women’s College World Series 2013 Louisiana Softball 2013 Louisiana Softball Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Game 1 • Lipscomb • 2/9/2013 • Houston Hilton Classic Game 2 • Iowa • 2/9/2013 • Houston Hilton Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lipscomb 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 Iowa 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 13 14 2 #11 Louisiana 1 3 0 0 1 0 X 5 9 1 #11 Louisiana 1 0 3 2 1 3 0 10 8 3

W - Wallace (1-0) HR: UL - Myers (1) W - Whitney (1-0) HR: IOWA - Blank (1) L - Anderson (0-1) L - Martinez (0-1) UL - Draheim (1)

Nerissa Myers homered to lead off the game for the Cajuns, who Iowa jumped on the board early with a three-run home run in the then added three more in the second en route to a 5-2 victory. first before the two teams exchanged runs all game. Sarah Draheim Myers finished the day 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. hit her first home run of the season and finished the day 2-for-2 with Brianna Cherry also had two hits, going 2-for-3 at the plate with a two RBI and two runs scored. Matte Haack went 2-for-5 with three double and two RBI. RBI and a run scored.

Game 3 • Iowa • 2/10/2013 • Houston Hilton Classic Game 4 • Mississippi State • 2/13/2013 • Lamson Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #11 Louisiana 0 4 0 5 2 X X 11 11 0 Mississippi St. 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 6 2 Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 2 3 #15 Louisiana 0 0 4 0 2 3 X 9 10 0

W - Wallace (2-0) HR: UL - Landry (1) W - Wallace (3-0) HR: UL - Landry (2), Haack (1) L - Massey (1-2) L - Vry (1-2) Miss. St - Offutt (1)

Louisiana rebounded well after a loss to Iowa the day before, win- Senior Matte Haack went 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, ning in five innings, 11-0. The four freshmen starters went 6-for-12 double, two runs scored and a career-high five RBI. Freshman with five runs scored and three RBI. Jordan Wallace tossed a two- Shellie Landry homered for her second straight game. Jordan Wal- hit complete game shutout, striking out six batters and walking just lace tossed a complete game, allowing one run on six hits and a one. season-high 12 strikeouts.

Game 5 • Miss. Valley State • 2/15/2013 • Lamson Park Game 6 • Texas State • 2/16/2013 • Lamson Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #15 Louisiana 4 6 0 1 2 X X 13 10 1 #15 Louisiana 1 1 1 0 1 5 X 9 10 1 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2 2 1 Texas St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 3

W - Brown (1-0) HR: UL - Cherry (1) W - Wallace (4-0) HR: UL - Draheim (2) L - Spivey (1-2) L - Taylor (0-3)

The Cajuns struck early and often in a mercy-rule shortened win. Sophomore pitcher Jordan Wallace took a perfect game into the Senior Brianna Cherry went 1-for-1 with two runs scored and two sixth inning, losing by an error and eventually a hit. She finished the RBI with her first homer of the season. Nerissa Myers went 2-for-3 game, allowing one unearned run on one hit and eight strikeouts. at the plate with two RBI. 21 different Cajuns saw time in the lineup. Sarah Draheim went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBI and Natalie Fernandez went 3-for-3 with two runs scored.

Game 7 • Miss. Valley State • 2/16/2013 • Lamson Park Game 8 • Texas State • 2/17/2013 • Lamson Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #15 Louisiana 4 9 0 0 3 X X 16 18 0 Texas St. 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 0 4 0 X X 4 4 3 #15 Louisiana 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1

W - Martinez (1-1) HR: UL - Cherry (2), Waterman (1) W - Wallace (5-0) HR: None L - Lorenz (0-3) L - House (0-2)

Sara Corbello went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI. Brianna The Cajuns scored in the first and seventh innings only, winning Cherry and Sarah Draheim both went 2-for-2 with three RBI and two the game in the bottom of the seventh. Jordan Wallace pitched the RBI, respectively. Senior Megan Waterman hit her first career home complete game, allowing two unearned runs on six hits. Shellie run in a pinch hitting appearance in the fifth inning. Kristin Martinez Landry tied the game in the seventh with a single and the Cajuns won her first game as a Ragin’ Cajun. won with a bases-loaded illegal pitch, scoring the third run.

