LAFAYETTE – 20th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball captured a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader sweep of Appalachian State on Saturday at Lamson Park.
With wins of 5-0 and 8-0 (5 inn.), Louisiana (17-6, 4-1 Sun Belt) claimed the series victory from the Mountaineers (12-13, 2-3 Sun Belt) ahead of Sunday's 11 a.m. series finale.
The Ragin' Cajuns rode the surge of a four-run first inning and received five innings of no-hit softball from Summer Ellyson in capturing Game 1.
Louisiana put Appalachian State away early in the nightcap by scoring single runs in the first two at bats, then plating five runs in the third inning capped off by a three-run homer from Alissa Dalton.