Cajun Softball Sweeps DH From Troy

Louisiana's 16th ranked softball team inched closer to clinching the regular season Sun Belt title with a doubleheader sweep of Troy on Saturday afternoon in Troy, Alabama.

The Ragin’ Cajuns got wins from Donna Bourgeois and Ashley Brignac. Brignac worked 6.0 innings of relief in game one to earn the victory, while Bourgeois started the second game earning the win.

On the day, the Cajun pitching staff combined for a 1.00 ERA. The freshmen duo fanned 19 total batters and combined for a shutout in game two. The pitchers scattered 13 hits in 14 innings with only just three extra base hits.

The Cajun bats collected 16 hits in the two games en route to 4-2 and 4-0 victories.

Gabriele Bridges, Vallie Gaspard and Katie Smith each went .500 on the afternoon. Bridges and Gaspard both finished 3-for-6 with Bridges adding a pair of doubles.

Game One Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns claimed the first game of a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader against Troy by a score of 4-2.

Three Cajuns collected multiple hits in the game. Gabriele Bridges, Vallie Gaspard and Melissa Verde each collected a pair of hits. Bridges had a pair of doubles and came around to score what would prove to be the go ahead run.

Freshman Ashley Brignac picked up the win in relief of Donna Bourgeois. Brignac fanned 10 batters in 6.0 innings of work. She walked two and surrendered a pair of runs. Bourgeois surrendered two hits in a little over one inning with a walk.


Game Two

The Cajuns used the dominant pitching effort of Donna Bourgeois and stellar defense to claim game two with a 4-0 shutout.

Bourgeois worked 6.0 innings, scattering seven hits. She worked out of several jams throughout the game and fanned seven batters. The freshman picked up her 13th win of the season in the shutout.

The Cajuns collected six hits in the game with six different batters registering base knocks. Katie Smith, Vallie Gaspard, Vanessa Soto each contributed key hits during the game. Katie Smith and Vanessa Soto each added RBI's to help Louisiana complete the sweep in game two.