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The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns lost 8-1 to the Baylor Bears at Lamson Park on Thursday night. Photo by Raymond Partsch III
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns needed a late rally to take down McNeese on Wednesday night, but were unable to pull off another comeback against Baylor on Thursday night.
The Bears broke open the game with a six-run fifth inning and handed the No. 12 Ragin’ Cajuns a 8-1 defeat.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Baylor’s Nicky Dawson led off the game with a bunt single and then stole second base. Lou Gilbert reached on a bunt single which gave the Bears runners on the corners with no outs. Two batters later, Josie Bower grounded out which scored Dawson.
UL Softball Falls to Baylor
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns suffered a home loss on the softball diamond on Thursday night.
9th-ranked Louisiana fell to the Baylor Bears, 8-1, in a non-conference match-up at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park.
Baylor broke open a 2-1 game with six runs in the 5th inning, as they collected the 7-run win.
The setback was the third over the last four games and the first of the week for the Cajuns, who opened the week with a 5-4 come from behind road victory over the McNeese St. Cowgirls in Lake Charles on Wednesday night.
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Oklahoma
New faces are a big part of the story at Oklahoma this season. The arrivals include freshmen infielders Jayda Coleman and Tiare Jennings and pitcher Nicole May. Like UConn’s Paige Bueckers on the basketball court, Coleman brings star power that goes beyond being the nation’s No. 1 recruit. Also coming aboard is South Carolina transfer Jana Johns. How did adding a proven slugger in the infield work out when it was Shelby Pendley? Add those new arrivals to what we saw in 2020 from Jocelyn Alo, Kinzie Hansen and Grace Lyons and away we go. And yet it isn’t an arrival but Giselle Juarez’s return that promises to define the spring. Her first attempt at a final season undone by biceps tendon injury even before the pandemic halted play, Juarez will be rested and any rust long since dispatched by the postseason. Coach Patty Gasso told Rhiannon Potkey this could be one of Oklahoma’s strongest offenses, a list that has to begin with the 2013 national champions. A healthy