# Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns were most recently led by head coach Gerry Glasco. Yvette Girouard was head coach from 1981 to 2000 leading the Ragin' Cajuns to 10 NCAA tournaments and three Women's College World Series appearances. The team plays its home games at Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park located on the university's athletic campus.

## NCAA Regional appearances

* NCAA Regional Results

## NCAA Super Regional appearances

* NCAA Super Regional Results

## NCAA College World Series appearances

* NCAA College World Series Results

## Year-by-year results

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (AIAW) (1981–1982) ||||||
| 1981 | Yvette Girouard | 6–14 | | | |
| 1982 | Yvette Girouard | 15–13 | | | |
| AIAW: | AIAW: | 21–27 | | | |
| Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (Southland Conference) (1983–1987) ||||||
| 1983 | Yvette Girouard | 22–13 | 6–2 | 1st (South) | |
| 1984 | Yvette Girouard | 28–9 | 6–2 | 1st (South) | |
| 1985 | Yvette Girouard | 39–13 | 12–0 | 1st | |
| 1986 | Yvette Girouard | 32–19 | 10–2 | 1st | |
| 1987 | Yvette Girouard | 31–18 | 10–2 | 1st | |
| Southland: | Southland: | 152–72 | 44–8 | | |
| Southwestern Louisiana Lady Cajuns (Independents) (1988–1999) ||||||
| 1988 | Yvette Girouard | 29–16 | | | |
| 1989 | Yvette Girouard | 48–16 | | | |
| 1990 | Yvette Girouard | 44–8 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| 1991 | Yvette Girouard | 33–10 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| 1992 | Yvette Girouard | 41–12 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| 1993 | Yvette Girouard | 57–7 | | | NCAA WCWS |
| 1994 | Yvette Girouard | 57–5 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| 1995 | Yvette Girouard | 49–9 | | | NCAA WCWS |
| 1996 | Yvette Girouard | 46–10 | | | NCAA WCWS |
| 1997 | Yvette Girouard | 46–18 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| 1998 | Yvette Girouard | 36–15 | | | |
| 1999 | Yvette Girouard | 54–11 | | | NCAA Regionals |
| Independent: | Independent: | 540–137 | | | |
| Louisiana–Lafayette Lady Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2000–2002) ||||||
| 2000 | Yvette Girouard | 45–15 | 0–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2001 | Stefni Lotief | 51–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2002 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 50–13 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2003–2017) ||||||
| 2003 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 47–11 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA WCWS |
| 2004 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 60–8 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2005 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 51–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2006 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 50–12 | 12–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2007 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 46–18 | 15–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals |
| 2008 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 52–15 | 19–3 | 1st | NCAA WCWS |
| 2009 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 45–13 | 18–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2010 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 45–18 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals |
| 2011 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 51–11 | 19–5 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2012 | Stefni & Michael Lotief | 53–6 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals |
| 2013 | Michael Lotief Megan Grainer (Feb. interim) | 47–15 | 19–4 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regionals |
| 2014 | Michael Lotief | 49–10 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA WCWS |
| 2015 | Michael Lotief | 42–12 | 20–3 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals |
| 2016 | Michael Lotief | 46–9 | 21–2 | 1st | NCAA Super Regionals |
| 2017 | Michael Lotief | 47–8 | 23–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2018–2025) ||||||
| 2018 | Gerry Glasco | 41–16 | 21–6 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals |
| 2019 | Gerry Glasco | 52–6 | 25–0 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2020 | Gerry Glasco | 18–6 | 2–1 | No conference season | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Gerry Glasco | 47–12 | 21–3 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2022 | Gerry Glasco | 47–13 | 23–4 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2023 | Gerry Glasco | 45–19 | 22–2 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| 2024 | Gerry Glasco | 50–16 | 22–2 | 1st | NCAA Regionals |
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2025–present) ||||||
| 2025 | Alyson Habetz | 0–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Sun Belt: | Sun Belt: | 1,182–299 | 445–67 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,895–535 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Head coaches

Head coaches :
| Years Coached | Name | Wins | Losses | Ties |
| 1981–2000 | Yvette Girouard | 759 | 200 | 0 |
| 2001–2012 | Stefni Lotief | 601 | 145 | 0 |
| 2002–2017 | Michael Lotief | 834 | 195 | 1 |
| 2018–2024 | Gerry Glasco | 300 | 88 | 0 |
| 2025–present | Alyson Habetz | 000 | 00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### National awards
#### NFCA Catcher of the Year

* Lexie Elkins (2015, 2016)

#### NFCA Golden Shoe Award

* Mihyia Davis (2023)

## Record against Sun Belt

| Opponent | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | Last Played |
| Appalachian State | 15 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2023 |
| Arkansas State | 6 | 0 | 0 | .684 | 1987 |
| Coastal Carolina | 22 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2023 |
| Georgia Southern | 20 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2022 |
| Georgia State | 33 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 2022 |
| James Madison | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2023 |
| Louisiana–Monroe | 119 | 28 | 0 | .810 | 2023 |
| Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2023 |
| South Alabama | 45 | 11 | 0 | .804 | 2023 |
| Southern Miss | 48 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 2023 |
| Texas State | 49 | 8 | 0 | .860 | 2023 |
| Troy | 48 | 7 | 0 | .873 | 2023 |
* Last updated at the conclusion of the 2023 conference tournament.
* Includes records prior to SBC play
* Old Dominion does not field a softball team in the NCAA