2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team explained

Mode:	softball
Year:	2016
Team:	Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Conference:	Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:	SBC
Coachrank:	12
Record:	46-9
Conf Record:	21-2
Head Coach:	Michael Lotief
Hc Year:	16th
Asst Coach1:	Chris Malveaux
Asst Coach2:	Lana Bowers
Stadium:	Lamson Park
Champion:	Norman Super Regionals appearance Lafayette Regionals champions Sun Belt Conference tournament champions Sun Belt Conference regular-season champions
Bowl:	Sand Dollar Classic Champions Louisiana Classic Champions Ragin' Cajun Invitational Champions

The 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Lamson Park and were led by sixteenth year head coach Michael Lotief.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 26, 2016. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference with 98 votes and 8 first place votes.^[1]

Coaches poll
1	Louisiana-Lafayette	98 (8)
2	South Alabama	90 (1)
3	Georgia State	74
4	Texas State	71
5	Troy	66
6	Louisiana-Monroe	56
7	UT Arlington	46
8	Georgia Southern	38
9	Appalachian State	28

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• Devin Brown (USA, SO, Pitcher)
• Randi Rupp (TXST, SO, Pitcher)
• Lexi Elkins (ULL, SR, Catcher)
• Kelsey Vincent (ULL, SR, 1st Base)
• Haley Hayden (ULL, JR, 2nd Base)
• DJ Sanders (ULL, SO, Shortstop)
• Emily Messer (USA, SR, 3rd Base)
• Stephanie Pilkington (USA, SR, Outfielder)
• Shellie Landry (ULL, SR, Outfielder)
• Rochelle Roberts (ULM, JR, Outfield)
• Mya Anderson (UTA, SR, Designated Player)
• Ivie Drake (GSU, SO, At-Large)
• Kendall Wiley (TXST, SR, At-Large)
• Taylor Anderson (GSU, SR, At-Large)
• Taylor Rogers (GASO, JR, At-Large)

Preseason Student-Athlete of the Year

• Lexie Elkins (ULL, SR, Catcher)'

