Softball to Open Fall Schedule Against USSSA Pride

Contact: Nick Ross

LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team will open the fall portion of their 2013-14 season on Sunday when they take on the USSSA Pride of the National Professional Fastpitch league at 2 p.m at Lamson Park.

"To me there is no better experience or exposure for these kids than to come out and play the best team in the world," head coach Michael Lotief said. "It will do a couple things, it will give us a benchmark of where we are, and it will give us a standard of where we need to be to play at that level."

It will be the Cajuns first of six home games on the fall schedule this year.

"This is a fundraiser for the softball program," new development officer Stefni Lotief said. "We want to sell the place out so we can raise as much as possible for the softball program."

Reserved grandstand seats are priced at $18 and general admission tickets in the outfield are $10.

"It will be a good afternoon of softball," Michael Lotief said. "It will also give us an opportunity to raise some money for the program and do a lot of good things all in the course of one Sunday afternoon."

The Cajundome Ticket Office will have extended hours this week in preparation for the game. They will be open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday-Friday and will be open from 9-5 on Saturday. The Cajundome Box Office is located at 444 Cajundome Blvd. For all ticket inquires, call 337-265-2357, or e-mail mcasbon@cajundome.com.

Tickets can also be purchased the day of the game at the Lamson Park Box Office, which will open at 1 p.m.

The USSSA Pride are coming off of a championship season in the NPF, defeating former Ragin' Cajuns shortstop Nerissa Myers and her Chicago Bandits squad in the finals.

"They keep including us on the schedule because of our great support from the fans and our community," Lotief added. "This will be a good opportunity for our fan base to come out and meet the new kids, get a preview of what the 2014 season will be like. It also gives them the chance to watch the best players in the world."

The Prides regular season roster features, Chelsea Thomas (Missouri), Nikia Williams (Washington), Megan Willis (Texas), Jenn Salling (Washington), Cat Osterman (Texas), Francesca Enea (Florida), Ashley Charters (Washington), Kelly Kretschman (Alabama), Blaire Luna (Texas), Jordan Taylor (Michigan), Jessica Shults (Oklahoma), Kristyn Sandberg (Georgia), Sarah Pauly (A&M-Corpus Christi), Caitlin Lowe (Arizona), Andrea Duran (UCLA), Natasha Watley (UCLA), Rachele Fico (LSU), GiOna DiSalvatore (UCLA), Lauren Lappin (Stanford), Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma) and Haruna Sakamoto (Japanese National Team).

The game opens a stretch of six games played at Lamson Park this fall. The Ragin' Cajuns will take on LSU-Alexandria (Oct. 12), Lamar (Oct. 13), Galveston College (Oct. 19), LSU_Eunice (Oct. 23), before closing out the home portion of the fall schedule with an Alumni Game on November 9.

Live audio from the game will be broadcast on ESPN1420, and ESPN1420.com.

-- Ragin' Cajuns --

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Softball to Open Fall Schedule Against USSSA Pride

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