Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball | |
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University | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Head coach | Alyson Habetz (1st season) |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Location | Lafayette, LA |
Home stadium | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park (Capacity: 2,790) |
Nickname | Ragin' Cajuns |
Colors | Vermilion and white [1] |
NCAA WCWS appearances | |
1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014 | |
NCAA Super Regional appearances | |
2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, ,2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
Southland 1984, 1987 Sun Belt 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
Regular Season Conference championships | |
Louisiana AIAW 1982 Southland Sun Belt 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns were most recently led by head coach Gerry Glasco. Yvette Girouard was head coach from 1981 to 2000 leading the Ragin' Cajuns to 10 NCAA tournaments and three Women's College World Series appearances. The team plays its home games at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park located on the university's athletic campus. [2]
NCAA Regional Results |
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1990 Regional No. 8 at Lafayette, LA Defeated Texas A&M, 1–0 |
1991 Regional No. 1 at Lafayette, LA Lost to Florida State, 0–1 |
1992 Regional No. 8 at Lafayette, LA Lost to Florida State, 0–1 |
1993 Regional No. 8 at Ann Arbor, MI Defeated Bowling Green, 7–3 |
1994 Regional No. 4 at Lafayette, LA Defeated McNeese State, 3–0 |
1995 Regional No. 5 at Lafayette, LA Defeated Nicholls State, 5–1 |
1996 Regional No. 4 at Lafayette, LA Defeated Nicholls State, 1–0 |
1997 Regional No. 5 at Lafayette, LA Defeated Northeast Louisiana, 2–1 |
1999 Regional No. 7 at Amherst, MA Defeated Manhattan, 15–0 |
2000 Regional No. 7 at Baton Rouge, LA |
2001 Regional No. 3 at Baton Rouge, LA Defeated Southern Miss, 5–1 |
2002 Regional No. 3 at Lafayette, LA Lost to UMass, 3–5 |
2003 Regional No. 6 at Fullerton, CA Defeated San Diego State, 6–0 |
2004 Regional No. 1 at Tucson, AZ Defeated South Carolina, 1–0 |
2005 Norman, OK Regional Defeated Oregon, 7–5 |
2006 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated North Carolina State, 2–0 |
2007 College Station, TX Regional Lost to Houston, 3–4 |
2008 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated East Carolina, 2–1 |
2009 Waco, TX Regional Lost to Baylor, 1–2 |
2010 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated Texas A&M, 5–0 |
2011 Austin, TX Regional Lost to Houston, 2–7 |
2012 Lafayette, LA Regional Defeated Mississippi Valley State, 8–0 |
2013 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated Northwestern State, 3–0 |
2014 Lafayette, LA Regional Defeated Texas Southern, 7–4 |
2015 Lafayette, LA Regional Defeated Weber State, 11–0 |
2016 Lafayette, LA Regional Defeated Boston University, 9–5 |
2017 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated McNeese State, 6–0 |
2018 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Lost to Houston, 0–1 |
2019 Oxford, MS Regional Defeated Southeast Missouri State, 3–2 |
2021 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated George Washington, 1–0 |
2022 Clemson, SC Regional Lost to Auburn, 3–4 |
2023 Baton Rouge, LA Regional Defeated Omaha, 5–0 |
2024 Lafayette, LA Regional Defeated Princeton, 8–0 |
NCAA Super Regional Results |
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2008 Houston, TX Super Regional Defeated Houston, 6–4 |
2010 Los Angeles, CA Super Regional |
2012 Tempe, AZ Super Regional Defeated Arizona State, 6–0 |
2013 Ann Arbor, MI Super Regional Lost to Michigan, 3–4 |
2014 Lafayette, LA Super Regional |
2015 Auburn, AL Super Regional |
2016 Norman, OK Super Regional |
2023 Seattle, WA Super Regional Lost to Washington, 0–8 |
NCAA College World Series Results |
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1993 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK Defeated Cal State Northridge, 4–2 |
1995 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK |
1995 Women's College World Series at Golden Park in Columbus, GA |
2003 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK |
2008 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK Defeated Florida, 3–2 |
2014 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK |
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (AIAW)(1981–1982) | |||||||||
1981 | Yvette Girouard | 6–14 | |||||||
1982 | Yvette Girouard | 15–13 | |||||||
AIAW: | 21–27 | ||||||||
Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (Southland Conference)(1983–1987) | |||||||||
1983 | Yvette Girouard | 22–13 | 6–2 | 1st (South) | |||||
1984 | Yvette Girouard | 28–9 | 6–2 | 1st (South) | |||||
1985 | Yvette Girouard | 39–13 | 12–0 | 1st | |||||
1986 | Yvette Girouard | 32–19 | 10–2 | 1st | |||||
1987 | Yvette Girouard | 31–18 | 10–2 | 1st | |||||
Southland: | 152–72 | 44–8 | |||||||
Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (Independents)(1988–1999) | |||||||||
1988 | Yvette Girouard | 29–16 | |||||||
1989 | Yvette Girouard | 48–16 | |||||||
1990 | Yvette Girouard | 44–8 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
1991 | Yvette Girouard | 33–10 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
1992 | Yvette Girouard | 41–12 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
1993 | Yvette Girouard | 57–7 | NCAA WCWS | ||||||
1994 | Yvette Girouard | 57–5 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
1995 | Yvette Girouard | 49–9 | NCAA WCWS | ||||||
1996 | Yvette Girouard | 46–10 | NCAA WCWS | ||||||
1997 | Yvette Girouard | 46–18 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
1998 | Yvette Girouard | 36–15 | |||||||
1999 | Yvette Girouard | 54–11 | NCAA Regionals | ||||||
Independent: | 540–137 | ||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette Lady Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference)(2000–2002) | |||||||||
2000 | Yvette Girouard | 45–15 | 0–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2001 | Stefni Lotief | 51–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2002 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 50–13 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference)(2003–2017) | |||||||||
2003 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 47–11 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA WCWS | ||||
2004 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 60–8 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2005 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 51–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2006 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 50–12 | 12–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2007 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 46–18 | 15–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2008 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 52–15 | 19–3 | 1st | NCAA WCWS | ||||
2009 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 45–13 | 18–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2010 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 45–18 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2011 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 51–11 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2012 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 53–6 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2013 | Michael Lotief Megan Grainer (Feb. interim) | 47–15 | 19–4 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2014 | Michael Lotief | 49–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA WCWS | ||||
2015 | Michael Lotief | 42–12 | 20–3 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2016 | Michael Lotief | 46–9 | 21–2 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2017 | Michael Lotief | 47–8 | 23–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference)(2018–2025) | |||||||||
2018 | Gerry Glasco | 41–16 | 21–6 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2019 | Gerry Glasco | 52–6 | 25–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2020 | Gerry Glasco | 18–6 | 2–1 | No conference season | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Gerry Glasco | 47–12 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2022 | Gerry Glasco | 47–13 | 23–4 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2023 | Gerry Glasco | 45–19 | 22–2 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2024 | Gerry Glasco | 50–16 | 22–2 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
2025 | Alyson Habetz | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Sun Belt: | 1,182–299 | 445–67 | |||||||
Total: | 1,895–535 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Head coaches | ||||
Years Coached | Name | Wins | Losses | Ties |
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1981–2000 | Yvette Girouard | 759 | 200 | 0 |
2001–2012 | Stefni Lotief | 601 | 145 | 0 |
2002–2017 | Michael Lotief | 834 | 195 | 1 |
2018–2024 | Gerry Glasco | 300 | 88 | 0 |
2025–present | Alyson Habetz | 000 | 00 | 0 |
Opponent | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | Last Played |
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Appalachian State | 15 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2023 |
Arkansas State | 6 | 0 | 0 | .684 | 1987 |
Coastal Carolina | 22 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2023 |
Georgia Southern | 20 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2022 |
Georgia State | 33 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 2022 |
James Madison | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2023 |
Louisiana–Monroe | 119 | 28 | 0 | .810 | 2023 |
Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2023 |
South Alabama | 45 | 11 | 0 | .804 | 2023 |
Southern Miss | 48 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 2023 |
Texas State | 49 | 8 | 0 | .860 | 2023 |
Troy | 48 | 7 | 0 | .873 | 2023 |
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