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University of Houston
32-14
No. 21, 24 Louisiana-Lafayette
37-12
No. 21 ULL Sweeps Softball
4/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 18, 2007
LAFAYETTE, La. - Melissa Verde went 4-for-4 with a pair of three-run home runs to lift No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette to a 14-0 victory in five innings over the University of Houston softball team Wednesday evening in game two of a doubleheader at Lamson Park on the ULL campus.
Verde put the Ragin' Cajuns (37-12) ahead 3-0 in the first inning, ripping three-run blast to right centerfield. Holly Tankersley and Desi Chatman set the table for Verde with a pair of walks.
Verde cranked her second homer of the game in the second inning to chase UH starter Barbie Love from the game and cap a six-run frame to give ULL a 9-0 advantage.
The Ragin' Cajuns tacked on four runs in the third inning and added another run in the fourth inning for the final margin of 14-0. Codi Runyan hit solo homers in both frames.
Jessica Valis provided Houston's (32-14) only hit on an infield single in the third inning. The Cougars loaded the bases in the fourth inning, but Laurie Wagner popped up to end the threat.
Houston returns to the friendly confines of the Cougar Softball Stadium with a Conference USA weekend series against UCF. First pitch of Saturday's doubleheader is slated for 1pm. Before the game the Cougars
Cougar Notes
The second game of this afternoon's doubleheader was the sixth all-time meeting between Houston and Louisiana-Lafayette on the softball diamond ... The Ragin' Cajuns have won all six meetings in the series ... ULL has outscored UH, 40-6 ... 11 of Houston's 14 losses this season have come to ranked opponents ... It was only the fourth time all season that Houston failed to score a run ... The Cougars also drop to 13-4 in games decided by four or more runs this season ... Jessica Valis and Elaina Nordstrom have started in all 108 games of their careers ... Laura Durham also has played in all 108 games of her Houston career since transferring from Texas A&M ... Katie Bush has made 105 consecutive starts in centerfield ... Jessica Valis has notched a hit in 36 of 45 games this season ... The Shiner native has tallied 130 career hits and is now 30 hits away from reaching Jenilee Skender (2002-05) for the No. 4 spot in program history ... Valis has reached base to start a game 48 times in her 108 game career ... 14 of those 48 times have come by drawing a walk ... It was only the fifth time in her last 14 outings that Katie Bush failed to tally a hit ... It also was just the third time in her last 16 games that Elaina Nordstrom didn't register a hit ... Nordstrom did collect her 10th sacrifice hit of the season in the first inning ... She joins Katie Bush and Laura Durham as the only Cougars to reach double-digit sacrifice hits ... Christa Raley was hit by-a-pitch for the 12th time this season in the fourth inning ... Raley has now reached base in 29 of her last 34 games ... Haley Valis drew a walk in the fourth inning and has reached base in four of her last seven games ... Angel Shamblin also drew a walk in the fourth inning and has reached base in her last eight appearances in the batting lineup ... Samantha Cummings made her second career appearance in the pitching circle.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tankersley, Holly (12-4)
L: Love, Barbie (5-5)
Batting:
SH: Nordstrom, Elaina 1
Base Running:
HBP: Raley, Christa 1
Batting:
2B: Chatman, Desi 1 ; Bowers, Lana 1
HR: Runyan, Codi 2 ; Verde, Melissa 2
RBI: Runyan, Codi 2 ; Bertucci, Lacey 1 ; Chatman, Desi 2 ; Verde, Melissa 6 ; Lemoine, Jessica 1
SH: Hubbard, Karli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Runyan, Codi 2 ; Trahan, Courtney 1 ; Tankersley, Holly 3 ; Bertucci, Lacey 1 ; Chatman, Desi 3 ; Verde, Melissa 3 ; Gaspard, Vallie 1
