The 2012 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2012 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Lamson Park and were led by twelfth and thirteen year husband and wife head coach duo Michael and Stefni Lotief, respectively. This was the final season that the Cajuns had two head coaches as after the season, Stefni Lotief decided to resign to focus on family and personal matters.

Preseason Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 3, 2012. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference with 80 votes and 8 first place votes

Coaches poll 1 Louisiana-Lafayette 80 (8) 2 South Alabama 64 3 Florida Atlantic 62 4 FIU 49 5 Troy 40 5 Western Kentucky 40 (1) 7 North Texas 29 8 Louisiana-Monroe 26 9 Middle Tennessee 15

Preseason All-Sun Belt team Taylor Fawbush (FAU, JR, Pitcher) Hannah Campbell (USA, SO, Pitcher) Karavin Drew (WKU, JR, Catcher) Hayden Gann (TROY, SR, 1st Base) Lisa Johnson (UNT, SR, 2nd Base) Nerissa Myers (ULL, JR, Shortstop) Nikki Hollett (TROY, SR, 3rd Base) Ashley McClain (FIU, SR, Outfield) Katie Smith (ULL, SR, Outfield) Brittany Fowler (USA, JR, Outfield) Christi Orgeron (ULL, SR, Utility

Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year Christi Orgeron (ULL

Roster 2012 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns roster Pitchers 00 Ashley Brignac - Senior 4 Shelbee Rodgers - Sophomore 7 Jordan Wallace - Freshman 16 Christina Hamilton - Sophomore 22 Maggie Ham - Freshman 30 Prophet Gaspard - Sophomore 32 Allie Chenault - Sophomore

Utility Players 3 Natalie Fernandez - Sophomore 5 Megan Thomas - Freshman 12 Christi Orgeron - Senior 17 Callie Philen - Junior 19 Marie Hoag - Freshman 21 Samantha Walsh - Freshman Catchers 9 Linzey Cifreo - Freshman 24 Sarah Draheim - Junior

Infielders 6 Taylor Meaux - Freshman 10 Peyton Webb - Freshman 15 Nerissa Myers - Junior 27 Matte Haack - Junior 29 Megan Granger - Senior 31 Paige Cormier - Senior

Outfielders 8 Megan Waterman - Junior 13 Erikka Murphy - Senior 14 Codi Covington - Freshman 20 Katie Smith - Senior 23 Brianna Cherry - Junior 35 Codi Sullivan - Freshman

Coaching staff 2012 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns coaching staffMichael Lotief – Co-Head Coach – 12th year Stefni Lotief - Co-Head Coach - 13th year

Schedule and results

Legend Louisiana-Lafayette win Louisiana-Lafayette loss PostponementBoldLouisiana-Lafayette team member

