As the Louisiana-Lafayette softball team prepares for its first road series of the season this weekend at Southern Mississippi, Cajuns coach Michael Lotief is getting closer to having a true pitching staff.
The emergence of Macey Smith, Victoria Brown and Alison Deville have given Lotief multiple options outside of Alex Stewart and Kylee Jo Trahan. Smith has come the furthest in her time with the Cajuns, and Lotief said she is the epitome of what it is to be a part of the program.
“Macey is throwing the ball mid-60s right now,” Lotief said. “She would be pitching at 90 percent of the Division I schools in the country.