Texas State softball (38-11 overall, 17-6 Sun Belt) fell 4-3 to the University of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns (43-10 overall, 21-3 Sun Belt) in the semi-finals of the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Despite the loss, the Bobcats are not out of the tournament and will play an elimination game against the No. 4 seed University of South Alabama on May 15. The winner will play Louisiana in the championship.
The No. 2 Bobcats came into the matchup with a 4-0 shutout over the No. 6 University of Texas at Arlington while No. 1 Louisiana won a 10-3 blowout against South Alabama.
The game went scoreless through four innings, but the Bobcats managed to get four base hits in that time, even stranding three runners on base in the bottom of the second.
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UL got out ahead first in the game thanks to a Bobby Lada sacrifice fly.
But that lead was short lived, as the Cajuns felt the wrath of an early pop from Southern Miss. They put up 10 runs in the first two innings, leaving UL in their dust.
Southern Miss added another in the bottom of the third.
The Cajuns were able to cut into the deficit with home-runs from Ben Fitzgerald and Drake Osborn, respectively.
The game continued to be out of hand, as UL was down 13-3 through the top of the 8th inning.
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UL got out ahead first in the game thanks to a Bobby Lada sacrifice fly.
But that lead was short lived, as the Cajuns felt the wrath of an early pop from Southern Miss. They put up 10 runs in the first two innings, leaving UL in their dust.
Southern Miss added another in the bottom of the third.
The Cajuns were able to cut into the deficit with home-runs from Ben Fitzgerald and Drake Osborn, respectively.
The game continued to be out of hand, as UL was down 13-3 through the top of the 8th inning.
Louisiana men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin (center) talks to his team during a timeout of Saturday’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinal game against South Alabama. Photo by Raymond Partsch III
PENSACOLA, Fla. The University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns had three players record double-doubles to spark a second-half comeback to take down South Alabama, 79-68, in the Sun Belt Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Ragin’ Cajuns started the game with the lead as Mylik Wilson drove in the lane and laid it up for two points. Louisiana would not have another lead until under 13 minutes to play in the second half.