3/5/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Chelsey Chamberlain BATON ROUGE - Due to rainy weather conditions in the area, the LSU softball game against Texas Friday evening was halted in the top of the seventh inning with a tied score of 5-5. The Tigers and the Longhorns will pick up where they left off Saturday at 2 p.m. The two teams will finish up the halted game and then go straight into the scheduled doubleheader. Below is a recap of the halted game. After the Tigers got out of a little bit of a jam in the top of the first, Aliyah Andrews led off the bottom half of the inning with a triple to left center. Taylor Pleasants came up and knocked in Andrews on the first pitch, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The Tigers' defense continued in the second inning as Texas was able to get runners to first and second but a double play by Pleasants help the Tigers get out of the inning. Texas was able to punch a run across in the third as the Longhorns homered to centerfield, tying the game up at 1-1. The Longhorns tacked on three more runs off a double and sac fly to extend their lead to 4-1. The Longhorns added another run in the top of the sixth as they homered to center field off Gorsuch. The Tigers made a change in the circle as Shelby Wickersham came in for Gorsuch. The Tigers answered in the bottom of the sixth as Ciara Briggs had a bunt single with one out and came in on Taylor Tidwell's home run to center. Ali Newland crushed a ball to left field for another dinger, cutting the Longhorn's lead to 5-4. The Tigers kept the offense going as Andrews reached on and error and moved to third on a Pleasants single to right field. Amanda Doyle singled to center to score Andrews and tied the game up at 5-5. Fans with Friday tickets will be allowed to enter the stadium for the remainder of game one. The stadium will be cleared at the conclusion of game one and Saturday's ticket holders will be able to enter the park.
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3/4/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Chelsey Chamberlain BATON ROUGE – It's a Top 15 showdown at Tiger Park this weekend as the No. 13/12 LSU Softball team (11-5) take on No.7/7 Texas (9-0) Friday and Saturday. Friday's single game is at 7 p.m. and will be live on ESPN2. Mark Neely and Michele Smith will be on the call. Saturday's doubleheader will begin at 3 p.m. and both games will stream live on SECN+ and the WatchESPN app with Hall of Famers Lyn Rollins and Yvette Girouard on the call. Live stats will also be available for all three games at LSUStats.com. About the Tigers The Tigers go into the weekend with an overall record of 11-5 after taking down Southern Miss in run-rule fashion Tuesday, 11-3. The Tigers are hitting .284 on the year and averaging 5.38 runs per game. Aliyah Andrews and Ciara Briggs lead the team with a .400 batting average each. Andrews is currently on a three-game hitting streak, while Ciara Briggs has reached base in all 16 games this season. Andrews earned SEC Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .591 last week and recording spectacular catches in centerfield. In the circle, Shelbi Sunseri leads the team in ERA with a 1.01 mark. She is 3-2 with 21 strikeouts in 27.2 innings. Shelby Wickersham earned the victory in the circle on Tuesday, improving her record to 3-1. She has 23 strikeouts in 25 innings of work. Maribeth Gorsuch earned her first two victories last week, claiming both against in-state rival ULL. Ali Kilponen leads the staff in strikeouts with 25 in 19 innings of work. She also holds her opponents to a staff-leading .197 batting average. The staff has an ERA of 2.21 for the year with four shutouts. About Texas The Longhorns come into the matchup undefeated at 9-0 after a midweek win over Houston on Wednesday. They hit five home runs to take down Houston, 9-0 in five innings. Texas has only played one ranked opponent thus far into the season as they faced No. 25 Mississippi State last weekend and came out on top 8-7. At the plate, the Longhorns are hitting .384 with Jordyn Whitaker leading the team at .474 Janae Jefferson is right behind with a .464 average, and Shannon Rhodes is hitting .455 with two doubles, a triple and five home runs. Mary Iakopo leads the team in home runs with six. In the circle, Texas has an ERA of 1.25 with Ariana Adams at 0.00. Ryleigh White and Molly Jacobsen are both 3-0 for the staff. White has an ERA of 1.29 with 18 strikeouts in 16.1 innings, while Jacobsen has a mark of 1.62 with 11 strikeouts in 13 innings. Shealyn O'Leary has the most innings on the staff at 17.2 She's pitched to a 1.19 ERA and 12 strikeouts on the year. Series Record Texas leads the all-time series 4-3. What's On Deck The Tigers will open SEC action on the road next weekend, traveling to Knoxville, Tennessee for a three-game series with Tennessee. Friday's game will air on SECN+ at 5 p.m. CT. Saturday the Tigers will be live on SEC Network at noon CT with Sunday's game at noon on SECN+. 