The 2026 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park and were led by second-year head coach Alyson Habetz. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Personnel

Schedule and results Legend Louisiana win Louisiana loss Postponement/CancellationBoldLouisiana team member

2026 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball game log Regular season (28–26) February (14–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Louisiana ClassicFeb. 6 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6–3 Tipton (1-0) Maples(0-1) None ESPN+ 1,714 1–0 Feb. 6 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8–7 Tipton(2-0) Holmes(1-1) None ESPN+ 1,714 2–0 Feb. 7 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10–5 Hoover(1-0) Harman(0-2) None 1,757 3–0 Feb. 7 Jacksonville State Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 7–9 Moore(1-0) Mackles(0-1) None 1,757 3–1 Ragin' Cajun InvitationalFeb. 13 No. 21 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 2–5 Aycock(3-1) Hoover(1-1) None 1,699 3–2 Feb. 13 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5–1 Delbrey(1-0) Whitehead(0-3) None 1,699 4–2 Feb. 14 No. 21 Ole Miss Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8–5 Hoover(2-1) Kennedy(0-1) None ESPN+ 1,799 5–2 Feb. 14 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 5–6 Stewart(1-1) Mackles(0-2) None ESPN+ 1,799 5–3 Feb. 15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 23–05 Aycock(3-1) Hoover(1-1) None 1,699 6–3 Feb. 17 at No. 6 JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL L 0–85 Dimitrijevic(1-0) Delbrey(1-1) None ACCNX 696 6–4 Purple and Gold ChallengeFeb. 20 vs. Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–0 Noble(2-0) Conaway(3-3) None 7–4 Feb. 20 vs. Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–1 Tipton(3-0) Cassady(1-3) None 8–4 Feb. 21 vs. Howard Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–3 Delbrey(2-1) Conaway(1-5) Noble(1) 9–4 Feb. 21 at No. 19 Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–210 Heavener(4-2) Hoover(2-2) None SECN+ 1,780 9–5 Cajun AC Louisiana ClashFeb. 22 vs. Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA W 9–16 Noble(3-0) Carr(2-2) None 135 10–5 Feb. 22 vs. Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 0–106 Brown(6-0) Tipton(3-1) None 135 10–6 Feb. 24 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 10–26 Mackles(1-2) McDermott(1-2) None ESPN+ 1,462 11–6 Texas A&M InviteFeb. 27 vs. Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 6–1 Noble(4-0) Nishikawa(3-1) None 12–6 Feb. 27 at No. 13 Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 10–8 Hoover(3-2) Peters(4-2) Noble(2) SECN+ 2,622 13–6 Feb. 28 vs. Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 14–4 Delbrey(3-1) Limberger(0-5) None 14–6 Feb. 28 vs. Saint Mary's David Diamond • College Station, TX L 2–5 Vasquez(3-2) Hoover(3-3) None 14–7 March (6–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Texas A&M InviteMar. 1 at No. 13 Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX L 1–5 Lessentine(6-1) Noble(4-1) None SECN+ 2,427 14–8 Okana InvitationalMar. 7 vs. W 10–3 Love's Field • Norman, OK Noble(5-1) Beeman(0-8) None 475 15–8 Mar. 7 at No. 6 Oklahoma Love's Field • Norman, OK L 0–105 Lowry(11-1) Hoover(3-4) None SECN+ 3,909 15–9 Mar. 8 vs. Abilene Christian Love's Field • Norman, OK W 11–1 Hoover(4-4) Snipes(0-4) None 16–9 Mar. 8 at No. 6 Oklahoma Love's Field • Norman, OK L 1–2 Guachino(7-0) Noble(5-2) Lowry(1) SECN+ 16–10 Mar. 13 at Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS L 1–6 Giardina(9-2) Hoover(4-5) None ESPN+ 668 16–11 0–1Mar. 14 at Southern Miss Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS W 9–15 Noble(6-2) Graham(5-3) None ESPN+ 681 17–11 1–1Mar. 15 at Southern Miss Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS