LAFAYETTE— In what is the one of the oldest series in program history, Wednesday night's 11 inning, 5-4 McNeese softball win over No. 9 UL-Lafayette didn't disappoint.
 
The Cowgirl (13-17) win snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Cajuns (23-4) and its the first McNeese win over ULL since a 3-1 win in Lafayette in 2010 when the Cajuns were ranked No. 22. It's also the first win over a ULL team that was ranked in the Top 10 since 2004 when McNeese won 1-0 in Lake Charles during the Cowgirl Classic. The Cajuns were ranked 10^th at the time.
 
The loss for ULL is the first home loss of the season (15-1) and it snapped an eight-game winning streak for the Cajuns.
 
Junior Cori McCrary's two run home run in the third inning put the Cowgirls up 3-1 then an RBI single by Strother in the sixth inning gave McNeese a 4-2 lead.
 
The Cajuns high potent offense came back to tie the game at four all with a two-run home run by Reina O'Neal in the bottom of the sixth. Neither team was able to push a run across in the seventh, sending the game into extra innings.
 
McNeese's Brenique Wright scored what proved to be the go ahead run in the top of the 11^th inning and McClain ended the game when she caught a fly ball in left field and threw out Alissa Dalton at home to end the game.
 
 
 
B2- UL-Lafayette scored first on a sacrifice fly to left by Sarah Hudek (ULL 1, McN 0)
 
T3- McNeese left the tying run stranded on third after Taylor Strother led the inning off with a walk then went to second on a single by Alayis Seneca. Strother moved to third on a sac bunt by Justyce McClain (ULL 1, McN 0).
 
B4- Saleen Flores got out of a jam after giving up a leadoff walk and a single with no outs. Saleen got Bailey Cury to ground out into a double play then got Raina O'Neal to ground out to end the inning. (ULL 1, McN 0).
 
T5- McNeese scored three runs in the inning to take the lead. A bloop single to centerfield by McClain scored Seneca from second to tie the game at one apiece. Seneca reached base on a fielder's choice then stole second. ULL transfer Cory McCrary then gave McNeese a 3-1 lead with a two-run bomb over the left centerfield wall. (McN 3, ULL 1).
 
B5- The Cajuns got a run back off a double by Casidy Chaumont (McN 3, ULL 2)
 
T6- Cowgirls got that run back on an RBI single through the left side by Strother that scored pinch runner Tayler Edwards (McN 4, ULL 2)
 
B6- Reina O'Neal's one out two RBI homerun to right centerfield tied the game at four apiece (McN 4, ULL 4)
 
B7- McNeese reliever Caroline Settle replaced first reliever Amber Coons. Settle struck out Chaumont but she reached on a wild pitch. After two outs, Chaumont moved into scoring position by stealing second. After a walk to Julie Rawls, Settle got out of the inning with a line drive to Seneca at second base to send the game into extra innings. (McN 4, ULL 4)  
 
B10- ULL left the game winning run stranded on third base when Settle struck out Hudek to end the threat (McN 4, ULL 4)
 
T11- Brenique Wright scored the go ahead run all the way from second base when a throwing error at first base allowed Wright to come home for the go ahead run (McN 5, ULL 4)
 
 
NOTES

• The homerun by McCrary is her team leading third of the season
• After giving up a walk with two outs in the 7^th inning, Settle retired the next eight batters she faced before another walk to Rawls in the 10^th inning
• Settle improved to 5-5 on the year with the win. She allowed only one hit in 5.0 shutout innings of relief and struck out three
• The 11-inning game is the second longest of the season for McNeese
• McNeese outhit the Cajuns 10-8
• McClain and Wright led McNeese with two hits
• It's the first McNeese win over UL-Lafayette since a 3-1 win in Lafayette in 2010
• It's the first McNeese win over a UL-Lafayette team that was ranked in the Top 10 since 2004. McNeese won that game 1-0 at the Cowgirl Classic in Lake Charles. ULL was ranked 10^th in the country at the time.