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All Things CW: Good Decisions Pay Off Big-Time for Alabama Players
After returning for a final year with the Crimson Tide, first-round picks Najee Harris, Alex Leatherwood and DeVonta Smith are all cashing in
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So how good do those decisions look now?
Following the end of the disappointing 2019 season, a number of University of Alabama football players had the option of going pro early or sticking around for their final year of eligibility.
Granted, that s become pretty normal for the Crimson Tide under Nick Saban, but time it was different.
Alabama lost a bevy of premier players including tackle
The Colonials took home their first solo A-10 title last week and capped off a historic season with their first NCAA tournament appearance last Saturday.
LSU softball advances to 6th straight super regional with win over U-L
LSU softball advances to 6th straight super regional with win over U-L
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BATON ROUGE – Seventh-ranked LSU (35-20) took the winner-take-all game of the Baton Rouge Regional, 8-5, over UL-Lafayette (47-12) to win the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional and advance to a Super Regional for the ninth time in school history.
The win over the Ragin Cajuns marked the sixth straight Super Regional appearance and seventh under head coach
Beth Torina. The regional title was the 11th in school history.
LSU now moves on to the NCAA Super Regionals for the sixth straight season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Louisiana struck first as Ciara Bryan led off the game by taking a pitch from Ali Kilponen and sending it over the right field wall.
The Ragin’ Cajuns looked poised to score even more runs in the opening frame.
After Bryan’s homer, Kaitlyn Alderink drew a walk and then Jade Gortarez reached on a dropped fly ball in right field.
Justice Milz would strike out and then Alderink was caught stealing.
Kiponen would walk the next two batters (Alissa Dalton and Karly Heath) to load the bases. Kiponen would get out of the jam by striking out Kendall Talley.
A former Louisiana Ragin Cajun Softball great who was recently inducted into the UL Athletics Hall of Fame, recently stepped down from her most recent head coaching position.
Stephanie DeFeo stepped down as the head coach at Mercer last week, after five seasons on the job.
A member of the Ragin Cajuns softball team from 1994-97, DeFeo went on to earn All-America honors three times, playing first base and designated player, before leaving with a school-record 43 home runs, including 15 in her senior season of 1997, while driving in 187 career runs.
DeFeo was tabbed an All-American after her freshman season in 1994 when she hit .435 on the season while setting a school-record in slugging percentage at .739.