May 24-25 #21 Louisiana at 2013 Louisiana Softball #7/8 Michigan Super Regionals 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? After winning all three games in shut out fashion at the Baton Rouge Regional, SS 15 Nerissa Myers .410 8 37 the Cajuns are back in the NCAA Super Regionals for the second-straight season, this time to CF 23 Brianna Cherry .390 13 53 face Michigan, on Friday, May 24 at 2:00 EDT and Saturday, May 25 at 12:00 P.M. EDT with an if C 24 Sarah Draheim .407 15 65 necessary game to follow. The Cajuns will make the trip to Ann Arbor for a best-of-three series with 1B 27 Matte Haack .322 12 57 the Wolverines, with the winner making a trip to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World LF 22 Shellie Landry .293 15 60 Series. DP 25 Sara Corbello .296 7 33 2B 21 Samantha Walsh .253 6 22 HOW TO FOLLOW THE CAJUNS: All three Super Regional games will be shown live online RF 17 Leandra Maly .272 0 5 on ESPN3 as well as on an ESPN cable channel. The opener will be broadcast on ESPNU, 3B 3 Natalie Fernandez .357 0 6 Off the bench... with the proceeding games on ESPN. Radio broadcasts will be available locally on KPEL ESPN Pos. No. Player Avg. HR RBI 1420, with Steve Peloquin providing the commentary. Live stats can be found on the schedule at IF 28 Kelsey Vincent .137 4 9 RaginCajuns.com. OF 19 Shelbi Redfearn .083 1 6 Pinch Runners... EARLIER THIS SEASON... Michigan and Louisiana aren’t strangers, they have faced each other Pos. No. Player SB Att R on 11 other occasions, including Feb. 22 at the NFCA Lead Off Classic in Clearwater, Fla. The OF 8 Megan Waterman 0 0 4 Wolverines won in a close pitchers duel, 3-1. The Wolverines used a two-run homer in the bottom IF 5 Meagan Thomas 2 3 16 of the second to oust the Cajuns. The Cajuns won the previous meeting, also in Clearwater, by a score of 10-7 and hold a 6-5 lead in the all-time series. Pitchers R/L No. Player W-L ERA K RHP 7 Jordan Wallace 31-7 1.73 356 REGIONAL RECAP: The Cajuns shut out the field at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, defeating RHP 32 Victoria Brown 9-2 3.79 40 Northwestern Stat, 3-0, before beating LSU twice, winning 3-0 on Saturday, and 1-0 on Sunday. LHP 10 Kristin Martinez 3-3 3.19 35 Jordan Wallace pitched all 21 innings for Louisiana, allowing just seven hits and striking out 25 RHP 16 Christina Hamilton 3-1 3.60 32 batters. Senior Nerissa Myers added to her all-time Ragin’ Cajun record with four runs on the weekend. ALL-REGIONAL TEAM: After tossing 21 scoreless innings, Jordan Wallace was named the Baton Rouge All-Regional MVP. She was joined on the all-regional team by Cajuns seniors Brianna Cherry and Nerissa Myers. Myers scored four of the Cajuns seven runs and Cherry had a clutch #21 Louisiana #7/8 Michigan home run in the first game against LSU. RAGIN’ CAJUNS Wolverines Record Record ‘SUPER’ SENIOR CLASS: The 2013 senior class will be participating in their third regional in Overall: 46-13 Overall: 48-10 Sun Belt: 19-4 Big Ten: 20-2 four years. Brianna Cherry, Nerissa Myers, Sarah Draheim and Megan Waterman were freshman Streak: W3 Streak: W3 in 2010 when the Cajuns went to the UCLA Super Regional and juniors last season at the Tempe Super Regional. This will be the fourth Super Regional appearance for Matte Haack, who Last Game: Last Game: W, 1-0 at LSU W, 5-0 vs. Cal. transferred from Arizona last season. While at Arizona they hosted Super Regionals both years and advanced to the National Championship series her freshman year. Head Coach: Head Coach: Michael Lotief Carol Hutchins (11th Season) (29th season) WALLACE’S WINNING WAYS: With 31 wins on the season, Wallace has joined the single- Statistical Leaders Statistical Leaders season victory list, becoming the eighth player in history to win 31-or-more games at Louisiana. Average: Myers (.410) Average: Blanchard (.390) She ties Ashley Brignac (2008), Brittany Cuevas (2007) and Kyla Hall (1994) for the fifth-most wins Home Runs: Landry/Draheim (15) Home Runs: Romero (22) in history. She is one win shy of tying Ashley Brignac’s 2011 season and fourth all-time. Brooke RBI: Draheim (65) RBI: Romero (68) ERA: Wallace (1.73) ERA: Driesenga (1.67) Mitchell holds the all-time record with her 45-win season in 2004. Strikeouts: Wallace (356) Strikeouts: Driesenga (221) Last Meeting POSTSEASON PERFORMANCE: Senior Sarah Draheim has been brilliant in the postseason, Michigan 3, Louisiana 1 - Feb. 22, 2013 - Clearwater, Fla. batting .444 (12-for-27) in eight games. She has slugged at a .704 clip and has reached base at Series History Last Cajun Win a .500 rate with two home runs and a team leading 13 RBI. Her 13 RBI leads the team with the Cajuns lead 6-5 Feb. 25, 2012 - 10-7 in Fla. next highest