Sports

Sun Belt softball tourney available on free webcast

by Walter Pierce

The tournament is Wednesday-Saturday in Troy, Ala., and all games except for the championship game will be available on live streaming video on the Sun Belt's www.sunbeltsports.org website.

UL softball fans will have the opportunity to watch Ragin' Cajun games at this week's Sun Belt Conference Softball Championships on the league's free online webcast.

The tournament is Wednesday-Saturday in Troy, Ala., and all games except for the championship game will be available on live streaming video on the Sun Belt's www.sunbeltsports.org website. The championship game will air on the Sun Belt Network, locally on Cox Sports Television (CST) at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Cajuns are the third seed in the double-elimination tournament and will face sixth-seeded Florida International at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the tournament's first round. UL will play Thursday at 5:30 p.m. if the Cajuns win in the opener, or at 12:30 p.m. Thursday if they lose in the first round.

Fans wishing to watch the action may go to the website, click on "Championships" and then on "Softball," and a list of all tournament games will be shown. The "Video" tab on each game will link to the live broadcast.

Games are scheduled at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, while Saturday could include one or two morning games prior to the championship game depending on results of bracketed double-elimination play. If the Saturday morning games are required, those broadcasts will also be available online.

The live online broadcasts are free and no advance signup is required. More information on the tournament is available at www.sunbeltsports.org.