The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team opened Sun Belt play by winning a hard-fought series against South Alabama at Russo Park, bouncing back from a Game 1 loss to take the final two games behind dominant pitching performances. Saturday, Andrew Herrmann delivered a complete-game gem, striking out nine and allowing just five hits as Louisiana pulled out a 4-3 victory to even the series. Then on Sunday, JR Tollett and Cody Brasch combined for a four-hitter while Rigoberto Hernandez drove in two runs in a 3-1 win to secure the series. Meanwhile, the Ragin’ Cajuns softball team split the first two games but dropped the rubber match to Southern Miss, falling 9-1 in five innings in the series finale. The highlight for Louisiana came Saturday when Brooke Otto exploded for five RBIs in a dominant 9-1 run-rule win to even the series.

We break down: 
• Cajuns baseball winning the Sun Belt opening series
• Andrew Herrmann’s complete game performance
• JR Tollett’s strong start in the finale
• Rigoberto Hernandez’s clutch hitting
• Brooke Otto’s 5 RBI breakout game for softball
• Why Louisiana baseball’s pitching could dominate the Sun Belt
• What the softball team must fix before hosting Texas State

Louisiana now heads to Houston midweek in baseball before traveling to face Texas State in another big Sun Belt series, while softball returns home to Lamson Park to host Texas State.