UL Softball Falls to LSU in Regional Finals
The 2021 college season came to an end for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns on Sunday in an NCAA Regional.
14th-ranked Louisiana fell to the host school and top-seeded LSU Tigers, 8-5, in the if necessary game of the Baton Rouge Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.
Louisiana forced a second game after defeating LSU, 2-0, in the first game between the two.
UL, who was playing in the Regional finals for the 13th-consecutive year, went 3-2 in the regional, after a 1-0 win in 11 innings over George Washington on Friday night, followed by a 10-3 setback to LSU on Saturday afternoon, as well as a 4-0 win over McNeese St. on Saturday night.
Three UL Softball Players Named to Baton Rouge All-Regional Team
Three members of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns were named to the Baton Rouge All-Regional Team by a popular and highly-respected college softball website.
Justin s World of Softball named Louisiana s Ciara Bryan, Karly Heath, and Kandra Lamb to the All-Tournament team on Sunday.
Bryan, the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer and Player of the Year, went 7-for-26 in the regional, to go along with two home runs, six runs scored, and two runs batted in.
Heath, who drove home the game-winning run in Louisiana s 1-0 win in 11 innings over George Washington on Friday night, went 4-for-10 with a homer and three runs batted in.
Ticket/Bracket Information For Baton Rouge Regional
Looking to secure tickets to watch the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns participate in the NCAA Softball Baton Rouge Regional?
Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday beginning at 9 a.m.
Keep in mind; under NCAA championship guidelines, Tiger Park in Baton Rouge will be limited to 50 percent capacity.
14th-ranked Louisiana will be part of the four-team field, which also includes top-seeded LSU, along with George Washington, and McNeese St.
The Cajuns their 22nd-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance, and 30th in the last 31 years.
The only year since 1990 in which Louisiana failed to appear in a regional was 1998.