Diamond Sports: Baseball and Softball Reveal the 2021 Schedules

Louisiana Baseball Announces 2021 Schedule

Ragin’ Cajuns slated to play 32 games at Russo Park throughout the season

LAFAYETTE – Highlighted by exciting non-conference home series against Rice, Houston Baptist and TCU, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Baseball program has announced its full schedule for the upcoming 2021 season. To view the full schedule, click here.

The Ragin’ Cajuns open the year on the road against Tulane (Feb. 19-21), marking the first time since 1963 the team has started a season at Tulane.

Following opening weekend, Louisiana welcomes Louisiana Tech (Feb. 23), Louisiana State (Feb. 24) and Rice (Feb. 26-28) to close out the month of February. The Ragin’ Cajuns will start the home slate against Louisiana Tech for the first time since 2005.

March will be a tremendous test for the program, with weekend bouts at Russo Park against Houston Baptist (March 5-7), TCU (March 18-21), Coastal Carolina (March 26-29), and a weekend road series at Southern Miss (March 12-14). Before the weekend series in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the Ragin’ Cajuns also have a midweek matchup at Mississippi State on March 10.

Sprinkled throughout the highly competitive month of March, will be three more midweek games all at in-state foes Louisiana Tech (March 2), McNeese State (March 3) and Nicholls State (March 16).

Louisiana will begin the month of April on the road for a three-game conference series against ULM (April 1-3). The Ragin’ Cajuns then head home for four games for a midweek contest against Nicholls State (April 6) and a conference series against Arkansas State (April 9-11). South Alabama will be the next stop for Louisiana as they play the Jaguars in Mobile, Alabama, from April 16-18.

To round out April, McNeese State travels to Lafayette for a midweek game on April 21 before the Ragin’ Cajuns go to Little Rock (April 23-25) and host ULM (April 27) and Texas State (April 30-May 2).

North Alabama and Southern are the last non-conference opponents to play at Russo Park this spring, traveling to Lafayette for a three-game series from May 7-9 and May 11, respectively. The Ragin’ Cajuns then go on a four-game road swing at conference foe UT Arlington (May 14-16) and New Orleans (May 18), before ending the regular season with a weekend series at home against Troy (May 20-22).

The Sun Belt Conference Tournament will be held in Montgomery, Alabama, at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium on May 24-30.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions and socially distanced seating arrangements within Russo Park, the facility capacity will be extremely limited during the 2021 season. These precautions are subject to ongoing guidance from state and local officials regarding safety recommendations and venue capacity protocols.

Season ticket holders will not be able to sit in previously held seat locations, as adjustments have been made by the Department of Athletics and RCAF to accommodate an improvised, socially distanced ticketing structure for the 2021 season.

Based on priority order by RCAF Investor Rank, seat allocations will be split between the grandstands and bleacher sections at Russo Park. Season ticket holders will have the option to choose from one of two comparable half-season ticket packages (16 games).

Premium seating areas, including suites, loge boxes, and patio boxes, are exempt from this reallocation process and will receive tickets for all home games.

If you are eligible to purchase tickets, you will be contacted by an RCAF or Ticket Office staff member within the next two weeks. Fans eligible for season tickets for the 2021 season will be encouraged to utilize mobile ticketing, additional ticket and parking pass pick-up information will be available at the Louisiana Ticket Office at the CAJUNDOME at a to-be-announced date in the near future. For more information on mobile ticketing, please click here.

Please contact the Louisiana Ticket Office at the CAJUNDOME for more information by phone at (337) 265-2170.

Season ticket holders will not be provided refunds for date changes of competitions.

General parking, located across from Russo Park to the north, will be available free to all fans on a first-come, first-served basis.

Parking passes are required for reserved parking lots around the sports complex, which includes the Founder’s Lot located adjacent to Cajun Field. Contact the RCAF for reserved parking availability by calling 337-851-RCAF (7223).