W - Wallace (6-0) HR: UL - Cherry (3), Landry (3) W - Driesenga (6-1) HR: MICH - Lane (1) L - Lilly (1-2) L - Wallace (6-1)

The Cajuns went on the road for their first true road game of the The Cajuns and Wolverines took part in a pitching duel to kick off season and got off the bus with some power, with four runs in the the NFCA Leadoff Classic. Michigan struck first with a two run hom- first inning with a Brianna Cherry solo-home run and a Shellie er to center field in the second inning. The Cajuns got on the board Landry three-run home run. Sarah Draheim also drove in a run with with a Brianna Cherry RBI fielders choice but it wasn’t enough. a fifth inning single. Jordan Wallace was handed her first loss of the season.

Game 11 • South Florida • 2/22/2013 • NFCA Leadoff Classic Game 12 • Illinois State • 2/23/2013 • NFCA Leadoff Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #14 South Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Illinois St. 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 7 1 #12 Louisiana 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 5 0 #12 Louisiana 0 4 0 1 3 0 X 8 12 2

W - Hamilton (1-0) HR: UL - Cherry (4) W - Wallace (7-1) HR: UL - Cherry (5), Haack (2) L - Richardson (3-2) L - Rodriguez (1-1) ILS - Hamilton (2), Canopy (1)

Christina Hamilton tossed a two-hit complete game shutout, en The Cajuns were victorious in a back-and-fourth game against Illi- route to a 3-0 Cajuns victory. The sophomore walked two and nois State. After a lead-off homer by Illinois State, the Cajuns added struck out two and was aided by Brianna Cherry’s fourth home run four in the second. Illinois State responded with a grand slam in the of the season. Sarah Draheim and Shellie Landry both had an RBI fourth and the Cajuns took back the lead with a three-run fifth inning. in the game as well. Brianna Cherry homered in her second straight game.

Game 13 • Hofstra • 2/23/2013 • NFCA Leadoff Classic Game 14 • James Madison • 2/24/2013 • NFCA Leadoff Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #12 Louisiana 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 9 0 James Madison 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 4 2 Hofstra 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 9 #12 Louisiana 0 2 0 1 4 2 X 9 10 2

W - Brown (2-0) HR: UL - Cherry (6), Walsh (1) W - Wallace (8-1) HR: UL - Landry, 2 (4,5) L - Galati (3-4) L - Kiefer (2-1)

Brianna Cherry set the tone early with a first-inning home run, her Shellie Landry homered in her first and last at-bat of the game and third homer in as many games. Hofstra tied it up in the second, finished the day 3-for-3 with four RBI and three runs scored. Senior before Samantha Walsh gave the Cajuns the final lead change with Matte Haack went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and sopho- her first career home run. Cherry finished the day 2-for-4 with a more pitcher Jordan Wallace picked her eighth win of the season, homer and a double, and Sara Corbello went 2-for-3 going 6.0 innings and allowed one unearned run on four hits.

Game 15 • Southern • 2/26/2013 • Lamson Park Game 16 • Pittsburgh • 3/1/2013 • Citrus Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Southern 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 7 0 #13 Louisiana 4 4 0 0 1 X X 9 8 0 #13 Louisiana 0 3 2 1 1 1 X 8 13 0

W - Brown (3-0) HR: UL - Landry (6) W - Hamilton (2-0) HR: Haack (3), Draheim (4) L - Stevenson (0-4) L - King (3-4)

Shellie Landry hit her first career grand slam to open the scoring in The Cajuns kicked off the Diamond Nine Citrus Classic on a high the first inning, and had a sac fly in the second inning for a 5-RBI note, with a mercy-rule shortened victory over Pittsburgh. The day. The Cajuns cruised to a mercy-rule victory that saw 21 differ- Cajuns bats showed up early, slugging five extra-base hits in the ent players see game action. Victoria Brown picked up her third win game. Matte Haack went 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and two of the season, tossing two innings and allowing one hit. runs scored.