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

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

2016 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Softball Game Log
Regular season (40-7)
February (14-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Sand Dollar Classic Feb. 12 No. 11 W 22-4 (5 inn) Brown (1-0) Wilmes (0-1) None None 1-0 Feb. 12 No. 11 Gulf Shores Sportsplex (Field 5) • Gulf Shores, AL W 15-0 (5 inn) Stewart (1-0) Smith (0-1) None None 2-0 Feb. 13 No. 11 Gulf Shores Sportsplex (Field 3) • Gulf Shores, AL W 8-0 (5 inn) Stewart (2-0) Hoelting (0-1) None None 3-0 Feb. 13 No. 11 Gulf Shores Sportsplex (Field 5) • Gulf Shores, AL W 1-0 Trahan (1-0) Hanson (1-1) None None 4-0 Feb. 14 No. 11 Gulf Shores Sportsplex (Field 1) • Gulf Shores, AL W 8-2 Stewart (3-0) Allen (1-2) None None 5-0 Louisiana Classics Feb. 19 No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-2 Stewart (4-0) Kleist (3-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 6-0 Feb. 19 No. 5 Oregon No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-6 Hawkins (3-1) Trahan (1-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 2,273 6-1 Feb. 20 No. 5 Oregon No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-4 Stewart (5-0) Hawkins (3-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 2,315 7-1 Feb. 21 No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-1 (5 inn) Trahan (2-1) Landeros (3-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,592 8-1 Feb. 25 No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 Stewart (6-0) Powell (2-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 9-1 Feb. 25 Texas Tech No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-5 Stewart (7-0) Alcocer (1-5) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,485 10-1 Ragin' Cajuns Invitational Feb. 26 No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 12-0 (5 inn) Trahan (3-1) Maddox (0-4) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,362 11-1 Feb. 27 Rutgers No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-0 (6 inn) Smith (1-0) Levine (0-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 12-1 Feb. 27 No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 12-0 (5 inn) Trahan (4-1) Breal (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,733 13-1 Feb. 28 Alcorn State No. 6 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-0 (5 inn) Brown (2-0) Castillo (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,449 14-1
March (12-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 5 No. 5 W 17-1 (5 inn) Stewart (8-0) Robles (7-3) None None 15-1 Mar. 5 at Southern Miss No. 5 USM Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS W 13-0 (5 inn) Trahan (5-1) Block (3-3) None None 760 16-1 Mar. 6 at Southern Miss No. 5 USM Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS W 6-2 Trahan (6-1) Robles (7-4) None None 673 17-1 Mar. 9 No. 5 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game Cancelled due to impending inclement weather and severe weather concerns in Lafayette, LA Mar. 12 No. 5 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game Cancelled due to impending inclement weather and severe weather concerns in Lafayette, LA Mar. 13 South Alabama No. 5 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-2 Stewart (9-0) Brown (5-6) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 18-1 1-0 Mar. 13 South Alabama No. 5 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10-6 Trahan (7-1) Vicknair (5-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,937 19-1 2-0 Mar. 16 No. 5 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-4 (9 inn) Trahan (8-1) Vincent (5-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,981 20-1 Mar. 19 No. 5 W 13-0 (5 inn) Stewart (10-0) Clakley (11-2) None None 21-1 3-0 Mar. 19 at UT Arlington No. 5 Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 16-0 Trahan (9-1) Montes (5-1) None None 22-1 4-0 Mar. 20 at UT Arlington No. 5 Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 1-3 Clakley (12-2) Trahan (9-2) None None 340 22-2 4-1 Mar. 25 No. 5 W 11-0 Stewart (11-0) Rainey (11-5) None None 23-2 5-1 Mar. 25 at Troy No. 5 Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL W 8-1 Trahan (10-2) Glover 5-1 None None 607 24-2 6-1 Mar. 26 at Troy No. 5 Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL W 8-0 (5 inn) Stewart (12-0) Rainey (11-8) None None 358 25-2 7-1 Mar. 29 No. 4 L 0-2 Stearns (13-2) Stewart (12-1) None 25-3 Mar. 29 at No. 19 Baylor No. 4 Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W 4-3 Stewart (13-1) Potts (10-1) None FOX Sports+ 970 26-3
April (11-3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 2 No. 4 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 7-0 Stewart (14-1) Rupp (16-7) None 27-3 8-1 Apr. 2 Texas State No. 4 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-2 Smith (2-0) Williams (5-3) Trahan (1) MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 1,701 28-3 9-1 Apr. 3 Texas State No. 4 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-0 Stewart (15-1) Rupp (16-8) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,524 29-3 10-1 Apr. 9 No. 5 W 4-1 Stewart (16-1) Worley (8-7) None 30-3 11-1 Apr. 9 at Georgia State No. 5 Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 6-5 Brown (3-0) Chance (5-3) None 293 31-3 12-1 Apr. 10 at Georgia State No. 5 Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 12-0 (5 inn) Stewart (17-1) Davis (4-6) None 281 32-3 13-1 Apr. 16 No. 5 L 1-5 Gourley (12-2) Stewart (17-2) None 32-4 Apr. 16 at No. 1 Florida No. 5 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 1-14 (5 inn) Ocasio (14-1) Trahan (10-3) None SECN+ 1,059 32-5 Apr. 17 at No. 1 Florida No. 5 Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 0-3 Gourley (13-2) Stewart (17-3) None SECN+ 1,143 32-6 Apr. 20 at McNeese State No. 7 Originally scheduled to be postponed due to inclement weather, the game was cancelled Apr. 23 No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 13-4 (5 inn) Stewart (18-3) Kennedy (2-15) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 33-6 14-1 Apr. 23 Appalachian State No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 14-2 (5 inn) Stewart (19-3) Ciocatto (7-18) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 1,610 34-6 15-1 Apr. 24 Appalachian State No. 7 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 14-0 (5 inn) Stewart (20-3) Eosso (0-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,463 35-6 16-1 Apr. 30 No. 8 W 5-0 Stewart (21-3) Raley (21-11) None None 36-6 17-1 Apr. 30 at Georgia Southern No. 8 Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 12-1 (6 inn) Stewart (22-3) Camp (6-11) None None 224 37-6 18-1
May (3-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Georgia Southern No. 8 Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA L 0-2 Raley (22-11) Stewart (22-4) None None 312 37-7 18-2 May 7 No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-1 Stewart (23-4) Porter (3-7) Smith (1) MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 38-7 19-2 May 7 Louisiana-Monroe No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-0 Stewart (24-4) Coyne (17-20) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 1,774 39-7 20-2 May 8 Louisiana-Monroe No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-0 (6 inn) Stewart (25-4) Coyne (17-21) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 1,587 40-7 21-2
Post-Season (6-2)
(3-0) Date Opponent Seed/rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 12 vs. Georgia State No. 9 W 13-1 (5 inn) Stewart (26-4) Chance (7-7) None None 781 41-7 May 13 vs. Texas State No. 9 Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL W 9-7 Stewart (27-4) Rupp (28-11) Smith (2) ESPN3 684 42-7 May 14 vs. Texas State No. 9 Jaguar Field • Mobile, Al W 12-0 (5 inn) Smith (3-0) Rupp (29-12) None ESPN3 437 43-7
(3-2) Date Opponent Seed/rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Lafayette Regionals May 20 No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-5 Smith (4-0) Russell (14-10) Brown (1) 1,638 44-7 May 21 No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-1 Stewart (28-4) Davis (23-10) None 1,709 45-7 May 22 No. 9 Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-8 (9 inn) Stewart (29-4) Show (25-10) None ESPNU 2,130 46-7 Norman Super Regionals May 26 No. 14 L 2-8 Parker (32-3) Stewart (29-5) None 1,633 46-8 May 27 at No. 3 Oklahoma No. 14 OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK L 6-7 Parker (33-3) Stewart (29-6) None ESPNU 1,641 46-9 Schedule Source:^[2]

Norman Super Regional

Game 1
14	Louisiana-Lafayette	2
3	Oklahoma	8

Game 2
14	Louisiana-Lafayette	6
3	Oklahoma	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ragin' Cajuns, Elkins Top Choice in Preseason SBC Picks. ragincajuns.com. March 17, 2019.
2. Louisiana Releases 2016 Softball Schedule. UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2015. March 18, 2019.