University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, April 23
Lafayette
2 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
33-6, 14-1
13
vs
4
Appalachian State
9-38, 2-17
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5
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Appalachian State
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0
3
0
0
4
8
0
Louisiana
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9
3
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X
13
10
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stewart, Alex (18-3)
L: Kennedy, Annaleise (2-15)
Batting:
2B: Parker, Cara 1 ; Mathewson, Katie 1
RBI: Josey, Heather 1 ; Butler, Pepper 1 ; Mathewson, Katie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker, Cara 2 ; Josey, Heather 1 ; Butler, Pepper 1
Batting:
3B: Corbello, Sara 1
HR: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Sanders, DJ 1 ; Corbello, Sara 1
RBI: Hayden, Haley 2 ; Landry, Shellie 3 ; Sanders, DJ 3 ; Corbello, Sara 2 ; Gremillion, Kara 2 ; Smith, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hayden, Haley 2 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Martinez, Kelli 1 ; Vincent, Kelsey 1 ; Craighton, Aleah 2 ; Sanders, DJ 2 ; Corbello, Sara 1 ; Thomas, Meagan 1 ; Gremillion, Kara 1 ; Smith, Kendall 1
SB: Gremillion, Kara 2
HBP: Craighton, Aleah 1 ; Zeringue, Kassidy 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
2b/dp
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
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/ SoftballDP
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OF
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3B
/ Softball2B
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/ SoftballSS
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OF
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/ Softball
P
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P
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OF
/ Softball
Cajuns Sweep App State Behind Big Second Innings
4/23/2016 7:21:00 PM | Softball
LAFAYETTE – A second inning outburst in both ends of a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader with Appalachian State on Saturday guided the No. 7-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team to a 13-4, 14-2 sweep of the Mountaineers in a pair of five inning contests at Lamson Park.
The Ragin' Cajuns (34-6, 15-1 Sun Belt) broke free from a 1-1 tie in the opener with a nine-run second inning that was jumpstarted by a solo home run from Sara Corbello, her ninth of the season which established a new personal single-season best total.
In the nightcap, Louisiana sent 16 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in the second inning to open a 14-0 edge. The highlight of the frame was a three-run home run by Shellie Landry that allowed the senior left field to cross the 200 career RBI mark.
The doubleheader sweep secured the Ragin' Cajuns' 27th consecutive Sun Belt Conference series victory, a streak which dates back to March 2013. With Texas State's sweep of South Alabama, the Ragin' Cajuns' lead over the Jaguars (26-15, 14-5 Sun Belt) in the loss column in the league standings grew to four games.
No. 7 Louisiana and Appalachian State (9-39, 2-18 Sun Belt) wrap up the three-game Sun Belt series on Sunday with a 12 p.m. single game.
Landry finished the doubleheader 3-for-6 at the plate with two home runs and a team-high six RBI. She collected three RBI each game and moved into the team lead with 14 multiple RBI games on the season
Haley Hayden, who finished 5-for-8 at the plate with four runs scored and three RBI, posted multiple hits in each game including her fifth three-hit outing of the season. Hayden increased her season total of multiple-hit games to 13, moving into a tie with Lexie Elkins for the team lead.
Louisiana tallied 20 of its 27 runs in the second inning and scored a run in five of its eight at bats. The Ragin' Cajuns belted six home runs to stretch its NCAA-leading total to 84, moving past 80 homers for the fourth straight season (2013-16).
The Mountaineers pieced together a pair of two-out hits in the first inning of the opener and grabbed a 1-0 lead on an RBI single from Heather Josey. Hayden got the run back for the Cajuns in the bottom half on an inside the park home run.
Corbello broke the tie with her solo home run leading off the bottom of the second inning and Landry later delivered a two-run single that brought the lead to 5-1.
Four more runs were pushed across in a series of three straight at bats by DJ Sanders (RBI single), Corbello (bases-loaded walk) and Kara Gremillion (two-run single). An RBI ground out from Kendall Smith made it 10-1 in favor of the Ragin' Cajuns before App State's Annaleise Kennedy could end the inning.
After App State plated three runs in the top of the third inning to trim its deficit to 10-4, the Ragin' Cajuns answered with three runs of their own on home runs by Landry (solo) and Sanders (two-run).