33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 Women’s College World Series 2013 Louisiana Softball 2013 Louisiana Softball Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Contact: Nick Ross • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (337) 482-6329 • Cell: (651) 808-2743 Game 17 • Texas A&M • 3/1/2013 • Citrus Classic Game 18 • Texas • 3/2/2013 • Citrus Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #13 Louisiana 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 1 #13 Louisiana 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 2 #9 Texas A&M 2 0 0 0 1 3 X 6 5 2 #5 Texas 0 0 4 0 0 3 X 7 10 0

W - Dumezich (13-0) HR: UL - Cherry (7) W - Luna (9-0) HR: UL - Draheim (5) L - Wallace (8-2) TAMU: Morgan (8), Stark (2) L - Hamilton (2-1) TEXAS - Thom (6), Bruins (3), Ogle (2)

The Cajuns jumped ahead early with a Brianna Cherry home run, The Cajuns got on the board first with a first-and-third double steal, but the lead was quickly erased. Shellie Landry also picked up two but Texas responded immediately with three consecutive home runs RBI, in the fifth inning, but the Aggies would rally late and take the to take a 4-1 lead. That lead would not be erased and the Cajuns lead and remain undefeated at 19-0. lost back-to-back games for the first time in 2013.

Game 19 • College of Charleston • 3/2/2013 • Citrus Classic Game 20 • Illinois State • 3/3/2013 • Citrus Classic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Col. of Charleston 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 0 1 #13 Louisiana 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1 #13 Louisiana 0 6 0 10 X X X 16 14 0 Illinois State 0 0 0 3 1 0 X 4 7 0

W - Martinez (2-1) HR: UL - Draheim (6), Vincent (1) W - Baxter (6-3) HR: ISU - Kay (5) L - Saylors (3-2) L - Wallace (8-3)

Two big innings lead the Cajuns to a dominant 16-0 victory over the Brianna Cherry continued to hit the ball well, picking up two hits in Cougars. The 16 runs overshadowed great pitching performances the loss. The Cajuns had an early lead before falling behind in the by Kristin Martinez and Jordan Wallace in a combined no-hitter. The fourth inning. With a run in the second and runners on base in the Cajuns also saw two career firsts: Kelsey Vincent’s first home run seventh, the Cajuns rally was held off and they lost their fifth game and Linzey Cifreo’s first hit. of the season.

Game 21 • Texas • 3/6/2013 • McCombs Field Game 22 • Texas • 3/6/2013 • McCombs Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E #15 Louisiana 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 #15 Louisiana 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 #10 Texas 3 0 0 4 0 2 X 9 13 0 #10 Texas 2 0 2 1 1 1 X 7 7 1

W - Luna (10-0) HR: UL - Haack (4), Corbello (1) W - Bruins (6-0) HR: UL - Walsh (2) L - Martinez (2-2) L - Wallace (8-4) TEXAS - Thom, 2 (7, 8)

The Cajuns jumped to an early lead with a Matte Haack home run in Mimicking the first inning Louisiana had in the first game, the the first inning, but that lead was quickly erased following a three- Longhorns jumped out early with a two-run home run in game two. run first inning by Texas. Sara Corbello tied it with her first career It was all Longhorns after that, as they scored in all but one inning. home run in the second and Texas took the lead with a four-run Samantha Walsh had two of the Cajuns’ three hits, a home run and fourth inning. a triple, to account for the only run of the game for UL.

Game 23 • Western Kentucky • 3/9/2013 • Lamson Park Game 24 • Western Kentucky • 3/9/2013 • Lamson Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 3 WKU 2 2 0 5 0 0 3 12 9 2 #15 Louisiana 0 2 0 8 X X X 1 3 1 #15 Louisiana 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1

W - Wallace (9-4) HR: None W - Rousseau (5-2) HR: Cruse (3), Thomas (3) L - Sulaski (2-3) L - Martinez (2-3)

Two innings summarized the offense in this game with the Cajuns After shutting out the Lady Toppers in game one of the day, the scoring two in the second and eight in the fourth. Jordan Wallace Cajuns let up 12 runs on nine hits to split the doubleheader. The was dominant, with a 16-up-15-down game, allowing just one base Cajuns two runs were drove in by Sara Corbello and Leandra Maly. runner, by way of a base hit in the second. She also struck out nine Corbello also drove in one in game one for RBI in back-to-back batters, one of which was her 100th this season. games for the first time in her career.

W - Rousseau (6-2) HR: None L - Wallace (9-5)

The Cajuns jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the game but the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers scored three unanswered runs in the late innings to win the game 3-2 and ultimately the weekend series. Sara Corbello and Shellie Landry drove in runs. It was the third straight game with an RBI for Corbello.