at six. In the circle, Jordan Wallace has led the Cajuns, starting six of eight games, Series in Lafayette Last Wolverine Win going 4-1 with a 1.59 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 44.0 innings pitched. She was named the Regional No games in Lafayette Feb. 22, 2013 - 3-1 in Fla Tournament MVP. Series in Ann Arbor Current Streak Cajuns lead 2-0 Michigan has won last 1. Series at Neutral Site Michigan leads 5-4 Cajuns in the NCAA Tournament NCAA Regional Appearances...............................23 (last, 2012) FABULOUS FIRST INNINGS: The Cajuns scored in the first inning in all three games at the NCAA Super Regional Appearances ......................4 (last, 2013) Baton Rouge regional, giving them the lead that would not be relinquished each time. They Women’s College World Series Appearances ........5 (last, 2008) have scored in the first inning 36 times this season going 30-6 when doing so. They are All-time NCAA Tournament Record ....................................59-46 also 29-1 when leading after the first inning. The Cajuns out-score their opponents 92-26 All-time Super Regional Record .............................................3-5 in the first inning. All-time WCWS Record ........................................................6-10 MOVING UP THE STRIKEOUT LIST: Jordan Wallace has fanned 356 batters this season, Last Time in an NCAA Regional... which is second most all-time at Louisiana, moving past Brooke Mitchell’s 2005 campaign of 2013 Baton Rouge Regional ............................................. Won 342. Mitchell also holds the all-time record with 524 strikeouts in the 2004 season. Northwestern State ........................................................... W, 3-0 LSU................................................................................... W, 3-0 MYERS IN THE RECORD BOOKS: With a four run weekend at the NCAA Baton Rouge LSU................................................................................... W, 1-0 Regional, Nerissa Myers continues to add to her Ragin’ Cajuns career record of 342 runs scored. She broke the record on May 4 against ULM and has scored 12 runs since. She Last Time in an NCAA Super Regional... also holds the school record for most times hit by a pitch, getting plunked 35 times in her 2012 Tempe Super Regional ..............................................Lost career. Arizona State ................................................................... W, 6-0 Arizona State ....................................................................L, 9-2 DOUBLE DIGIT STRIKEOUTS: Jordan Wallace has fanned 10-or-more batters in a game Arizona State .....................................................................L, 8-0 15 times this season, en route to her first career 300+ season. The Cajuns are 14-1 when Wallace fans 10-or-more, losing only to South Alabama at the Sun Belt tournament. Last Time in the WCWS 2008 CONQUERING AT CATCHER: Senior catcher Sarah Draheim has started all but one game Florida .............................................................................. W, 3-2 behind the plate this season, catching in almost every inning and making just one error Texas A&M .........................................................................L, 2-1 in 474 total chances. In her career, she has made eight errors on 1,394 chances for a Alabama ............................................................................L, 3-1 .998 fielding percentage. If that holds, it will be the best fielding percentage of all-time at Louisiana, tying Tiffany Whitthall (1992-95), and topping current assistant coach Lana History at Super Regionals Bowers’ .993 fielding percentage. 2012......................................................................................Lost Arizona State ................................................................... W, 6-0 CAJUN NATION: As a team, Louisiana is ranked fifth in the nation in scoring (7.05), and 10th Arizona State ....................................................................L, 9-2 Arizona State .....................................................................L, 8-0 in the nation with 1.45 home runs per game. They also rank eighth in slugging percentage at a .547 clip. Individually, Jordan Wallace ranks fourth in strikeouts (356), sixth in victories 2010......................................................................................Lost (31), sixth in strikeouts per seven innings (10.6), 10th in hits per seven innings (10), and UCLA ...............................................................................L, 10-2 15th in shutouts (9). UCLA ...............................................................................L, 10-1 THREE CAJUNS