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Baseball: Marvel Named to All-Sun Belt TeamBaseball: Marvel Named to All-Sun Belt Team Baseball: Marvel Named to All-Sun Belt Team
Lance Marvel entered the starting lineup for Louisiana during opening weekend of Sun Belt play and provided a consistent bat in the Ragin’ Cajuns lineup registering a hit in all but six league games on his way to averaging 1.4 hits per game. That consistent performance resulted in him receiving All-Sun Belt honors Tuesday evening at Warhawk Field in Monroe during Family Night ceremonies which kicked off the 2011 Sun Belt Tournament on the La.-Monroe campus. Marvel was selected at the designated hitter slot on the All-Sun Belt Second Team. The Cajuns have now been represented on the All-Sun Belt team in each of the program’s 20 seasons in the league. Marvel’s selection to the 2011 squad increased the total number of All-SBC selections in the Tony Robichau Era to 55. The Texarkana, Ark., native leads all Sun Belt players with five triples and ended the regular season hitting .370 in Sun Belt Conference games (40-of-108). Since the Arkansas State series (March 25-27) his league-only average remained above .360. The Cajuns five-hole hitter, Marvel sports the top batting average amongst everyday designated hitters in the league. In conference play, his .370 average ranked eighth amongst all hitters. In addition to registering at least one hit in all but six of his 26 games started in Sun Belt play, Marvel turned in 13 multiple-hit games and recorded at least on multiple-hit game in each SBC weekend series. Marvel and the Ragin’ Cajuns’ scheduled day off at the Sun Belt Tournament is Wednesday. The squad begins play in the event on Thursday at 11 a.m., against South Alabama. UL’s remaining two pool play games are set for Friday at 11 a.m., against Arkansas State and Saturday at 7 p.m., against FIU. The championship game is set for 1 p.m., on Sunday. The entire 2011 All-Sun Belt Conference Team is listed below: 2011 All-Sun Belt First Team 2011 All-Sun Belt Second Team 2011 Co-Players of the Year 2011 Pitcher of the Year 2011 Freshman of the Year 2011 Ron Maestri Coach of the Year — Ragin’ Cajuns —
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