3 • Natalie Fernandez • Junior • Infielder • Denham Springs, La. • Has started every game this season at third base. • Was second on the team in 2012 with a .426 batting average and 12th in the nation. • Last extra-base hit was February 12, 2011...has 129 singles since last extra-base hit.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 3, Texas State, 2/16/13 Hits...... 4, 3x, last, Texas A&M CC, 3/4/12 Runs...... 2, 4x, last, Col. of Charleston, 3/2/13 Runs...... 3, 3x, last, Stanford, 5/19/12 RBI...... 1, 5x, last, Illinois St, 3/3/13 RBI...... 4, Prairie View A&M, 2/12/11 Current Hitting Streak Season High 0 Games 5 Games

Natalie Fernandez Junior • Infielder Denham Springs, La. Live Oak H.S. Career Stats Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2011 .365 55-29 96 34 35 1 0 0 9 36 .375 10 6 24 0 .455 0 2 17-19 17 6 1 .958 2012 .436 59-58 172 49 75 0 0 0 16 75 .436 22 0 13 0 .500 0 1 20-26 46 90 6 .958 2013 .303 25-25 76 15 23 0 0 0 5 23 .303 4 0 7 0 .338 0 0 2-4 15 40 6 .902 TOTAL .387 139-112 344 98 133 1 0 0 30 134 .390 36 6 44 0 .453 0 3 39-49 78 136 13 .943

Honors and Awards Won by Fernandez • Preseason All-SBC Team (2013) • Capital One Academic All-District (2012) • Louisville Slugger/NFCA Lafayette Regional Team (2012) • First team All-Sun Belt (2012) • All-Louisiana College Softball Second Team (2012)

7 • Jordan Wallace • Sophomore • Pitcher • Weatherford, Texas • Faced just one batter over the minimum in a five-inning complete game shutout against WKU on 3/9/13...the only batter reached via a hit in the second inning. • Won her 30th career game with her victory against Mississippi State on February 13. • Was named SBC Pitcher of the Week on February 18, 2013. • Set an NCAA Freshman record by winning her first 23 decisions, the previous record was 20, set by Texas A&M’s Amanda Scarborough and Florida’s Stephanie Brombacher both in 2008. • Had a win/loss percentage of .931 her freshman season, setting a new UL record, beating the previous record of .914, set by Kyla Hall in 1994 • Held opponents to a .187 batting average in 2012. • Tossed a six-inning no-hitter against Louisiana Tech (2/19/12). • Pitched a 10-inning complete game shutout against South Alabama, striking out a career high 16 Jordan Wallace batters and allowing just five hits (4/6/12). Sophomore • Pitcher Weatherford, Texas Weatherford H.S. Season Highs Career Highs IP...... 7.0, 4x, last, WKU, 3/10/13 IP...... 10.0, South Alabama, 4/6/12 K...... 13, McNeese State, 2/20/13 K...... 16, South Alabama, 4/6/12

Career Stats Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2012 2.26 27-2 35 30 22 5/0 2 186.0 127 66 60 61 167 13 2 23 761 .187 8 8 1 1 13 2013 2.15 9-5 15 14 10 2/1 0 81.1 59 34 25 34 109 9 0 10 349 .198 7 13 0 0 4 TOTAL 2.23 36-7 50 44 32 7/1 2 267.1 186 100 85 95 276 22 2 33 1110 .191 15 21 1 1 17

Honors and Awards won by Wallace • SBC Pitcher of the Week (2/18/13) • Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year (2013) • All-Sun Belt Conference Preseason First Team (2013) • Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year (2012) • NFCA Scholar Athlete (2012) • All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team (2012) • All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year (2012) • NCAA Central Regional First Team (2012) • Six-time All-Louisiana Pitcher of the Week • Four-time SBC Pitcher of the Week (2012)

10 • Kristin Martinez • Junior • Pitcher • Texas City, Texas • Made Ragin’ Cajuns debut on 2/9/13 against Iowa, tossing 4.0 innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits and a walk, picking up the loss. • Won her first game at Louisiana on 2/16/13 against Miss. Valley State. • Pitched the first four innings of the Cajuns combined five-inning no-hitter against the College of Charleston. • Transferred from Kansas prior to this season.