2012 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Softball Game Log Regular season (46-3) February (12-0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC record Louisiana Classics Feb. 10 vs. Mississippi Valley State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game canceled Feb. 10 vs. Rutgers Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game canceled Feb. 11 vs. Rutgers Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 15-1 (5 inn) 1-0 Feb. 11 vs. No. 24 Tulsa Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 19-4 (6 inn) 2-0 Feb. 12 vs. Mississippi Valley State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 21-0 (5 inn) 1-0 Mardi Gras Invitational Feb. 17 vs. Northwestern Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-4 2–0 Feb. 17 vs. UTEP Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-1 (5 inn) 3-0 Feb. 18 vs. North Carolina Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game canceled Feb. 18 vs. Northwestern State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Game canceled Feb. 19 vs. Louisiana Tech Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-0 (5 inn) 4-0 Feb. 19 vs. Northwestern State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10-0 (6 inn) 5-0 NFCA Leadoff Classic Feb. 24 vs. Hofstra Eddie C. Moore Field • Clearwater, FL W 5-4 6-0 Feb. 24 vs. Mississippi State Eddie C. Moore Field • Clearwater, FL W 6-3 7-0 Feb. 25 vs. Boston University Eddie C. Moore Field • Clearwater, FL W 5-1 8-0 Feb. 25 vs. No. 12 Michigan Eddie C. Moore Field • Clearwater, FL W 10-7 9-0 Feb. 26 vs. Winthrop Eddie C. Moore Field • Clearwater, FL W 6-1 10-0 March (18-1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC record Ragin' Cajun Invitational Mar. 2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-0 11-0 Mar. 3 vs. Kentucky Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-4 12-0 Mar. 3 vs. Nicholls State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 15-4 (5 inn) 13-0 Mar. 4 vs. Stephen F. Austin Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 14-3 14-0 Mar. 4 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 19-1 (5 inn) 15-0 Mar. 7 at Houston Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 12-7 (9 inn) 16-0 Mar. 7 at Houston Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-2 17-0 Mar. 10 North Texas Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 7-6 (10 inn) 18-0 1-0 Mar. 10 North Texas Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-4 (9 inn) 19-0 2-0 Mar. 11 North Texas Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-4 20-0 3-0 Mar. 13 McNeese State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-0 21-0 Judi Garman Classic Mar. 15 vs. Arizona State Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA W 9-2 22-0 Mar. 16 vs. Fresno State Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA W 9-1 (5 inn) 23-0 Mar. 16 vs. Penn State Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA W 5-1 24-0 Mar. 17 vs. Arizona Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA Game canceled Mar. 17 vs. Iowa Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, CA Game canceled Mar. 22 Georgia Tech Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 12-11 25-0 Mar. 22 Georgia Tech Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10-2 (5 inn) 26-0 Mar. 24 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL L 4-9 26-1 3-1 Mar. 24 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL W 9-1 (5 inn) 27-1 4-1 Mar. 25 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL W 9-1 (5 inn) 28-1 5-1 April (14-1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC record Apr. 6 South Alabama Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 1-0 (10 inn) 29-1 6-1 Apr. 6 South Alabama Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 2-0 30-1 7-1 Apr. 7 South Alabama Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3-0 31-1 8-1 Apr. 10 at FIU FIU Softball Stadium • Miami, FL W 10-5 32-1 9-1 Apr. 10 at FIU FIU Softball Stadium • Miami, FL L 1-2 32-2 9-2 Apr. 11 at FIU FIU Softball Stadium • Miami, FL W 6-0 33-2 10-2 Apr. 14 at Middle Tennessee Lovelace Softball Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 8-0 (5 inn) 34-2 11-2 Apr. 14 at Middle Tennessee Lovelace Softball Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 9-1 (5 inn) 35-2 12-2 Apr. 15 at Middle Tennessee Lovelace Softball Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 4-3 36-2 13-2 Apr. 21 Florida Atlantic Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 21-0 (5 inn) CST 37-2 14-2 Apr. 21 Florida Atlantic Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10-2 (5 inn) CST 38-2 15-2 Apr. 22 Florida Atlantic Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-1 (6 inn) 39-2 16-2 Apr. 28 at Western Kentucky WKU Softball Complex • Bowling Green, KY W 4-1 40-2 17-2 Apr. 28 at Western Kentucky WKU Softball Complex • Bowling Green, KY W 2-1 41-2 18-2 Apr. 29 at Western Kentucky WKU Softball Complex • Bowling Green, KY W 4-2 42-2 19-2 May (2-1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC record May 5 Louisiana-Monroe Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 2-4 43-3 19-3 May 5 Louisiana-Monroe Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-3 44-3 20-3 May 6 Louisiana-Monroe Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-4 45-3 21-3 Post-Season (7-3) (3-0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC recordMay 9 vs. Florida Atlantic (first round) FAU Softball Complex • Boca Raton, FL W 7-1 46-3 May 11 vs. Western Kentucky (quarterfinals) FAU Softball Complex • Boca Raton, FL W 12-1 47-3 May 11 vs. North Texas (semifinals) FAU Softball Complex • Boca Raton, FL W 5-1 48-3 May 12 vs. South Alabama (championship) FAU Softball Complex • Boca Raton, FL L 1-3 49-4 (4-2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score TV Overall record SBC record Lafayette RegionalsMay 18 vs. Mississippi Valley State Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-0 (6 inn) 50-4 May 19 vs. Stanford Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-3 51-4 May 20 vs. Stanford Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 52-4 Tempe Super RegionalsMay 24 at No. 3 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6-0 53-4 May 25 at No. 3 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2-9 53-4 May 25 at No. 3 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 0-8 (6 inn) 53-6 Schedule Source:

Lafayette Regional Lafayette Regional Teams(1) Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns(2) Stanford Cardinal(3) Baylor Lady Bears(4) Mississippi Valley State Devilettes

Tempe Super Regional Tempe Super Regional Teams(1) Arizona State Sun Devils(2) Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

Game 1 14 Louisiana–Lafayette 6 3 Arizona State 0

Game 2 14 Louisiana–Lafayette 2 3 Arizona State 9

Game 3 14 Louisiana–Lafayette 0 3 Arizona State 8

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