UCF Softball hosted Louisiana tonight at the UCF Softball Complex “The Plex”in Orlando, FL.  The #22 Knights entered with a 5-5 record while Louisiana took the field with a 4-5 record.  Both teams competed over the weekend in the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational which boasted a gauntlet of nationally ranked teams.  While in separate brackets, both teams faced their fair share of nationally ranked teams. UCF went 2-3 versus 4 teams ranked in the top 25.  Although Louisiana did not pick up a win, they definitely gained some experience in facing 5 Top 25 teams with 4 ranked in the top 7.

Louisiana jumped on UCF quickly and never looked back.  The Lady Ragin’ Cajuns started the first inning by racking up 3 hits for a total of 4 runs which included a 3 run blast from Alexa Langeliers over the right field wall.  Langeliers went to work again in the third and fifth innings.  In the third, she drove a double to left center scoring Karly Heath from second base and in the fifth she capped off her night with another 3 run bomb to left center.  

Unfortunately for the Lady Knights, they did not have nearly the same success with their bats as Louisiana did.  Meghan Schorman put on a pitching clinic for Louisiana.  Schorman pitched a 5 inning, no hit shut out with 4 strikeouts, 5 walks, and 1 hit batter.   

In the loss, UCF falls to 5-6 and will travel to play Stetson in Deland, FL tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m.  Louisiana improves to 5-5 will travel to Baton Rouge, LA to play in the LSU Crossover Tournament and first face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, Feb 25 at noon.

STATS

UCF: 0: 0 hits, 1 hit by pitch, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 3 left on base

UL: 8: 10 hits, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1 hit by pitch, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, 5 left on base

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

UCF:

UL: M. Schorman: 5 innings 0 hits O runs allowed 4 strikeouts 1 walk 1 hit batter, A. Langeliers:  3/3 AB 2 HR 7 RBI, K. Heath 3/3 AB 1 RBI, M. Hayden 2/3 AB

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