LAFAYETTE - Powered by the long ball and great pitching performances from Austin Perrin and Connor Cooke, Louisiana outlasted Coastal Carolina, 5-3, to clinch its first Sun Belt series of the season at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field at Russo Park on Sunday afternoon.
Ben Fitzgerald collected three of the runs Louisiana scored on Sunday by smashing two home runs, becoming the first Ragin' Cajuns to do so since Handsome Monica on April 6, 2019.
Austin Perrin (1-1) provided a spark on the mound, tossing a season-high 6.