Cajun Softball Sweeps FAU

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns softball team swept the first two games of a three-game conference series with defending SBC champions Florida Atlantic.

The Cajuns got a pair of outstanding pitching performances from freshmen Donna Bourgeois and Ashley Brignac to improve to 16-0 at home on the season and run their winning streak to a dozen games. The Cajuns claimed a 5-1 victory in the first game before no-hitting the Owls in a 40 win.

Game One

Donna Bourgeois got the ball in the circle in game one and worked a complete game three-hitter en route to her 10t)h win of the season. The freshman recorded double-digit strikeouts for the second time in her young career,surrendering just one unearned run in the game.

Offensively, the Cajuns were led byVallie Gaspard, Katie Smith and Melissa Verde. The trio all collected a pair of hits in the game.

Holly Tankersley had just one hit in the game, but made it count. In the bottom of the fifth inning, the senior slugger blasted her NCAA-leading 18th home run of the season.

Game Two

Ashley Brignac ptiched her third no-hitter of the season in the nightcap of the doubleheader in route to a 4-0 victory.

Brignac worked 7.0 innings of no-hit ball and took a perfect game into the sixth inning before a Cajuns error allowed the first base runner of the game. Brignac retired a season 16 consecutive batters, topping the Cajuns’ previous high of 15 set against IUPUI and Grambling in Louisiana’s two perfect games this season.

Offensively, the Cajuns were led by Katie Smith with two hits,while Holly Tankersley,Lana Bowers and Vanessa Soto all drove in runs.

The Ragin’ Cajuns and FAU will conclude the three-game Sun Belt Conference series with a single game at 5:00 p.m. at Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park.