2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team

2018 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
	† – Conference champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship ; As of February 27, 2019[1]; Rankings from NFCA

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball
2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball
Baton Rouge Regionals Appearance; Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions
Mardi Gras Invitational Champions; Louisiana Classics Champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
2018 record	41-16 (21-6 SBC)
Head coach	Gerry Glasco (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Guthrie; Ellen Renefroe Reed;
Home stadium	Lamson Park

The 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns play their home games at Lamson Park and were led by first year head coach Gerry Glasco.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 1, 2018. Louisiana was picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference behind the Texas State Bobcats softball team with 92 votes and 4 first place votes.[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches poll
1	Texas State	95 (6)
2	Louisiana	92 (4)
3	Georgia State	80
4	South Alabama	72
5	Louisiana-Monroe	46
6	UT Arlington	42
7	Coastal Carolina	38
7	Georgia Southern	38
9	Troy	34
10	Appalachian State	13

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

Randi Rupp (TXST, SR, Pitcher)
Devin Brown (USA, SR, Pitcher)
Ivie Drake (GSU, SR, Catcher)
Lexie Comeaux (LA, JR, Catcher)
Aileen Garcia (UTA, SO, 1st Base)
Kaleigh Todd (USA, SR, 2nd Base)
Sandra Mendoza (UTA, SR, 2nd Base)
Ariel Ortiz (TXST, SR, Shortstop)
Kristian Foster (USA, SR, Shortstop)
Alissa Dalton (LA, SO, Shortstop)
Kara Gremillion (LA, JR, 3rd Base)
Krista Rude (UTA, JR, Outfield)
Mekhia Freeman (GASO, SO, Outfield)
Kelli Martinez (LA, SR, Outfield)
Megan Litumbe (GSU, R-SR, Designated Pitcher)

Roster

2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns roster

Pitchers

9 Summer Ellyson - Sophomore
10 Alison Deville - Junior
11 Kylee Jo Trahan - Senior
18 Casey Dixon - Freshman
28 Carrie Boswell - Freshman
42 Samantha Bradley - Redshirt Freshman

Catchers

19 Lexie Comeaux - Junior
23 Shae Schreckengost - Redshirt Freshman
25 Caitlin Garcia - Freshman
34 Miranda Grotenhuis - Junior

Utilities

3 Jolie Readeaux - Freshman
40 Kimber Cortemelia - Freshman

Infielders

7 Alaina Guarino - Sophomore
8 Kynadi Tipler - Sophomore
22 Alissa Dalton - Sophomore
26 Cori McCrary - Junior
37 Brittany Holland - Sophomore
39 Kara Gremillion - Junior
44 Kourtney Gremillion - Redshirt Freshman

Outfielders

1 Chelsea Lotief - Sophomore
2 Raina O'Neal - Sophomore
6 Brittany Rodriguez - Senior
15 Aeriyl Mass - Sophomore
23 Casidy Chaumont - Freshman
30 Kelli Martinez - Senior

Coaching staff

2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns coaching staff
Gerry Glasco – Head Coach – 1st year Joe Guthrie – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Ellen Renfroe Reed – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Courtnay Foster – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Jon Reed – Director of Operations – 1st year Shellie Landry – Manager Tyler Thackston – Manager Denee Simon – Office Manager

Schedule and results

Legend
	Louisiana win
	Louisiana loss
	Postponement/Cancellation
Bold	Louisiana team member

2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball Game Log

Regular Season (36-13)

February (11-3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Mardi Gras Classic
Feb. 8	Samford	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-1	Dixon (1-0)	Yantis (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,637	1-0
Feb. 9	Eastern Illinois	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-1	Trahan (1-0)	Rodgers (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		2-0
Feb. 9	Evansville	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-1	Ellyson (1-0)	Lockhart (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,815	3-0
Feb. 10	Eastern Illinois	No. 22	Broussard Sports Complex • Broussard, LA	W 14-10 (9 inn)	Trahan (2-0)	Rodgers (0-2)	None	None	1,524	4-0
Feb. 11	Iowa	No. 22	Broussard Sports Complex • Broussard, LA	W 9-0 (5 inn)	Trahan (3-0)	Doocy (1-1)	None	None	576	5-0

Feb. 15	#RV Oregon State	No. 16	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 9-4	Ellyson (2-0)	Mazon (1-2)	Trahan (1)	CST	1,680	6-0
Feb. 17	#2 Florida	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 0-4	Barnhill (3-0)	Trahan (3-1)	None	CST		6-1
Feb. 17	#2 Florida	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 0-9 (6 inn)	Ocasio (4-0)	Boswell (0-1)	None	CST	2,572	6-2
Feb. 18	#2 Florida	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-3 (11 inn)	Ellyson (3-0)	Ocasio (4-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	2,040	7-2
Louisiana Classics
Feb. 22	Southeastern Louisiana	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-0	Ellyson (4-0)	Hill (3-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,609	8-2
Feb. 23	North Florida Ospreys	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-6	Dixon (2-0)	Blourne (2-4)	Trahan (2)	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,657	9-2
Feb. 24	North Florida	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 0-1	Matzko (4-4)	Ellyson (4-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		9-3
Feb. 24	UMBC	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-4	Boswell (1-1)	Hammett (0-3)	Dixon (1)	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	2,066	10-3
Feb. 25	Memphis	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 6-3 (11 inn)	Ellyson (5-1)	Smith (4-2)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,646	11-3