Alex Stewart worked the first two innings for Louisiana before the combination of Kylee Jo Trahan and Macey Smith closed out the final three innings. Smith held the Mountaineers scoreless their final two at bats.
Aleah Craighton provided Louisiana with the early lead in the nightcap by launching a three-run home run to right field. The home run was Craighton's 26th extra base hit of the season (15th home run) tying her career-high total established as a redshirt freshman in 2015.
The lead swelled to 8-0 just five batters into the second inning. The first two runs came around to cross home plate on a throwing error during a bunt laid down by Kassidy Zeringue. Two batters later, Landry deposited a three-run home run into the left field bleachers.
Louisiana added six more runs for a 14-0 edge before App State reliever Claire Eosso could bring the frame to a close.
The Mountaineers plated an unearned run in the third inning and got a solo home run from Josey in the fourth inning for their scoring output.
The Cajuns went with a three-person rotation in the pitching circle, spearheaded by Stewart who struck out the side in the first inning and allowed only one hit in her two inning-effort before giving way to Victoria Brown and Macey Smith for the final three innings.
DIAMOND NOTES: Saturday's doubleheader marked the first-ever meetings at Lamson Park between the Ragin' Cajuns and Mountaineers…Louisiana, which posted a doubleheader sweep in the initial Sun Belt series between the two programs, upped its all-time series lead to 4-0…The twinbill sweep increased the Ragin' Cajuns win streak at Lamson Park to 16 games (began Feb. 20 vs. No. 5 Oregon)…With multiple home runs in both games, Louisiana has now hit multiple homers in 24 games this season and in each of the last 11 Sun Belt Conference games (dates back to Troy series)…Haley Hayden has now posted a hit in 31 out of 40 games this season…Hayden's current four-game hitting streak is her ninth different hit streak of the season…DJ Sanders' home run in Game 1 upped her season RBI total to 41, making her the second Cajuns player to reach 40 RBI this season (joined Lexie Elkins)…With their three-run home runs in Game 2, Aleah Craighton and Shellie Landry joined Sanders and Lexie Elkins in the 40-RBI club…Haley Hayden will enter Sunday's finale with the Mountaineers two RBI shy of reaching 40 for the third straight season…Alex Stewart received the win in both games of the doubleheader, increasing her season total to 19 which leaves her one win shy of the first 20-win season of her career…Shellie Landry continued her recent hot streak in Sun Belt Conference play and is now hitting .455 (15-for-33) with eight home runs and 21 RBI over the last four league series (TROY, TXST, GSU, APP)…Sara Corbello's nine home runs surpass her previous career-best total of eight hit as a freshman (2013) and sophomore (2014)…The Ragin' Cajuns were 10-for-21 with runners in scoring position, the second-highest number of hits w/RISP in a doubleheader this season (trails only 13 hits w/RISP Mar. 19 at UTA)…Attendance for the doubleheader was 1,610 giving the Ragin' Cajuns a crowd of 1,300-plus for the 12th time in as many playing dates at Lamson Park in 2016.
The Ragin' Cajuns (34-6, 15-1 Sun Belt) broke free from a 1-1 tie in the opener with a nine-run second inning that was jumpstarted by a solo home run from Sara Corbello, her ninth of the season which established a new personal single-season best total.
In the nightcap, Louisiana sent 16 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in the second inning to open a 14-0 edge. The highlight of the frame was a three-run home run by Shellie Landry that allowed the senior left field to cross the 200 career RBI mark.
The doubleheader sweep secured the Ragin' Cajuns' 27th consecutive Sun Belt Conference series victory, a streak which dates back to March 2013. With Texas State's sweep of South Alabama, the Ragin' Cajuns' lead over the Jaguars (26-15, 14-5 Sun Belt) in the loss column in the league standings grew to four games.
No. 7 Louisiana and Appalachian State (9-39, 2-18 Sun Belt) wrap up the three-game Sun Belt series on Sunday with a 12 p.m. single game.
Landry finished the doubleheader 3-for-6 at the plate with two home runs and a team-high six RBI. She collected three RBI each game and moved into the team lead with 14 multiple RBI games on the season
Haley Hayden, who finished 5-for-8 at the plate with four runs scored and three RBI, posted multiple hits in each game including her fifth three-hit outing of the season. Hayden increased her season total of multiple-hit games to 13, moving into a tie with Lexie Elkins for the team lead.
