LAFAYETTE – With key plays at the plate and in the field from Sarah Hudek the 10th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball squad captured a 4-1 series-opening victory over UT Arlington at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park.
Hudek homered leading off the fifth inning of a 1-0 contest to give Summer Ellyson additional breathing room. In the next half inning, after the Mavericks scratched a run trimming the lead to 2-1, she made a diving catch of a ball tailing down the left field line to preserve the lead for Louisiana (31-4, 13-0 Sun Belt).