Season Highs Career Highs IP...... 4.1, Texas, 3/6/13 IP...... 4.1, Texas, 3/6/13 K...... 4, Texas, 3/6/13 K...... 4, Texas, 3/6/13 Kristin Martinez Junior • Pitcher Texas City, Texas Career Stats Kansas University Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha O’Connell College Prep 2013 3.63 2-3 11 4 0 0/1 1 27.0 24 17 14 7 27 3 0 1 114 .229 1 1 0 0 1 TOTAL 3.63 2-3 11 4 0 0/1 1 27.0 24 17 14 7 27 3 0 1 114 .229 1 1 0 0 1

15 • Nerissa Myers • Senior • Infielder • Petal, Miss. • Has been hit by a pitch 31 times in her career, ranking second all-time in Cajuns history. • Led the 2013 campaign off with a home run against Lipscomb in the teams first at-bat. • Led all NCAA in runs scored last season, scoring 83 runs, and breaking her own Louisiana record of 77 runs. Also holds the SBC record for runs scored in a season. • Started 184 consecutive games at shortstop for Louisiana, from March 5, 2010. to Feb 26, 2013. • Her cousin, Brianna Cherry, is the Cajuns center fielder.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 2, 4x, last, Illinois St, 2/23/13 Hits...... 4 (2x) last, Nicholls St, 3/3/12 Runs...... 2, 7x, last, Illinois St, 2/23/13 Runs...... 4 (3x) last, Texas A&M-CC, 3/4/12 RBI...... 2, 3x, last, Miss. Valley St, 2/15/13 RBI...... 7, Miss. Valley St, 2/12/12 Current Hitting Streak Season High Nerissa Myers 2 Games 5 Games Senior • Infielder Petal, Miss. Career Stats Petal H.S. Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2010 .287 62-60 171 31 49 2 1 1 18 56 .327 15 3 31 1 .354 0 4 15-20 64 134 18 .917 2011 .372 62-62 196 77 73 10 4 1 43 94 .480 36 14 24 0 .498 1 3 21-25 89 100 5 .974 2012 .391 59-59 184 83 72 19 2 13 79 134 .728 36 11 13 1 .513 1 7 21-22 83 90 10 .945 2013 .395 15-15 43 20 17 4 0 1 11 24 .558 12 3 4 0 .552 0 0 2-2 15 24 2 .951 TOTAL .355 198-196 594 211 211 35 7 16 151 308 .519 99 31 72 2 .470 2 14 59-69 251 348 35 .945

Honors and Awards won by Myers • USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (2013) • Preseason Player of the Year (2013) • Preseason Sun Belt First Team (2013) • Louisville Slugger D-I All America Team (2013) • First Team All-Lafayette Regional (2012) • College Sports Madness Third Team All-American (2012) • Sun Belt First Team (2012) • Louisville Slugger D-I National Player of the Week (3/18/12) • Two-Time SBC Player of the Week

17 • Leandra Maly • Sophomore • Outfielder • Pearland, Texas • Played at Blinn College as a freshman before transferring to Louisiana this year. • Made her collegiate debut as a pinch runner against Lipscomb on February 9. • Made her first collegiate start on February 9 against Iowa at the Houston Hilton Invite. She went 1-for-2 at the plate with an RBI and two walks. • Had her first multi-hit game on February 23 against Illinois State

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 2, Illinois St, 2/23/13 Hits...... 2, Illinois St, 2/23/13 Runs...... 2, 2x, last, WKU, 3/9/13 Runs...... 2, 2x, last, WKU, 3/9/13 RBI...... 1, 2x, last, Miss. Valley St, 2/16/13 RBI...... 1, 2x, last, Miss. Valley St, 2/16/13 Leandra Maly Current Hitting Streak Season High Sophomore • Outfielder 0 Games 3 Games Pearland, Texas Blinn College Career Stats Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2012 Played at Blinn College 2013 .255 25-24 51 12 13 0 0 0 5 13 .255 5 0 11 0 .321 0 1 2-2 14 2 1 .941 TOTAL .255 25-24 51 12 13 0 0 0 5 13 .255 5 0 11 0 .321 0 1 2-2 14 2 1 .941

