LAFAYETTE — For two straight years, Omaha was so close that the Louisiana-Lafayette baseball team could almost feel the cool Midwestern breeze on its collective neck.
The 2013 and 2014 iterations of the Ragin’ Cajuns were different teams with different strengths, but the end result remained heartbreakingly constant. For two straight years, their season ended right there on the brink, one and two wins shy of reaching college baseball’s promised land.
Now they’re hoping the old saying is true: Is the third time really a charm?
For that to come to fruition, the Cajuns — ranked as high as No.