LAFAYETTE — If there were going to be a year for the Louisiana-Lafayette softball team to contend for a Women’s College World Series berth — and maybe more — this might be it.
Here’s what the Cajuns bring back: all 116 home runs from a team that hit more per game than anyone in the country; 446 of their 493 hits from a team that finished No. 10 nationally in batting average; one-third of the preseason All-Sun Belt roster and a contender for national player of the year in Lexie Elkins.
Largely on the strength of that offensive firepower, they are billed as the No.