LAFAYETTE - Preseason nationally ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball, the two-time defending Sun Belt regular-season and tournament champion, has been selected as favorite to win the 2022 Sun Belt Conference softball title in a vote of the league's 10 head coaches.
The Ragin' Cajuns (47-12, 21-3 Sun Belt in 2021) claimed seven of the 10 possible first-place votes in the preseason SBC coaches poll and was selected as the conference's preseason favorite for the fourth consecutive year.
Louisiana is ranked in every major national poll, including a No. 19 nod by Softball America.
During the 2021 season, the Ragin' Cajuns reached the 40-win mark for the 22nd consecutive completed season, closing out the regular season winning 25 of the final 29 games, and advanced to Championship Sunday of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.