Cajuns Blank UAB to Begin Season 2-0
The 9th-ranked Louisiana Ragin Cajuns finished off their first Saturday of the 2021 college softball schedule in style in Birmingham, Alabama.
Louisiana, in its second game of the day. defeated the UAB Blazers, 1-0, on the first day of play in the UAB Green & Gold Classic.
Earlier in the day, Louisiana downed Jacksonville St., 8-2, in their 2021 season opener.
Saturday marked the long-awaited return of softball for Louisiana, who last played back on March 11 of the shortened 2020 season.
The Cajuns have now won six consecutive games, dating back to last season.
Louisiana scored the only run of the game in the top half of the third inning, when Taylor Roman led off the frame with a single, before later scoring on a two-out single off the bat of Ciara Bryan.
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Two members of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns recently received major preseason accolades from a highly-respected college softball website, as they get set to begin the 2021 college softball season.
On Wednesday, senior pitcher Summer Ellyson and senior outfielder Ciara Bryan were tabbed Secon-Team All-Americans by Justin s World of Softball.
The Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year in both 2019 and 2020, Ellyson put together an 11-1 mark and a 1.83 ERA during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, after going 39-6 in 2019.
Ellyson, who has compiled an impressive career record of 74-17, was named a Third-Team NFCA All-American, perceived by most as the most prestigious All-American selection in the sport, following the 2019 season.
For Ragin Cajun softball fans, the 2021 season can t come soon enough.
With the season only 9 days away, Louisiana Ragin Cajun softball coach Gerry Glasco joined me on my show this morning to answer questions about the expected lineup, the layout of his team, pending redshirt decisions, Summer Ellyson, Kandra Lamb, Ciara Bryan, the fanbase, and much more.
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Two members of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns received major preseason accolades last week, as they get set to begin the 2021 college softball season.
For a second-consecutive season, senior pitcher Summer Ellyson was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List, spotlighting the top 50 players in the country, while senior outfielder Ciara Bryan was tabbed a first-team selection to D1Softball s Preseason All-American Team.
Ellyson, an NFCA All-American (third team) and the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2019, put together an 11-1 mark and a 1.83 ERA during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, after going 39-6 in 2019.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced on April 21 with the Top 10 Finalists being announced on May 5, and the Top Three to be announced on May 19.