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SAN MARCOS – Texas State will travel to Lafayette, La., to try to upset national No. 2 UL Lafayette in a three-game Sun Belt set this weekend. Saturday's game will be televised on ESPN3.
 
Game Info: Texas State (23-18, 11-7 SBC) at No. 2 UL Lafayette (37-5, 16-2 SBC)
Site: Moore Field – Lafayette, La.
Date: Friday – Sunday, April 25-27
Time: Friday – 6 p.m. | Saturday – 6 p.m. | Sunday – 1 p.m.
 
Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday: #31 RHP Austen Williams (6-1, 2.58) vs. #12 RHP Austin Robichaux (5-2, 3.14)
Saturday: #32 RHP Taylor Black (3-4, 3.22) vs. #44 RHP Carson Baranik (8-0, 2.78)
Sunday: #21 RHP Lucas Humpal (3-3, 3.59) vs. #20 LHP Cody Boutte (5-0, 2.91)
 
The Series                                                                                                  
Texas State and UL Lafayette do not have a storied series, only meeting 13 times since 1985. The Ragin' Cajuns have an 8-5 advantage, but the Bobcats are even at 4-4 under Head Coach Ty Harrington. The Bobcats prevailed last time these teams met with Jeff McVaney going 4-for-5, Nick Smelser 3-for-4, and Cody Lovejoy knocking two hits as a freshman. Kyle Finnegan, Covey Morrow and Ross Goebel combined for nine strikeouts in the 9-5 Texas State victory. The Bobcats jumped on ULL with four runs in the first five innings and added five runs in the sixth and eighth innings to hold off a late run from the Cajuns.
 
On the Ragin' Cajuns
The Cajuns are on a streak of just one win coming into the series, beating McNeese State in this week's midweek after dropping a Sunday game to conference foe UT Arlington. However, before that, UL Lafayette had won six consecutive and 12 of the team's last 13 games. UL Lafayette has only dropped one game each to Western Kentucky and UT Arlington in conference play. The Bobcats are a combined 5-1 against those two teams.
 
The Ragin' Cajuns are a team that just seems to do everything well. They are fielding at a rate of .977 with just 39 errors on the season. They have seven batters above .300 with Jace Conrad and Caleb Adams leading the way at .399 and .390 respectively. Finally, they're pitching staff boasts an earned run average of just 3.10 compared to an opponents' ERA of 7.56.
 
To top it all off, UL Lafayette is 8-1 in conference play at home and 21-4 on the season on the team's home field.
 
On the Bobcats
The Bobcats are coming off a big 2-0 victory against Baylor to give Head Coach Ty Harrington his 500^th career victory. They'll look to parlay that momentum against a tough UL Lafayette team.
 
Garrett Mattlage leads the Bobcats at .310 on the season with a team-high 49 hits. Cory Geisler is one of the hottest hitters on the squad. He went on a streak of eight consecutive games with a hit. Another hot hitters for the Bobcats is Cameron Friess in pinch hitting situations. He has knocked a hit in three of his last four at bats, including an RBI single in his last at bat that put the Bobcats ahead against Baylor.
 
The Texas State weekend starting trio is still on fire for the Bobcats. Austen Williams leads the pack with a 2.58 ERA and 6-1 record.
 
A Look Ahead
This series at UL Lafayette will be the last road series for the Bobcats until the final series of the year at UT Arlington May 15-17. Until then, Texas State travels to College Station for a midweek at Texas A&M on Tuesday then will host Troy and UALR in back-to-back weekends. After that, it's another midweek at Texas and finish up at UT Arlington before the SBC Tournament in Mobile, Ala.