2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team

2019 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
	† – Conference champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 14, 2019[1]; Rankings from NFCA

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball
2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball
Oxford Regionals Appearance; Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions; Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
2019 record	52–6 (25–0 SBC)
Head coach	Gerry Glasco (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Roberts; Lacy Prejean;
Home stadium	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park

The 2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park and were led by second year head coach Gerry Glasco.

The Cajuns' season ended in heartbreak after defeating Southeast Missouri State and Ole Miss early in the Oxford Regionals. They would go on to the Championship Game losing to Ole Miss 1-5 and forcing the game 7. In game 7, the Cajuns would rally back from 0-3 by a three-run homerun by Raina O'Neal. The Cajuns would take the lead at 4-3 before losing to Ole Miss after the Rebels scored 2 runs late in the 7th inning.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 1, 2019. Louisiana was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference with 98 votes and 8 first place votes.[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches poll
1	Louisiana	98 (8)
2	Texas State	88 (1)
3	Troy	82 (1)
4	UT Arlington	62
5	Georgia State	59
6	South Alabama	57
7	Georgia Southern	39
8	Coastal Carolina	27
8	Louisiana-Monroe	27
10	Appalachian State	11

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

Summer Ellyson (LA, JR, Pitcher)
Annie Willis (TROY, SO, Pitcher)
Lexie Comeaux (LA, SR, Catcher)
Reagan Wright (UTA, JR, Catcher)
Haleigh Davis (TXST, JR, Catcher)
Hailey MacKay (TXST, JR, 1st Base)
Katie Webb (TROY, JR, 1st Base)
Kristin Hawkins (GSU, SR, 2nd Base)
Kara Gremillion (LA, SR, 3rd Base)
Alissa Dalton (LA, JR, Shortstop)
Jayden Mount (ULM, JR, Shortstop)
Courtney Dean (CCU, SO, Outfield)
Sydney McKay (ULM, SR, Outfield)
Laura Curry (UTA, SR, Outfield)
Jenny Dodd (APST, SR, Designated Player)

Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year

Alissa Dalton (LA, JR, Shortstop)

Sun Belt Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year

Summer Ellyson (LA, JR, Pitcher)

Roster

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns roster

Pitchers

9 Summer Ellyson - Junior
10 Alison Deville - Senior
11 Megan Kleist - Senior
18 Casey Dixon - Sophomore
28 Carrie Boswell - Sophomore
53 Kandra Lamb - Freshman

Outfielders

2 Raina O'Neal - Sophomore
4 Keeli Milligan - Senior
6 Morgan Gray - Junior
Aeriyl Mass - Sophomore
16 Kendall Talley - Sophomore
35 Sarah Hudek - Junior

Catchers

19 Lexie Comeaux - Senior
23 Julie Rawls - Junior

Infielders

7 Alaina Guarino - Junior
12 Brittany Holland - Sophomore
17 Bailey Curry - Sophomore
22 Jolie Readeaux - Sophomore
24 Casidy Chaumont - Sophomore
31 Tiana Patrick - Sophomore
34 Caylon Brabham - Freshman
39 Kara Gremillion - Senior
41 Mila Rodriguez - Freshman
42 Rylee Keith - Freshman
44 Kourtney Gremillion - Sophomore

Coaching staff

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns coaching staff
Gerry Glasco – Head Coach – 2nd year Mike Roberts – Associate Head Coach – 1st year Lacy Prejean – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Geri Ann Glasco – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Ashley Pauly – Chief of Staff – 1st year Collin Hopkins – Manager Tyler Thackston – Manager Dylan Stelly – Manager Denee Simon – Office Manager

Schedule and results

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

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball Game Log

Regular Season (47-4)

February (14-2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Ragin' Cajun Invitational
Feb. 7	Fordham	No.15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-0	Ellyson (1-0)	Aughinbaugh (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,678	1-0
Feb. 8	Incarnate Word	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 11-0 (5 inn)	Lamb (1-0)	Colema (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		2-0
Feb. 8	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 15-0 (5 inn)	Ellyson (2-0)	Smith (0-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,690	3-0
Feb. 9	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 21-0 (5 inn)	Lamb (2-0)	Ruel (0-2)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,887	4-0
Feb. 11	RV California	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-1	Ellyson (3-0)	Conley (1-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		5-0
Feb. 11	RV California	No. 15	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-3	Ellyson (4-0)	Dung (1-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,852	6-0
Louisiana Classics
Feb. 15	Jackson State	No. 13	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 9-0 (5 inn)	Boswell (1-0)	Jones (0-3)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		7-0
Feb. 15	Austin Peay	No. 13	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-1	Ellyson (5-0)	Rackel (2-2)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,760	8-0
Feb. 16	Stephen F. Austin	No. 13	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 9-1 (6 inn)	Ellyson (6-0)	Wilbur (5-1)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		9-0
Feb. 16	Austin Peay	No. 13	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-0 (6 inn)	Ellyson (7-0)	Rackel (2-3)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,760	10-0
Feb. 17	Stephen F. Austin	No. 13	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-2	Boswell (2-0)	Wilbur (5-2)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,639	11-0
Baylor Invitational
Feb. 22	vs. Kent State	No. 10	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	W 21-1 (5 inn)	Boswell (3-0)	Huck (0-3)	None	None	905	12-0
Feb. 22	vs. No. 21 Baylor	No. 10	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	W 5-2	Ellyson (8-0)	Lindsey (3-1)	None	None	1020	13-0
Feb. 23	vs. North Texas	No. 10	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	W 10-2 (5 inn)	Lamb (3-0)	Tindell (0-1)	None	None		14-0
Feb. 23	vs. North Texas	No. 10	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	L 1-5	Trautwein (4-1)	Ellyson (8-1)	None	None	1,130	14-1
Feb. 24	vs. No. 21 Baylor	No. 10	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	L 3-4 (8 inn)	Holman (5-2)	Ellyson (8-2)	None	None	733	14-2