3/2/2021 By: Terrill J. Weil Da Boot Sports BATON ROUGE, LA: The #12 ranked Tigers would host the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in Tiger Park on a drizzly, chilly Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge. The 11-4 Golden Eagles would look to give LSU a tough outing, however the Tigers would prove to be too much as LSU would run-rule USM in the 6th inning, 11-3. It was also a great opportunity for Beth Torina to give a lot of young players some important game experience with SEC play beginning next weekend. Shelby Wickersham would start in the circle for the Tigers and take the Golden Eagles up and down quickly to start off the contest. Aliyah Andrews would put LSU on the board first as she would hit a very rare in the park homerun to left field putting the Tigers up 1-0. After the lead off homerun, then allowing two more LSU base runners, Southern Miss pitcher Kaylan Ladner would settle down and get out of the 1st inning with no more damage done. 1-0 LSU. Southern Miss would mount a threat in the top of the 2nd, as they would put runners on first and second with only one out. After striking out Taylor Middlebrook, Wickersham would walk Maria Smith to load the bases. But the Eagles would come up empty, leaving the bases loaded as Karley Nichols would strike out looking. LSU would start the 2nd inning like they did the 1st, with a lead off homerun, as freshmen Ali Newland would rocket the ball over the center field wall. The lead off homer would chase Ladner as she would be replaced by Morgan Leinstock. Leinstock would fair no better as she would only face six batters. Cait Calland would draw a base on balls, before Danieca Coffey would strike out. Calland would advance to second on a wild pitch, then advance to third on a Andrews ground out. Taylor Pleasants would step to the plate and hit a single to right field scoring Calland. Amanda Doyle would then single to left field. Leinstock would then throw another wild pitch, scoring Pleasants while Doyle would end up on third. Up next Shelbi Sunseri would walk, being replaced on first with pinch runner Taryn Antoine. Georgia Clark would draw a walk to load the bases again, bringing out the hook for Leinstock. Makenna Pierce would head to the circle for the Golden Eagles hoping to stop the bleeding. Ciara Briggs would draw a walk scoring Doyle from third, keeping the bases loaded with two outs. Next Pierce would hit Newland with a pitch to bring in another run as the carousel would continue to turn. Pierce would then walk in another run, sending Cait Calland to first, before getting Coffey to fly out to left field for the final out. We would head to the third inning with LSU leading 7-0. Neither team would be able to plate a run in the third inning sending us to the 4th where the Golden Eagles would score an unearned run. With Middlebrook on 2nd base with two outs, the Tigers would commit a throwing error, allowing her to cross the plate, cutting the LSU lead to 7-1. Makenna Pierce would do a great job handling the Tiger hitters in the bottom of the inning, keeping them scoreless while stranding a runner on base. Trailing 7-1 going into the 5th inning, the Golden Eagles would fight to get back into the game. After Alyssa Davis would ground out, Hannah Borden would reach first safely on a dropped fly ball by LSU's Danieca Coffey at 3rd base. Borden would then advance to 2nd on a passed ball. Caroline Worrell would step up next and double to left field, setting up runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out for Heather Hill. Hill would make the timely big hit, ripping a double to left field scoring Borden and Worrell, cutting the LSU lead to 7-3 with the Tigers coming to bat. LSU would step up to the plate swinging as Danieca Coffey would lead off with a double down the left field line, followed by a Akiya Thymes' single. Taylor Pleasants would hit into a fielders choice to third base. Pierce would then walk Taylor Tidwell to load the bases. Pierce would struggle issuing her second straight base on balls, walking in another LSU run. With the bases loaded and only one out, Eagle's head coach Brian Levin would go to his bull pen, bringing in Karsen Pierce. Raeleen Gutierrez would reach first base on a fielders choice as the Southern Miss defense would make a great heads up play to get Pleasants out at home plate. With two outs and the bases still loaded, Savannah Stewart would come to the plate and hit a two RBI single, scoring Antoine and Tidwell. Pierce would strike out Jordyn Perkins to finally end the 5th inning, with the score LSU 10 - USM 3. Beth Torina would send Taylor Edwards to the circle to pitch the top of the 6th after a nice five inning performance by Shelby Wickersham. Edwards would walk the lead off batter, before retiring the next three Golden Eagles. In the bottom of inning, Karrington Houshmandzadeh would single up the middle, then steal safely to 2nd base. Pleasants would then rip a hit through the right side, scoring Houshmandzadeh in walk off fashion with LSU defeating the Golden Eagles, 11-3. With the win LSU is now 11-5 on the season, while Southern Miss falls to 11-5.. Shelby Wickersham would earn the win to run her record to 3-1. Kaylen Ladner would take the loss for USM to go 5-1. Next up the Tigers will host a three game series against the #7 Texas Longhorns this weekend at Tiger Park. Friday, March 5th at 7:00pm Saturday, March 6th at 3:00pm & 5:30pm |
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