March (12-4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Judi Garman Classic
Mar. 2	vs. No. 23 Michigan	No. 17	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	L 3-6 (11 inn)	Blanco (3-1)	Ellyson (5-2)	Beaubien	None		11-4
Mar. 3	vs. Iowa	No. 17	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	Cancelled due to lighting issues at Field 2 of Anderson Family Field
Mar. 3	vs. Michigan State	No. 17	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	Cancelled due to lighting issues at Field 2 of Anderson Family Field
Mar. 4	vs. Fresno State	No. 17	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	W 7-2	Dixon (3-0)	East (6-5)	None	None		12-4
Mar. 4	vs. No. 8 Baylor	No. 17	Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA	L 0-1	Rodoni (6-2)	Ellyson (5-3)	None	None		12-5

Mar. 10	at Coastal Carolina	No. 20	CCU Softball Field • Conway, SC	W 4-2	Boswell (2-1)	Beasley-Polko (6-5)	None	None		13-5
Mar. 10	at Coastal Carolina	No. 20	CCU Softball Field • Conway, SC	L 2-4	Guillette (8-5)	Dixon (3-1)	Beasley-Polko (2)	None	178	13-6
Mar. 11	at Coastal Carolina	No. 20	CCU Softball Field • Conway, SC	W 4-2	Dixon (4-1)	Beasley-Polko (6-6)	None	None	218	14-6
Mar. 15	FIU	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-0	Ellyson (6-3)	Kugelmann (3-6)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,640	15-6
Mar. 17	Appalachian State	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-0	Ellyson (7-3)	Longanecker (4-7)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		16-6
Mar. 17	Appalachian State	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-0 (5 inn)	Dixon (5-1)	Kuykendall (2-3)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,691	17-6
Mar. 18	Appalachian State	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-0	Ellyson (8-3)	Longanecker (4-8)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,594	18-6
Mar. 24	at Troy	No. 21	Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL	W 4-2 (11 inn)	Ellyson (9-3)	Willies (7-4)	None	ESPN3		19-6
Mar. 24	at Troy	No. 21	Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL	W 8-7	Dixon (6-1)	Graves (4-6)	None	ESPN3	548	20-6
Mar. 25	at Troy	No. 21	Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL	L 1-2	Willis (8-4)	Ellyson (9-4)	None	ESPN3	518	20-7
Mar. 30	South Alabama	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-1	Ellyson (10-4)	Brown (11-9)	None	CST		21-7
Mar. 30	South Alabama	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-4 (8 inn)	Ellyson (11-4)	Reid (7-7)	None	CST	1,906	22-7
Mar. 30	South Alabama	No. 20	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 3-2	Ellyson (12-4)	Reid (7-8)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,890	23-7

April (10-6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Apr. 4	at No. 9 Florida State	No. 18	JoAnne Graf Stadium • Tallahassee. Florida	L 0-8 (11 inn)	Hanson (17-3)	Dixon (6-2)	None	None		23-8
Apr. 5	at No. 9 Florida State	No. 18	JoAnne Graf Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 1-7	King (13-3)	Ellyson (12-5)	None	None	568	23-9
Apr. 7	at Georgia State	No. 18	Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA	W 8-4	Ellyson (13-5)	Jennings (8-7)	None	None		24-9
Apr. 7	at Georgia State	No. 18	Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA	W 12-1	Boswell (3-1)	Chance (6-8)	None	None	313	25-9
Apr. 8	at Georgia State	No. 18	Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA	L 6-7 (13 inn)	Jennings (9-7)	Boswell (3-2)	None	None	317	25-10
Apr. 11	at Southeastern Louisiana	No. 21	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	W 13-2 (6 inn)	Trahan (4-1)	Hayes (9-7)	None	None	484	26-10
Apr. 15	No. 24 Texas State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 0-4 (8 inn)	Rupp (19-6)	Ellyson (13-6)	None	CST		26-11
Apr. 15	No. 24 Texas State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-1	Trahan (5-1)	King (5-1)	None	CST	1,800	27-11
Apr. 16	No. 24 Texas State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 3-1	Ellyson (14-6)	Rupp (19-6)	Trahan (3)	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	944	28-11
Apr. 18	at McNeese State	No. 22	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	W 5-3	Ellyson (15-6)	Koncir (4-1)	None	None	1,113	29-11
Apr. 21	Georgia Southern	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-0	Ellyson (16-6)	Waldrep (10-9)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,514	30-11
Apr. 21	Georgia Southern	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 2-3 (8 inn)	Camp (12-8)	Dixon (3-2)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,520	30-12
Apr. 22	Georgia Southern	No. 22	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 9-0 (5 inn)	Ellyson (17-6)	Ramos (2-4)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,650	31-12
Apr. 28	at UT Arlington	No. 22	Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX	L 3-4	Phillips (15-8)	Ellyson (17-7)	None	None		31-13
Apr. 28	at UT Arlington	No. 22	Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX	W 6-1	Dixon (7-3)	Valencia (9-13)	None	None	404	32-13
Apr. 29	at UT Arlington	No. 22	Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX	W 3-2 (12 inn)	Dixon (8-3)	Phillips (15-9)	None	None	455	33-13

