BATON ROUGE – Alex Stewart pitched the third NCAA postseason no-hitter in Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball history in a 6-0 win over McNeese on Friday at Tiger Park in the opening round of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
With the win, No. 14 Louisiana (46-6) advanced to the 12 p.m. winner's bracket final contest on Saturday to face the LSU-Fairfield winner.
Stewart (26-3, 1.57 ERA), who pitched shutout softball for the seventh time in the past eight starts, retired the Cowgirls in order four times and struck out six in collecting her first career no-hitter.