March (15-2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Oklahoma Courtyard Marriott Tournament
Mar. 1	vs. No. 23 Oregon State	No. 11	OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK	W 8-0 (5 inn)	Ellyson (9-2)	Nelson (4-1)	None	None	345	15–2
Mar. 1	vs. No. 4 Oklahoma	No. 11	Marita Hynes Field at OU Sports Complex • Norman, OK	L 1-9 (5 inn)	Juarez (6-0)	Ellyson (9-3)	None	None	1,520	15–3
Mar. 2	vs. No. 23 Oregon State	No. 11	OU Sports Complex • Norman, OK	Game Cancelled due to cold and stormy weather
Mar. 2	vs. No. 4 Oklahoma	No. 11	OU Sports Complex • Norman, OK	Game Cancelled due to cold and stormy weather

Mar. 8	at Texas State	No. 11	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 6-1	Ellyson (10-3)	King (4-8)	None	None	917	16–3	1-0
Mar. 9	at Texas State	No. 11	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 5-3	Ellyson (11-3)	Jacobs (0-2)	None	None	863	17–3	2-0
Mar. 10	at Texas State	No. 11	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 7-4	Ellyson (12-3)	Jacobs (0-3)	None	None	743	18–3	3-0
Mar. 11	RV Baylor	No. 11	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-1	Ellyson (13-3)	Holman (6-4)	None	CST		19–3
Mar. 13	at Nicholls	No. 11	Colonels Softball Complex • Thibodaux, LA	W 8-0	Ellyson (14-3)	Landry (10-5)	None	None	307	20–3
Mar. 15	Troy	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 9-1 (6 inn)	Ellyson (15-3)	Johnson (12-4)	None	ESPN+	1,811	21–3	4-0
Mar. 16	Troy	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-0 (6 inn)	Ellyson (16-3)	Willis (5-6)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	2,173	22–3	5-0
Mar. 17	Troy	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-0 (5 inn)	Ellyson (17-3)	Johnson (12-5)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,865	23–3	6-0
Mar. 20	McNeese State	No. 9	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 4-5 (11 inn)	Settle (4-5)	Ellyson (17-4)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,815	23–4
Mar. 22	at South Alabama	No. 9	Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL	W 11-7	Boswell (4-0)	Reid (8-10)	None	JagNationTV	513	24–4	7-0
Mar. 23	at South Alabama	No. 9	Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL	W 11-2 (5 inn)	Boswell (5-0)	Reid (8-11)	None	JagNationTV	621	25–4	8-0
Mar. 24	at South Alabama	No. 9	Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL	W 14-0 (6 inn)	Ellyson (18-4)	Finnical (1-2)	None	JagNationTV	578	26–4	9-0
Mar. 29	at Georgia Southern	No. 10	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA	W 2-0	Ellyson (19-4)	Waldrep (4-9)	None	ESPN+	315	27–4	10-0
Mar. 30	at Georgia Southern	No. 10	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA	W 6-3	Boswell (6-0)	Handler (1-2)	Ellyson (1)	True Blue TV	397	28–4	11-0
Mar. 31	at Georgia Southern	No. 10	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA	W 3-1	Ellyson (20-4)	Waldrep (4-10)	None	ESPN+	346	29–4	12-0