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Louisiana Softball Unveils 2021 Season Schedule

Top 10-ranked Ragin’ Cajuns return to the diamond in mid-February

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball announced on Monday (Jan. 25, 2021) the schedule of games set to be played when the team returns to the playing field this spring for the 2021 season.

The schedule prepared by fourth-year head coach Gerry Glasco is highlighted by matchups with nationally ranked foes Baylor, Louisiana State, Oklahoma State and Texas at Lamson Park, plus a weekend series at Alabama.

The Sun Belt Conference portion of the schedule includes a total of 24 games with each school having one open weekend and not facing one of the league’s teams (Louisiana will not play Appalachian State). The SBC Tournament is set for May 12-15 in Troy, Alabama, followed by the start of NCAA postseason play May 21-23.

Should disruptions or modifications to the 2021 season occur due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Athletics will quickly communicate the adjustments. Additionally, the department will communicate specific entry and attendance protocols for home games ahead of the season opener.

Armed with five seniors utilizing an extra year of eligibility granted by last season’s COVID-19 stoppage of play, along with several key Division I transfers, Louisiana (18-6, 2-1 SBC in 2020) officially kicks off the 2021 season Feb. 12-13 welcoming Baylor and Missouri State to Lamson Park for the 35th Annual Louisiana Classics.

Non-conference play continues throughout February with a trip to UAB’s Green and Gold Classic (Feb. 19-21), a home midweek contest with McNeese State (Feb. 24) and a weekend tournament (Feb. 26-28) featuring games with Louisiana State at Lamson Park and in Baton Rouge.

The complete schedule of matchups for the February tournaments will be released in the coming weeks.

Wrapping up the home-and-home with McNeese (March 3) starts off the month of March and is followed by a three-game series March 6-7 at Memphis which precedes the Sun Belt Conference opener March 12-14 at Lamson Park vs. Georgia Southern.

Louisiana then hosts Texas in a doubleheader on March 17 before the first conference road series of the season March 19-21 at UT Arlington.

The Ragin’ Cajuns close out March facing South Alabama at Lamson Park (March 26-28), then are on the road the next two weeks with Sun Belt series at Georgia State (April 2-3) and Troy (April 9-11). A pair of contests in Texas fall in between the two series, with midweek games April 6 at Sam Houston State and April 7 at Houston.

After a brief return to Lamson Park from April 13-18 – for a four-game homestand against Southeastern Louisiana and Texas State – the Ragin’ Cajuns travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for an April 24-25 showdown with the Crimson Tide.

Regular season action concludes April 30-May 2 at Coastal Carolina followed by Senior Weekend at Lamson Park May 6-8 vs. ULM.

Postseason play launches mid-May at Troy where Louisiana seeks to defend its SBC Tournament title (from 2019 in San Marcos). The following weekend (May 21-23) the much-anticipated return of the NCAA Tournament, which concludes June 3-9 in Oklahoma City, arrives.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions and socially distanced seating arrangements within Lamson Park, the facility capacity will be extremely limited during the 2021 season. These precautions are subject to ongoing guidance from state and local officials regarding safety recommendations and venue capacity protocols.

Season ticket holders will not be able to sit in previously held seat locations, as adjustments have been made by the Department of Athletics and RCAF to accommodate an improvised, socially distanced ticketing structure for the 2021 season.

Fans who were eligible for season tickets for the 2021 season are encouraged to utilize mobile ticketing. Ticket and parking pass pick-up information will be available at the Louisiana Ticket Office at the CAJUNDOME at a to-be-announced date in the near future. For more information on mobile ticketing, please click here.

Please contact the Louisiana Ticket Office at the CAJUNDOME for more information by phone at (337) 265-2170.

Season ticket holders will not be provided refunds for date changes of competitions.

General parking at Cajun Field, located at the corner of Cajundome Boulevard and Reinhardt Drive, will be available free to all fans on a first-come, first-served basis.

Parking passes are required for the reserved parking lot at Lamson Park. Contact the RCAF for reserved parking availability by calling 337-851-RCAF (7223).