BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball team swept play on Day 1 of the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge as the offense backed up strong pitching performances.
Louisiana (8-4) broke a scoreless deadlock with runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and rode a complete-game shutout from Bethaney Noble to a 4-0 victory over Howard (6-4) to start the day.
Noble (2-0) scattered six hits, struck out four and walked only one in a 99-pitch effort for her second shutout in as many starts on the young season. She’s now opened her senior season with 12 consecutive scoreless innings pitched…