April (17–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
April 3	at McNeese State	No. 10	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	W 4-0	Ellyson (21-4)	Settle (4-7)	None	CowboyInsider	753	30–4
April 5	UT Arlington	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-1	Ellyson (22-4)	Phillips (9-11)	None	ESPN+	1,860	31–4	13-0
April 6	UT Arlington	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 2-0	Ellyson (23-4)	Valencia (3-5)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network		32–4	14-0
April 6	UT Arlington	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4-2	Boswell (7-0)	Phillips (9-12)	Ellyson (2)	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,908	33–4	15-0
April 10	Southeastern Louisiana	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7-1	Boswell (8-0)	McDonald (8-5)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,727	34–4
April 12	at Appalachian State	No. 10	ASU Softball Stadium • Boone, NC	W 3-1	Ellyson (24-4)	Longanecker (14-4)	None	AppVision	182	35–4	16-0
April 13	at Appalachian State	No. 10	ASU Softball Stadium • Boone, NC	W 8-0 (5 inn)	Ellison (25-4)	Holland (8-6)	None	AppVision	174	36–4	17-0
April 13	at Appalachian State	No. 10	ASU Softball Stadium • Boone, NC	W 15-5 (8 inn)	Deville (1-0)	Siemer (2-3)	None	AppVision	121	37–4	18-0
April 15	at Campbell	No. 10	Amanda Littlejohn Stadium • Buies Creek, NC	W 3-0	Boswell (9-0)	Richards (12-10)	Deville (1)	ESPN+	213	38–4
April 16	at UNC Greensboro	No. 10	UNCG Softball Stadium • Greensboro, NC	W 6-2	Ellyson (26-4)	Bryden (18-8)	None	ESPN+	166	39–4
April 18	Georgia State	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 10-2 (6 inn)	Ellyson (27-4)	Soles (3-13)	None	ESPN+	1,682	40–4	19-0
April 19	Georgia State	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 12-3 (5 inn)	Ellyson (28-4)	Chance (0-13)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,761	41-4	20-0
April 20	Georgia State	No. 10	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 10-2 (5 inn)	Ellyson (29-4)	Freeman (3-12)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,904	42–4	21-0
April 24	at Louisiana Tech	No. 8	Lady Techster Softball Complex • Ruston, LA	W 7-2	Ellyson (30-4)	Chapman (3-1)	None	CUSA.TV	675	43–4
April 26	Coastal Carolina	No. 8	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 5-2	Ellyson (31-4)	Beasley-Polko (21-11)	None	ESPN+	1,782	44–4	22-0
April 27	Coastal Carolina	No. 8	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 8-0 (5 inn)	Ellyson (32-4)	Guillette (12-6)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,817	45–4	23-0
April 28	Coastal Carolina	No. 8	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 3-2	Ellyson (33-4)	Beasley-Polko (21-12)	None	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network	1,829	46–4	24-0

May (1-0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
May 2	at Louisiana-Monroe	No. 8	Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA	W 3-0	Ellyson (34-4)	Chavarria (6-14)	None	Warhawks All-Access	260	47–4	25-0
May 4	at Louisiana-Monroe	No. 8	Geo-Surface Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA	Game Cancelled due to field conditions at the ULM Softball Complex due to ongoing rain
May 4	at Louisiana-Monroe	No. 8	Geo-Surface Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA	Game cancelled due to field conditions at the ULM Softball Complex due to ongoing rain

Post-Season (5-2)

SBC Tournament (3-0)
Date	Opponent	(Seed)/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
May 9	vs. (4) Texas State	(1)/No. 7	Bobcat Softball Complex • San Marcos, TX	W 4-3	Ellyson (35-4)	Barrera (9-6)	None	ESPN+		48–4
May 10	vs. (6) Coastal Carolina	(1)/No. 7	Bobcat Softball Complex • San Marcos, TX	W 5-2	Ellyson (36-4)	Beasley-Polko (23-13)	None	ESPN+		49–4
May 11	vs. (6) Coastal Carolina	(1)/No. 7	Bobcat Softball Complex • San Marcos, TX	W 1-0	Ellyson (37-4)	Guillette (16-8)	None	ESPN+		50–4

NCAA Division I Softball Tournament (2-2)
Date	Opponent	(Seed)/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SBC Record
Oxford Regionals
May 17	vs. (3) Southeast Missouri State	(2)/No. 7	Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS	W 3-2	Ellyson (38-4)	Thogmartin (22-7)	None	ESPN3	1,490	51–4
May 18	vs. (1) No. 17 Ole Miss	(2)/No. 7	Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS	W 2-0	Ellyson (39-4)	Jacobsen (13-7)	None	ESPN3	1,683	52-4
May 19	vs. (1) No. 17 Ole Miss	(2)/No. 7	Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS	L 1-5	Jacobsen (14-7)	Ellyson (39-5)	'None	ESPN3		52-5
May 19	vs. (1) No. 17 Ole Miss	(2)/No. 7	Ole Miss Softball Complex • Oxford, MS	L 4-5	Finney (18-9)	Ellyson (39-6)	None	ESPN3		52-6

Schedule Source:[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

Oxford Regional

Oxford Regional Teams
(1) Ole Miss Rebels	(2) Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	(3) Southeast Missouri State RedHawks	(4) Chattanooga Mocs

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

11	Ole Miss	12
	Chattanooga	0
			11	Ole Miss	0

				Louisiana	2
	Southeast Missouri State	2

	Louisiana	3
							Louisiana	1	4

						11	Ole Miss	5	5
	Chattanooga	1

	Southeast Missouri State	2
			11	Ole Miss	10

				Southeast Missouri State	0

References

"Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
https://cwsplacemagazine.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/2019-sun-belt-conference-softball-preseason-coaches-poll/
"Louisiana Releases 2019 Softball Schedule" (Press release). UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

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[1] "Softball". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

[2] ttps://cwsplacemagazine.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/2019-sun-belt-conference-softball-preseason-coaches-poll/

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