LAFAYETTE – 20th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball kicked off a four-game stretch at Lamson Park with a 2-0 win on Thursday over former Sun Belt rival FIU.
Summer Ellyson struck out eight in posting a four-hit shutout of the visiting Panthers. It was her second shutout of the season and the pitching staff's third.
Louisiana (15-6) loaded the bases in the second inning leading the game-winning tally. Kynadi Tipler's leadoff double in the fourth inning led to an insurance run being pushed across.
Ellyson turned away the lone two scoring threats from FIU (14-16): a one-out triple in the third inning and runners and second and third with no outs in the seventh.