L 1–95 Giardina(10-2) Noble(6-3) None ESPN+ 621 17–12 1–2Mar. 20 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 2–1 Hoover(5-5) Azua(13-7) None ESPN+ 1,669 18–12 2–2Mar. 21 Texas State Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 2–4 Witherell(2-0) Noble(6-4) Azua(3) ESPN+ 1,803 18–13 2–3Mar. 22 Texas State Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 6–1 Hoover(6-5) Azua(13-8) None ESPN+ 1,592 19–13 3–3Mar. 24 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5–2 Noble(7-4) Taylor(6-3) Hoover(1) ESPN+ 1,554 20–13 Mar. 27 at Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA L 1–4 McDade(8-8) Hoover(6-6) None ESPN+ 867 20–14 3–4Mar. 28 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA L 4–5 McDade(9-8) Delbrey(3-2) None ESPN+ 1,003 20–15 3–5Mar. 29 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA L 5–7 Waggoner(6-3) Hoover(6-7) McDade(2) ESPN+ 1,097 20–16 3–6 April (7–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordApr. 2 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 4–5 Lovell(7-4) Hoover(6-8) Cunningham(2) ESPN+ 1,520 20–17 3–7Apr. 3 Troy Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 11–7 Tipton(4-1) Cunningham(6-3) None ESPN+ 1,625 21–17 4–7Apr. 4 Troy Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5–48 Hoover(7-8) Money(2-2) None ESPN+ 1,622 22–17 5–7Apr. 8 at No. 17 Palmer Park • Charlottesville, VA L 4–5 Bigham(11-1) Tipton(4-2) None ACCNX 232 22–18 Apr. 10 at Bank of the James Field at Veterans Memorial Park • Harrisonburg, VA L 2–6 Johnson(5-7) Hoover(7-9) Fleet(11) ESPN+ 478 22–19 5–8Apr. 11 at James Madison Bank of the James Field at Veterans Memorial Park • Harrisonburg, VA L 2–105 Johnson(6-7) Tipton(4-3) None ESPN+ 436 22–20 5–9Apr. 12 at James Madison Bank of the James Field at Veterans Memorial Park • Harrisonburg, VA L 9–15 List(6-10) Tipton(4-4) None ESPN+ 380 22–21 5–10Apr. 14 No. 22 LSU Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 0–85 Heavener(11-6) Tipton(4-5) None ESPN+ 2,607 22–22 Apr. 17 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 12–45 Hoover(8-9) Metzger(4-3) None ESPN+ 1,576 23–22 6–10Apr. 18 Coastal Carolina Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8–6 Hoover(9-9) Jones(2-2) None ESPN+ 1,620 24–22 7–10Apr. 19 Coastal Carolina Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 8–2 Noble(8-4) Childers(2-7) None ESPN+ 1,531 25–22 8–10Apr. 21 at McNeese Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA L 3–4 Taylor(11-6) Mackles(1-3) Taylor(2) ESPN+ 807 25–23 Apr. 24 Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 3–2 Hoover(10-9) King(14-6) None ESPN+ 1,490 26–23 9–10Apr. 25 Marshall Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 5–3 Noble(9-4) Veal(10-3) None ESPN+ 1,534 27–23 10–10Apr. 26 Marshall Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L 2–3 King(15-6) Hoover(10-10) None ESPN+ 1,495 27–24 10–11Apr. 30 at Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL L 0–4 Harrison(14-11) Hoover(10-11) None ESPN+ 421 27–25 10–12 May (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordMay 2 at South Alabama Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL W 2–1 Tipton(5-5) Harrison(14-12) None ESPN+ 667 28–25 11–12May 2 at South Alabama Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL L 3–4 Harrison(15-12) Hoover(10-12) None ESPN+ 667 28–26 11–13 Postseason (1–1) (1–1) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 6 vs. (9) Troy (8) Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W5–0 Hoover(11-12) Lovell(8-6) None ESPN+ 826 29–26 1–0May 7 vs. (1) Louisiana–Monroe (8) Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA L0–3 McDade(18-8) Noble(9-5) None ESPN+ 784 29–27 1–1 Schedule source: *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

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