LSU Faces Alabama in Tuscaloosa Super Regional – LSU

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – LSU is prepared for a Super Regional showdown in opposition to No. 1 general seed Alabama in a best-of-three collection May 22-24 at Rhoads Stadium, with a berth in the Women’s College World Series on the road.

The first sport of the weekend is scheduled for six pm CT on Friday, May 22, on ESPN2, and the second sport shall be at 2 pm CT on Saturday, May 23, on ESPN. Sunday’s sport time is to be decided if a sport three is important.

Eric Frede and Brittany McKinney will name every sport of the weekend, and followers may also hearken to the motion on the LSU Sports Radio Network associates with Patrick Wright, the Voice of LSU Softball, together with on Talk 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge, streaming at LSUsports.internet/reside, and in the LSU Sports Mobile App.

LSU leads Alabama in the all-time collection 49-44 and has gained six of the final 10 conferences, together with three of the final 4 matchups. The Tigers beat the Tide in a three-game collection final season, 2-1. LSU additionally holds a 2-0 benefit over Alabama after they meet in the NCAA Tournament, each of which had been in the WCWS. In 2015, LSU defeated Alabama 5-3, then gained 6-4 in 2016 in OKC.

LSU, which is making its eleventh NCAA Super Regional look and its ninth below Head Coach Beth Torina, has gained eight of its final 9 video games and 12 of its final 15 coming into the weekend. The Tigers have bumped their batting common to .291 behind 431 hits, together with 57 residence runs. The Bayou Bengals have outscored their opponents 347-165 this season, highlighted by a 185-73 margin in the primary three innings. The LSU pitching workers has a 2.65 ERA, 12 shutouts, and 279 strikeouts in 375.2 innings. In the Baton Rouge Regional, the workers threw three full video games by three completely different pitchers. The pitchers are backed by a robust protection that has a .976 fielding proportion, has turned 28 double performs, and has a single-season low of 37 errors.

Jalia Lassiter, a four-time NFCA All-Region choice, has been dominant all through the season. She is the seventh LSU Tiger to have 60 hits and 60 runs in a single season, and the primary to take action since 2019 (Aliyah Andrews). Lassiter is second on the group with a .348 common on the plate however paces the group with 63 hits and 61 runs.

Kylee Edwards leads the Tigers with a .349 batting common on 60 hits, together with 10 residence runs, and has 43 runs and 40 RBI this season. Okay. Edwards leads LSU with 18 multi-hit video games, 13 multi-RBI video games, and has a team-best 17-game attain streak. Earlier this season, Okay. Edwards grew to become the primary LSU Tiger to hit for the cycle (April 3), and the fifth participant from the SEC to attain the uncommon statistic.

Sierra Daniel rounds out the LSU’s .300 hitters with a .341 common on 59 hits. Daniel has scored 45 runs, has 31 RBI, and has drawn 34 walks. Daniel additionally owns a .984 fielding proportion and has turned 15 double performs from second base.

LSU pitcher Jayden Heavener leads the workers with a 13-8 file. Heavener has pitched 15 full video games and has 5 shutouts, together with a no-hitter, with two saves. In 132.1 innings, the left-hander has 120 strikeouts and 4 double-digit strikeout video games this season. She is coming off her tenth profession shutout in the 8-0 victory over Akron to open the Baton Rouge Regional.

Paytn Monticelli (9-3) is on a six-game profitable streak when she is the pitcher of file. During the six-game profitable streak, he has a 0.50 ERA with 18 strikeouts and has allowed two earned runs in 28.0 innings. In 76.0 innings general, the senior has a 2.39 ERA and 62 punchouts.

Cece Cellura is 9-5 in the circle with 48 strikeouts and has a 3.12 ERA over 98.2 innings. Cellura has allowed 17 walks all season, the fewest walks by an SEC pitcher with a minimal of 90.0 innings. She is coming off her first profession full sport shutout (vs. Virginia Tech, May 16), which was this system’s thirtieth shutout in the NCAA Tournament.

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