Louisiana tallied 20 of its 27 runs in the second inning and scored a run in five of its eight at bats. The Ragin' Cajuns belted six home runs to stretch its NCAA-leading total to 84, moving past 80 homers for the fourth straight season (2013-16).
The Mountaineers pieced together a pair of two-out hits in the first inning of the opener and grabbed a 1-0 lead on an RBI single from Heather Josey. Hayden got the run back for the Cajuns in the bottom half on an inside the park home run.
Corbello broke the tie with her solo home run leading off the bottom of the second inning and Landry later delivered a two-run single that brought the lead to 5-1.
Four more runs were pushed across in a series of three straight at bats by DJ Sanders (RBI single), Corbello (bases-loaded walk) and Kara Gremillion (two-run single). An RBI ground out from Kendall Smith made it 10-1 in favor of the Ragin' Cajuns before App State's Annaleise Kennedy could end the inning.
After App State plated three runs in the top of the third inning to trim its deficit to 10-4, the Ragin' Cajuns answered with three runs of their own on home runs by Landry (solo) and Sanders (two-run).
Alex Stewart worked the first two innings for Louisiana before the combination of Kylee Jo Trahan and Macey Smith closed out the final three innings. Smith held the Mountaineers scoreless their final two at bats.
Aleah Craighton provided Louisiana with the early lead in the nightcap by launching a three-run home run to right field. The home run was Craighton's 26th extra base hit of the season (15th home run) tying her career-high total established as a redshirt freshman in 2015.
The lead swelled to 8-0 just five batters into the second inning. The first two runs came around to cross home plate on a throwing error during a bunt laid down by Kassidy Zeringue. Two batters later, Landry deposited a three-run home run into the left field bleachers.
Louisiana added six more runs for a 14-0 edge before App State reliever Claire Eosso could bring the frame to a close.
The Mountaineers plated an unearned run in the third inning and got a solo home run from Josey in the fourth inning for their scoring output.
The Cajuns went with a three-person rotation in the pitching circle, spearheaded by Stewart who struck out the side in the first inning and allowed only one hit in her two inning-effort before giving way to Victoria Brown and Macey Smith for the final three innings.
DIAMOND NOTES: Saturday's doubleheader marked the first-ever meetings at Lamson Park between the Ragin' Cajuns and Mountaineers…Louisiana, which posted a doubleheader sweep in the initial Sun Belt series between the two programs, upped its all-time series lead to 4-0…The twinbill sweep increased the Ragin' Cajuns win streak at Lamson Park to 16 games (began Feb. 20 vs. No. 5 Oregon)…With multiple home runs in both games, Louisiana has now hit multiple homers in 24 games this season and in each of the last 11 Sun Belt Conference games (dates back to Troy series)…Haley Hayden has now posted a hit in 31 out of 40 games this season…Hayden's current four-game hitting streak is her ninth different hit streak of the season…DJ Sanders' home run in Game 1 upped her season RBI total to 41, making her the second Cajuns player to reach 40 RBI this season (joined Lexie Elkins)…With their three-run home runs in Game 2, Aleah Craighton and Shellie Landry joined Sanders and Lexie Elkins in the 40-RBI club…Haley Hayden will enter Sunday's finale with the Mountaineers two RBI shy of reaching 40 for the third straight season…Alex Stewart received the win in both games of the doubleheader, increasing her season total to 19 which leaves her one win shy of the first 20-win season of her career…Shellie Landry continued her recent hot streak in Sun Belt Conference play and is now hitting .455 (15-for-33) with eight home runs and 21 RBI over the last four league series (TROY, TXST, GSU, APP)…Sara Corbello's nine home runs surpass her previous career-best total of eight hit as a freshman (2013) and sophomore (2014)…The Ragin' Cajuns were 10-for-21 with runners in scoring position, the second-highest number of hits w/RISP in a doubleheader this season (trails only 13 hits w/RISP Mar. 19 at UTA)…Attendance for the doubleheader was 1,610 giving the Ragin' Cajuns a crowd of 1,300-plus for the 12th time in as many playing dates at Lamson Park in 2016.
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