21 • Samantha Walsh • Redshirt Freshman • Infielder • Ingleside, Texas • Did not compete in 2012, taking a redshirt. • Has started every game at either second base or shortstop. • Got her first career hit on February 9 against Iowa, finished the game 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. • Hit her first career home run against Hofstra on February 23. • Went 2-for-3 with a home run and a triple in game two of a doubleheader on 3/6/13 at #10 Texas. • Scored three runs while going 1-for-1 at the plate while walking twice against WKU on 3/9/13.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 2, 3x, last, Texas, 3/6/13 Hits...... 2, 3x, last, Texas, 3/6/13 Samantha Walsh Runs...... 3, WKU, 3/9/13 Runs...... 3, WKU, 3/9/13 RS-Freshman • Infielder RBI...... 2, 2x, last, Col. of Charleston, 3/2/13 RBI...... 2, 2x, last, Col. of Charleston, 3/2/13 Ingleside, Texas Current Hitting Streak Season High Ingleside H.S. 1 Game 4 Games

Career Stats Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2012 Sat out as a redshirt 2013 .300 25-25 60 14 18 1 1 2 10 27 .450 13 1 22 0 .432 0 0 2-2 31 20 3 .944 TOTAL .300 25-25 60 14 18 1 1 2 10 27 .450 13 1 22 0 .432 0 0 2-2 31 20 3 .944

22 • Shellie Landry • Freshman • Outfielder • Broussard, La. • Has started every game in left field for the Cajuns. • Went 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut against Lipscomb on February 9 with an RBI. • Hit her first career home run on February 10 against Iowa. • Hit home runs in back-to-back games, on February 10 against Iowa and February 13 against Mississippi State. • Had her first career two-home run game on February 24 against James Madison.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 3, James Madison, 2/24/13 Hits...... 3, James Madison, 2/24/13 Runs...... 3, James Madison, 2/24/13 Runs...... 3, James Madison, 2/24/13 Shellie Landry RBI...... 5, Southern, 2/26/13 RBI...... 5, Southern, 2/26/13 Freshman • Outfielder Current Hitting Streak Season High Broussard, La. 1 Game 9 Games St. Thomas More HS Career Stats Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2013 .338 25-25 80 14 27 6 0 6 32 51 .638 5 0 20 0 .372 1 0 3-3 21 3 2 .923 TOTAL .338 25-25 80 14 27 6 0 6 32 51 .638 5 0 20 0 .372 1 0 3-3 21 3 2 .923

23 • Brianna Cherry • Senior • Outfielder • Petal, Miss. • Was named Sun Belt Player of the Week on February 25th. • Has started every game at center field. • Went 2-for-3 in the season opener with two RBI. • Hit the 11th home run of her career and first of the season against Mississippi Valley State on February 15. • Leads the team with seven home runs on the season.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 2, 8x, last, Illinois St, 3/3/13 Hits...... 4 (2x) last, Nicholls St, 3/3/12 Runs...... 3, Miss. Valley St, 2/16/13 Runs...... 4 (3x) last, Texas A&M-CC, 3/4/12 RBI...... 3, 2x, last, Illinois St, 2/23/13 RBI...... 7, Miss. Valley St, 2/12/12 Current Hitting Streak Season High Brianna Cherry 1 Game 10 Games Senior • Outfielder Petal, Miss. Petal H.S. Career Stats Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2010 .067 16-5 15 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 .067 3 2 9 0 .300 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 .500 2011 .239 59-32 92 26 22 1 1 3 12 34 .370 17 7 19 1 .393 1 0 2-6 35 3 1 .974 2012 .352 59-58 179 46 63 4 2 7 47 92 .514 24 7 27 1 .441 3 0 8-9 78 4 5 .943 2013 .375 25-25 72 26 27 4 2 7 27 56 .778 13 3 16 1 .483 1 0 2-2 29 2 2 .939 TOTAL .316 159-120 358 99 113 9 5 17 89 183 .511 57 19 71 3 .431 5 0 12-17 143 9 9 .944

Honors and Awards won by Cherry • Preseason Sun Belt First team (2013) • Sun Belt Player of the Week (2/25/13)

24 • Sarah Draheim • Senior • Catcher • Flower Mound, Texas • Has started every game at catcher this season. • Went 2-for-2 with a home run against Iowa on February 9, driving in two runs. • Hit two home runs against Texas State on 2/16/13 and racked up a season high four RBI. • Had a team-high 12 game hitting streak from 2/22 against South Florida