May (3-0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
May 4	Louisiana-Monroe	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 1-0 (14 inn)	Ellyson (18-7)	Watts (5-6)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,716	34-13
May 5	Louisiana-Monroe	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-3	Dixon (9-3)	Watts (5-7)	Boswell (1)	CST		35-13
May 5	Louisiana-Monroe	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 1-0	Ellyson (17-6)	Ramos (2-4)	None	CST	1,902	36-13

Post-Season (5-3)

SBC Tournament (2-1)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
May 10	vs. Georgia State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-1	Ellyson (20-7)	Chance (12-9)	None	ESPN+	1,087	37-13
May 11	vs. No. 23 Texas State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 1-0	Ellyson (21-7)	Rupp (26-10)	None	ESPN+	1,194	38-13
May 12	vs. No. 23 Texas State	No. 21	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 2-5	Rupp (27-10)	Ellyson (21-8)	None	ESPN+	1,425	38-14

NCAA Tournament (3-2)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Baton Rouge Regionals
May 18	vs. RV Houston	No. 21	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	L 0-1	Heebner (26-9)	Ellyson (21-9)	None	ESPN3		38-15
May 19	vs. Fordham	No. 21	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	W 15-3 (5 inn)	Trahan (6-1)	Rauch (14-3)	None	ESPN3		39-15
May 19	vs. RV Houston	No. 21	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7-2	Ellyson (22-9)	Melancon (6-9)	None	ESPN3	1,139	40-15
May 20	vs. No. 11 LSU	No. 21	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	W 5-4 (10 inn)	Ellyson (23-9)	Walljasper (17-6)	None	ESPN3	1,566	41-15
May 20	vs. No. 11 LSU	No. 21	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	L 1-3	Walljasper (18-6)	Ellyson (23-10)	None	ESPN3		41-16

Schedule Source:[3]

Baton Rouge Regional

Baton Rouge Regional Teams
(1) LSU Tigers	(2) Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	(3) Houston Cougars	(4) Fordham Rams

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

11	LSU	9
	Fordham	0
			11	LSU	1

				Houston	0
	Houston	1

	Louisiana	0
						11	LSU	4	3

							Louisiana	5	1
	Fordham	3

	Louisiana	15
				Houston	2

				Louisiana	7

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References

"Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
https://ragincajuns.com/news/2018/2/1/four-ragin-cajuns-named-to-preseason-all-sun-belt-softball-team.aspx?path=softball/
"Louisiana Releases 2018 Softball Schedule" (Press release). UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

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[1] "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[2] ttps://ragincajuns.com/news/2018/2/1/four-ragin-cajuns-named-to-preseason-all-sun-belt-softball-team.aspx?path=softball/

[3] "Louisiana Releases 2018 Softball Schedule" (Press release). UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball
Venues	Unknown (1981–1984) Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park (1985–Present)
Coaches	Yvette Girouard (1981–2000) Stefni Lotief (2001–2012) Michael Lotief (2002–2017) Gerry Glasco (2018– )
WCWS appearances	1993 1995 1996 2003 2008 2014
NCAA Tournament Appearances	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
First-team All-Americans	Stefni Whitton (1989, 1990) Dorsey Steamer (1991, 1992) Cathy Sconzo (1992) Kyla Hall (1992, 1993, 1994) Lynn Briton (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Kathy Morton (1994, 1995) Alyson Habetz (1994) Lana Jimenez (1994, 1995) Cheryl Longeway (1995, 1996) Stephanie DeFeo (1995, 1997) Tiffany Whittall (1995) Tiffany Clark (1997, 1998, 1999) Kelli Bruce (1998) Jana Mower (1999) Alana Addison (2001) Becky McMurty (2002, 2003) Danyele Gomez (2003, 2005, 2006) Brooke Mitchell (2004) Holly Tankersley (2008) Karli Hubbard (2009) Gabriele Bridges (2011) Christi Orgeron (2011, 2012) Nerissa Myers (2012) Katie Smith (2012) Brianna Cherry (2013) Sarah Draheim (2013) Lexie Elkins (2014, 2015, 2016) Christina Hamilton (2014) Shellie Landry (2015) Aleah Craighton (2016, 2017) Alex Stewart (2016) DJ Sanders (2017) Summer Ellyson (2019)
Seasons	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1998 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Women's College World Series appearances in italics