UL Begins Regional Play Taking On Mississippi Valley St.

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun softball team opens up NCAA Ragional play on Friday evening, taking on the Mississippi Valley St. Devilettes at Lamson Park.

Louisiana, the top-seed in the regional, and the #14-seed overall, will welcome the Stanford Cardinal and the Baylor Lady Bears, along with Mississippi Valley St. this weekend.

UL comes into the match-up at 49-4 on the year, while MVSU currently stands 34-17.

The Cajuns defeated the Devilettes, 21-0, back on February 12 of this year.

Mississippi Valley St. is expected to pitch junior right-hander Alicia Lorenz, who was named the 2012 SWAC Pitcher of the Year, after posting an overall record of 19-8, with a 2.47 era.

Louisiana is expected to counter with either senior right-hander Ashley Brignac, who was named the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year after posting an overall record of 21-3, with a 2.08 era., or freshman right-hander Jordan Wallace, who was tabbed the league's Freshman of the Year, after posting a 25-1 record, with a 2.08 era.

First-pitch is scheduled for 6 pm, or 30 minutes following the first game of the day, which will feature Stanford and Baylor, which will be gin at 3:30 pm.

You can catch all the play-by-play action on Sports Radio ESPN 1420, and espn1420.com, beginning with the pre-game show, at 5:40 pm.