University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
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Louisiana Grinds Out Win Over Georgia Southern To Stay Alive In Montgomery, 5-4
5/22/2025 5:45:00 PM | Baseball
Markle collects three hits; Morgan, Tollett stellar as Cajuns eliminate Eagles
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Lee Amedee's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning snapped a 4-4 tie and Louisiana scored in its last three innings to erase a 3-1 deficit and defeat Georgia Southern, 5-4, in an elimination game at the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship on Thursday at Riverwalk Stadium.
Fifth-seeded Louisiana (27-30) remained alive in the double-elimination tournament after picking up its first win in Montgomery since winning a pair of games against Coastal Carolina in 2023.
The Ragin' Cajuns will face the loser of Thursday's late contest between top-seeded Coastal Carolina and No. 4-seeded Marshall on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The game will be available on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
Chase Morgan and JR Tollett combined to allow an earned run with 11 strikeouts as Louisiana faced Georgia Southern (28-31) in the postseason for the first time since the Ragin' Cajuns claimed a 7-6 win in the 2022 SBC Championship Game.
Drew Markle went 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, three runs scored, and a pair of stolen bases as Louisiana finished with seven hits in the game. Markle reached on a first-inning single, stole second, and scored on Luke Yuhasz's RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
Markle was responsible for a two-out, two-run rally in the seventh after he drove in Brooks Wright on a single to center before scoring on a stolen base and two Eagle errors for a 4-3 lead.
Morgan struck out nine batters and scattered six hits in 5.0 innings of work, getting out of a second-inning jam after Georgia Southern put two runners in scoring position with no outs. The left-hander sandwiched a pair of strikeouts around a Luke Odden pop-up to keep the Eagles off the board.
After retiring the Eagles in order in the fourth, Morgan allowed a pair of singles before a throwing error loaded the bases with no outs. Morgan fanned Sean White and got JP Herrholz to foul out before Juju Stevens gave Georgia Southern a 3-1 lead with a bases-clearing double.
Amedee, who was 0-for-1 with two RBI, was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth for Louisiana before taking the lead in the seventh.
Stevens, who was 6-for-6 in Tuesday's 13-8 win over Arkansas State, tied the game in the eighth with an opposite-field home run to right before Tollett (6-4) retired the next three batters to end the threat.
Stelly, who had his nine-game hit streak snapped in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to Marshall, led off the eighth with a single off Georgia Southern reliever Garrett Mackowiak (0-1) before advancing to third on a pair of wild pitches. Amedee would follow with a fly ball to right field, allowing Stelly to score the go-ahead run.
Tollett pitched the final 4.0 innings in his first relief outing since March 8 against Dallas Baptist. The right-hander allowed a one-out triple to Nico Senese in the seventh but was aided by a stellar defensive play by Amedee, who fielded Sean White's squeeze bunt, flipped it to Jose Torres for an out at the plate.
Yuhasz went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Louisiana with Connor Cuff adding a fifth-inning single.
Stevens was 2-for-4 with four RBI for the Eagles with Senese going 2-for-4 with a double and triple. Carter DeGondea earned the start for Georgia Southern going 5.1 innings and allowed four hits with four strikeouts.
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Fifth-seeded Louisiana (27-30) remained alive in the double-elimination tournament after picking up its first win in Montgomery since winning a pair of games against Coastal Carolina in 2023.
The Ragin' Cajuns will face the loser of Thursday's late contest between top-seeded Coastal Carolina and No. 4-seeded Marshall on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The game will be available on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
Chase Morgan and JR Tollett combined to allow an earned run with 11 strikeouts as Louisiana faced Georgia Southern (28-31) in the postseason for the first time since the Ragin' Cajuns claimed a 7-6 win in the 2022 SBC Championship Game.
Drew Markle went 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, three runs scored, and a pair of stolen bases as Louisiana finished with seven hits in the game. Markle reached on a first-inning single, stole second, and scored on Luke Yuhasz's RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
Markle was responsible for a two-out, two-run rally in the seventh after he drove in Brooks Wright on a single to center before scoring on a stolen base and two Eagle errors for a 4-3 lead.
Morgan struck out nine batters and scattered six hits in 5.0 innings of work, getting out of a second-inning jam after Georgia Southern put two runners in scoring position with no outs. The left-hander sandwiched a pair of strikeouts around a Luke Odden pop-up to keep the Eagles off the board.
After retiring the Eagles in order in the fourth, Morgan allowed a pair of singles before a throwing error loaded the bases with no outs. Morgan fanned Sean White and got JP Herrholz to foul out before Juju Stevens gave Georgia Southern a 3-1 lead with a bases-clearing double.
Amedee, who was 0-for-1 with two RBI, was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth for Louisiana before taking the lead in the seventh.
Stevens, who was 6-for-6 in Tuesday's 13-8 win over Arkansas State, tied the game in the eighth with an opposite-field home run to right before Tollett (6-4) retired the next three batters to end the threat.
Stelly, who had his nine-game hit streak snapped in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to Marshall, led off the eighth with a single off Georgia Southern reliever Garrett Mackowiak (0-1) before advancing to third on a pair of wild pitches. Amedee would follow with a fly ball to right field, allowing Stelly to score the go-ahead run.
Tollett pitched the final 4.0 innings in his first relief outing since March 8 against Dallas Baptist. The right-hander allowed a one-out triple to Nico Senese in the seventh but was aided by a stellar defensive play by Amedee, who fielded Sean White's squeeze bunt, flipped it to Jose Torres for an out at the plate.
Yuhasz went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Louisiana with Connor Cuff adding a fifth-inning single.
Stevens was 2-for-4 with four RBI for the Eagles with Senese going 2-for-4 with a double and triple. Carter DeGondea earned the start for Georgia Southern going 5.1 innings and allowed four hits with four strikeouts.
Fans are encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
For the latest updates on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow on Facebook (RaginCajunsBaseball), Twitter (@RaginCajunsBSB) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsBSB) or check RaginCajuns.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tollett, JR (6-4)
L: Garrett Mackowiak (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Senese,Nico 1 ; JP Herrholz 1 ; Juju Stevens 1 ; Parker,Cade 1
3B: Senese,Nico 1
HR: Juju Stevens 1
RBI: Juju Stevens 4
SH: Senese,Nico 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate,Josh 1 ; Senese,Nico 1 ; Juju Stevens 1 ; Odden,Luke 1
Batting:
RBI: Markle, Drew 1 ; Yuhasz, Luke 1 ; Amedee, Lee 2
SF: Amedee, Lee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Brooks 1 ; Markle, Drew 3 ; Stelly, Caleb 1
SB: Wright, Brooks 1 ; Markle, Drew 2
HBP: Yuhasz, Luke 1 ; Higgs, Conor 1 ; Amedee, Lee 2
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