Cajuns Complete Four-Game Sweep of North Texas
Sunday, April 24, 2004


DENTON, Texas - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns softball team remained
unbeaten in Sun Belt Conference play and completed a four-game sweep of North Texas with a 1-0, 9-3 doubleheader sweep here Sunday afternoon at Denia Park.

The Cajuns offense, held in check through the first three games of the
series, exploded for nine runs off of 10 hits in the second game to
improve its Sun Belt record to 11-0.

A four-spot in the third inning helped Louisiana erase a 1-0,
first-inning deficit. UL added five more runs over the next
three innings to pull away.

Holly Tankersley, who relieved Bobbitt in the first inning after the
Mean Green scored an unearned run, worked 4 1/3 innings to record her
second win of the day. The Kirbyville, Texas, native struck out three
and surrendered just one run.

Earlier in the day, Tankersley tossed a complete game and picked up the game-winning hit in the sixth inning as the seventh-ranked Cajuns (45-6, 11-0 Sun Belt) took a 1-0 victory.

Hillary Guidry led off the sixth being hit by a pitch from NT starter
Katy Maxey. She then stole second to set the stage for Tankersley's
game-clinching RBI.

Tankersley drove a double into the left center field gap to score Guidry
for the lone run of the contest.

Tankersley then worked out of a second-and-third jam with one out in the
sixth to preserve the lead and secure her fifth win of the season.

With the sweep, Louisiana extended its win streak to four
games and saw its Sun Belt win streak climb to 14 dating back to last
season.

In the series finale, back-to-back one-out singles in the first scored
the Mean Green's first run of the contest. After an infield single by
Susan Waters loaded the bases, Bobbitt was relieved by Tankersley.

After getting shutout in the second inning, UL took advantage
of what the NT defense allowed in the third inning to strike for four
runs.

Joy Webre punched a one-out single into left field and Leslie Pierce
drew a walk. Hillary Guidry then hit a grounder to second base and Ana
Vega's throw went wild allowing Guidry to reach safely and Webre to
score to tie the game 1-1.

Christine Collins, who pinch ran for Pierce and moved to third on
Guidry's grounder, scored the go-ahead run when she slid under NT
catcher Christine Jonse after she dropped the throw from Vega.

A sacrifice fly off the bat of Danyele Gomez and an RBI single from
Ashley Evans scored the Cajuns final two runs of the inning.

Brittany Bryant hit her seventh home run of the season in the fifth to
extend the Cajuns margin to 7-1.

NT ended the Cajuns string of 70 consecutive innings without an earned
run allowed in Sun Belt play in the bottom of the fifth. Walker led off
the inning with a triple to center field and was brought home on an RBI
single by Stephanie Cranmer.

Evans picked up her second hit of the contest and gave the Cajuns more
breathing room when she laced a two-RBI double into right center field
that scored two more and gave the Cajuns a 9-2 lead.

The Mean Green added an unearned run in the seventh after a back-to-back singles and a passed ball put Walker on third base. A sacrifice fly by Maureen Kelley scored the Mean Green's final run of the game.

Louisiana returns to action next weekend as the Ragin' Cajuns
host Western Kentucky Saturday-Sunday, May 1-2 in a pair of 1 p.m.
doubleheaders at Ragin' Cajuns Softball Park.

Louisiana 1, North Texas 0
(Apr 25, 2004 at Denton, Texas)
(Game 1)
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Louisiana............. 000 001 0 - 1 5 1 (44-6, 10-0 SBC)
North Texas......... 000 000 0 - 0 4 1 (16-49, 1-10 SBC)
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Pitchers: Louisiana - Tankersley. North Texas - Maxey.
Win-Tankersley(5-1) Loss-Maxey(11-31) T-1:34 A-0

Louisiana 9, North Texas 3
(Apr 25, 2004 at Denton, Texas)
(Game 2)
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Louisiana............. 004 212 0 - 9 10 1 (45-6, 11-0 SBC)
North Texas......... 100 010 1 - 3 10 3 (16-50, 1-11 SBC)
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Pitchers: Louisiana - Bobbitt; Tankersley(3). North Texas -
Hacker; Burnett(7).
Win-Tankersley(6-1) Loss-Hacker(5-17) T-2:12 A-135
HR UL - Bryant (7).


-LOUISIANA’S RAGIN’ CAJUNS-

The Lady Cajuns played good even without Mitchell. Can't wait for Mitchell to return though.