The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team is the

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team of the

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

. The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team competes in

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athleti ...

in the

Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams partici ...

. They play their home games on campus at M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park and were coached by head coach

Tony Robichaux Anthony Ray Robichaux (September 10, 1961 – July 3, 2019) was an American college baseball coach who served as head coach of the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team. He had previously served as head coach at McNeese State. Coaching career ...

, until his death on July 3, 2019.

Matt Deggs Matt Deggs (born August 20, 1971) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He played college baseball at Alvin Community College (1991–1992) then transferred to N ...

was named the new head coach on July 17, 2019 and 2020 will mark his first season.

History

Conference membership history

* 1903–1947: Independent * 1948–1971: Gulf States Conference * 1972–1982:

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it ...

* 1983–1987: Independent * 1988–1991:

American South Conference The American South Conference was an NCAA Division I athletic conference that existed from 1987–88 to 1990–91. The charter members were Arkansas State University, Lamar University, Louisiana Tech University, the University of New Orleans, the ...

* 1992–present:

Stadium

Head coaches

NCAA Regional appearances

NCAA Super Regional appearances

NCAA College World Series appearances

Year-by-year results

Record versus opponent

* Last updated at the conclusion of the 2022 season.

Record against Sun Belt

*Last updated at the conclusion of the 2022 conference tournament. The Cajuns have yet to play games against conference foes Marshall,

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, and Old Dominion.

NCAA tournament appearances

* The Ragin' Cajuns reached the 2000 College World Series and eventually finished tied for 3rd after defeating Clemson but losing out to Stanford before the title game. * Hosted NCAA Regional in 2000, 2014, and 2016. * Hosted NCAA Super Regional in 2014. * Hosted NCAA Regional in 2016 * In all, the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns have had 17 different NCAA Postseason appearances, including the 2015 Houston Regional and the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

Ragin' Cajuns in the Major Leagues

* Jim Holloway * Jose Alvarez *

Alvin Dark Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Bra ...

* Paul Bako * Scott Dohmann * Danny Farquhar *

Ron Guidry Ronald Ames Guidry (; born August 28, 1950), nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitch ...

Gary Haught Gary Allen Haught (born September 29, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haught attended Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he pitched for the Louisiana-Lafayette R ...

* Xavier Hernandez * Jonathan Lucroy *

B. J. Ryan Robert Victor "B. J." Ryan Jr. (born December 28, 1975) is an American baseball coach and former relief pitcher. He played college baseball at Louisiana, where he played for coach Tony Robichaux in 1997 and 1998. He also played in Major League Bas ...

Donne Wall Donnell Lee Wall (born July 11, 1967) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, and Anaheim Angels, primarily in relief from 1995 to 2002. Wall was b ...

Chad Beck Chad Lee Beck (born January 17, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays. Early career Beck attended Woodville High School, Panola College, and the University of ...

Blake Trahan Blake Matthew Trahan (born September 5, 1993) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Trahan attended List of high schools in Louisiana#Allen Parish, Kinder ...

Major League Baseball

The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns have had 97

Major League Baseball Draft The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on a lo ...

selections since the draft began in 1965.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball Baseball teams established in 1903 1903 establishments in Louisiana