May 19, 2007
For the second straight game in the College Station Regional, Louisiana?â„¢s 23rd ranked Ragin?â„¢ Cajuns went into extra innings and unfortunately for the Cajuns the final result was the same. UL dropped a 2-1, eight inning decision, to Sam Houston State ending the regional and the season for the Cajuns.
Louisiana ends their season with a record of 46-18, while the Bearkats advanced to face Texas A & M in a Saturday evening elimination game for the right to face Houston in Sunday?â„¢s championship game. The winner of Saturday?â„¢s game between A & M and Sam Houston will have to defeat Houston twice on Sunday to advance to the Super Regional to face the winner of the regional being hosted by the University of Florida. Sam Houston enters the Saturday night contest with an overall record of 38-25.
The Cajuns and Bearkats entered the bottom of the eighth inning of the low scoring contest with the score tied at one. Sam Houston first baseman Amy Brown led off the inning flying out to centerfield and Casey Everitt, who was three for four in the game, reached on an error. Stephanie Mosley?â„¢s bloop double into short right centerfield scored Everitt from first and the Bearkats had the 2-1 victory over the Cajuns.
Cajuns third baseman Melissa Verde took Sam Houston starting pitcher, Brandi Crnkovic?â„¢s first pitch of the top of the second inning over the right field wall and Louisiana had their first lead of the regional, leading the Bearkats 1-0. The home run was Verde?â„¢s ninth of the season and the first hit of the regional by a UL starter hitting in the four through nine spots.
Everitt?â„¢s solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning tied the score for the Bearkats at the end of the fourth inning.
The Verde and Everitt solo home runs would be the only scoring in the game until the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Cajuns leaving a runner in scoring position in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.
Bearkat starter Brandi Crnkovic pitched a complete game victory checking the Cajuns on four hits and improving to 20-12. Louisiana pitcher Brittany Cuevas matched Crnkovic in the circle scattering six hits and suffering the loss to end her inaugural campaign as a Cajun tied for fourth in wins in a single season with 31and eclipsing the 300 strikeout mark with 303 for the season. Cuevas finishes the season with a 31-11 mark.
Verde led the Cajuns at the plate with a three for three day, with a home run and an RBI. Karli Hubbard also had a hit for Louisiana.