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 3, Texas St, 2/16/13 Hits...... 4 (2x) last, Nicholls St, 3/3/12 Runs...... 2, 5x, last, Col. of Charleston, 3/2/13 Runs...... 4 (3x) last, Texas A&M-CC, 3/4/12 RBI...... 4, Texas St, 2/16/13 RBI...... 7, Miss. Valley St, 2/12/12 Current Hitting Streak Season High 1 Game 12 Games

Sarah Draheim Senior • Catcher Flower Mound, Texas Career Stats Flower Mound H.S. Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2010 .222 32-14 45 4 10 1 0 1 5 14 .311 10 2 9 0 .386 0 0 0-0 86 6 1 .989 2011 .296 62-62 186 32 55 9 2 6 52 86 .462 28 2 30 4 .392 1 1 3-3 411 14 3 .993 2012 .250 59-58 188 30 47 6 1 8 34 79 .420 16 2 22 4 .310 4 0 8-8 380 16 3 .992 2013 .391 25-25 69 18 27 3 1 6 25 50 .725 14 4 7 0 .517 0 0 1-1 161 17 1 .994 TOTAL .285 178-159 488 84 139 19 4 21 116 229 .469 68 10 68 8 .380 5 1 12-12 1038 53 8 .993

Honors and Awards won by Draheim • Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team (2013) • All-Sun Belt Second Team (2012) • All-Sun Belt Second Team (2011) • Sun Belt Commissioner’s List (2011)

25 • Sara Corbello • Freshman • Utility • Lake Charles, La. • Has started every game as the team’s designated player or first base. • Went 0-for-1 with two walks in her collegiate debut against Lipscomb on February 9. • Got her first career hit on February 9, going 1-for-4 against Iowa, and drove in two runs. • Hit her first career home run on 3/6/13 in game one of a doubleheader at #10Texas.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 3, Miss. Valley St, 2/16/13 Hits...... 3, Miss. Valley St, 2/16/13 Runs...... 1, 3x, last, Texas, 3/6/13 Runs...... 1, 3x, last, Texas, 3/6/13 RBI...... 2, 2x, last, Miss. Valley St, 2/15/13 RBI...... 2, 2x, last, Miss. Valley St, 2/15/13 Current Hitting Streak Season High Sara Corbello 3 Games 4 Games Freshman • Utility Lake Charles, La. Career Stats Barbe H.S. Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2013 .381 25-25 63 4 24 5 0 1 11 32 .508 14 3 15 0 .513 0 0 1-2 24 1 1 .962 TOTAL .381 25-25 63 4 24 5 0 1 11 32 .508 14 3 15 0 .513 0 0 1-2 24 1 1 .962

27 • Matte Haack • Senior • Infielder • Katy, Texas • Has started every game at first or second base this season. • Went 2-for-5 with three RBI against Iowa on February 9. • Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and five RBI on February 13 against Mississippi State. • Hit her 10th home run with the Ragin’ Cajuns on February 13 against Mississippi State. • Played the first two seasons of her career at the University of Arizona. • Her brother, Brooks, is a quarterback for the Ragin’ Cajuns football team.

Season Highs Career Highs Hits...... 3, Pittsburgh, 3/1/13 Hits...... 4, 2x, last, Nicholls St, 3/3/12 Runs...... 2, 5x, last, Col. of Charleston, 3/2/13 Runs...... 4, 3x, last, Texas A&M-CC, 3/4/12 RBI...... 5, Mississippi St, 2/13/13 RBI...... 5, Mississippi St, 2/13/13 Current Hitting Streak Season High Matte Haack 0 Games 3 Games Senior • Infielder Katy, Texas Career Stats Katy H.S. Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% U of Arizona 2012 .333 59-58 189 38 63 12 1 9 56 104 .550 24 2 26 0 .410 2 2 6-6 232 3 4 .983 2013 .286 25-25 77 21 22 3 1 4 15 39 .506 6 1 18 0 .341 1 1 1-1 107 8 2 .983 TOTAL .320 84-83 266 59 85 15 2 13 71 143 .538 30 3 44 0 .391 3 3 7-7 339 11 6 .983

Honors and Awards won by Haack • Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team (2013) • All-Sun Belt First Team (2012)

33rd Season • 1,375 wins • 208 Sun Belt victories • 11 Sun Belt Championships • 22 National Tournament Appearances 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 2003 • 2008 Women’s College World Series