LSU softball will try to continue its climb up the Southeastern Conference standings against a familiar foe boasting one of the best pitchers in SEC history when 1950s A. P. Tureaud 1960s Kerry Pourciau Lora O. Hinton, Jr 1970s 1980s Rene Boutte Meyer AACC Opening Office of Multicultural Affairs 1990s Ebony Spikes Isiah Warner Eli Jones 2000s 9 in the programs record book. Ailana Agbayani came in to pitch in the fourth and saw the Tigers load the bases after a hit and two Cougar errors. 6 in the SEC to go along with 33 runs scored. / This place and (these) people are awesome. (Ole Miss Softball Complex), Nike Black LSU Tigers 2023 NCAA Womens Basketball National Champions Locker Room T-Shirt. Gorsuch has since returned to the team. Down its final three outs, the Rebel managed to bring the tying run to the plate after Paige Smith singled, but a foul out ended the game. GREATNESS: The 11 best college softball pitchers of all time Sophomore first baseman Georgia Clark batted a team-leading .429 with four home runs, five doubles Freshman pitcher Sydney Berzon (12-5) ranks No. Berzons 98 punch outs are the 8th most in program history from a freshman and she currently ranks No. Participants can also register Saturday morning at Tiger Park. Alexis Gilio beat out an infield single, and advanced to second as Agbayani reached on a fielders choice in similar fashion. 9 in the SEC with 106 strikeouts and has a 1.60 ERA in 109.1 innings pitched. Privacy Policy -- A day after taking home the league's top pitching honor, LSU softball freshman pitcher Sydney Smith hauled in two more as she was named the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week and the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Pitcher of the Week each organization announced today. Editors Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSUs athletics department. Web-- A day after taking home the league's top pitching honor, LSU softball freshman pitcher Sydney Smith hauled in two more as she was named the USA Softball Collegiate PROVO, Utah The No. Brand Guidelines The Rebels (19-13, 1-4 SEC) were unable to string together hits against LSU (25-6, 3-5 SEC) as the Tigers struck out 10 Ole Miss batters. Esman got the loss in the circle. 16 Alabama (35-16, 11-9 SEC) Saturday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium to even the series. Also, follow head coachJamie Trachselon Twitter at@Jamie_Trachsel. Upon hearing the news, North Carolina State athletic director Boo Corrigan had the equipment office print "DG" decals for the LSU players to wear on their helmets and the coaches to wear on their hats during the three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT Saturday and will be televised on ESPN2. WebBelow is a timeline of diversity and equity at LSU compiled by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion . The Bulldogs are nursing an 11-game losing streak in SEC play with their last win coming against South Carolina on March 19. Briggs has a .342 batting average, and her 50 hits ranks No. Georgia presents the opposite problem. She was on her way to a memorable senior season with a 4-1 record, 1.15 earned run average, 42 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings and two shutouts, including a near no-hitter. Terms of Service NCAA Infractions Decision, Lafayette, La. I think I can make a big impact as a leader in my fifth year. LSU catcher Ali Newland (44) congratulates pitcher Ali Kilponen (2) after retiring the side in the fourth inning of LSUs 8-0 win over Mississippi State Sunday in LSUs Tiger Park. Gorsuchwent on to finish 4-1 with a 1.15 ERA in 36 innings in the COVID-shortened season. With a little luck and a whole lotta Fouts, the Crimson Tide win two out of three from the Tigers. Fans can also follow the team on its social media outlets at. She beat the Cajuns, 4-0, on Feb. 25, allowing just two hits with four strikeouts on Feb. 25 in Lafayette and came on in relief two days later to beat them again, 3-2, in Baton Rouge. The series opening game will be at 6 p.m. CT Friday, April 21 and will be streamed on SEC Network+. She was incredibly good last year and I think shell be even better this year.. All rights reserved. The Cougars sent seven batters to the plate in the top of the fifth as they scored twice to take the lead. BYU will continue Purple & Gold Challenge play on Friday, March 31 with a doubleheader against Louisiana Tech at 2 p.m. CDT and No. Taking two of three from the Bulldogs (38-10, 15-5) at Tiger Park in the season-ending series would bolster the Tigers chances. The Tigers won the three-game series against the Bulldogs last season in Starkville, Miss., but are currently on a two-game losing streak in head-to-head meetings after dropping the regular season finale last year and losing 7-4 in nine innings in the 2022 SEC Tournament. Freshman pitcher Sydney Walters is 17-3 with a 1.30 earned run average and has shown pinpoint control with only 26 walks in 139 2/3 innings. Said catcher Morgan Cummins: Shes a great leader and shows us what it means to live Tigers every day. Saturdays game at 7 p.m. CT will be the annual Strikeout Ovarian Cancer / All for Alex game and will be televised on ESPN2. SAN MATEO, Calif. Freshman Ailana Agbayani was named the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league announced on Monday. NCAA Infractions Decision, Nike Black LSU Tigers 2023 NCAA Womens Basketball National Champions Locker Room T-Shirt. LSU Baseball and Softball LSU Baseball: Cade Beloso and Paul Skenes - 4/19/2023 Updated: Apr. All rights reserved. Following Clark, Newland singled to put another runner on base and a wild pitch moved them into scoring position to set up a two-run single from Redoutey to take a 4-0 lead after the first inning. LSU softball pitcher Maribeth Gorsuch making most of extended NCAA eligibility. Walker Jenkins, OF, South Brunswick (N.C.) HS 5. Ole Miss was able to put a pair of runners on base in the bottom half of the inning after Mikayla Allee walked and Keila Kamoku singled, but LSU kept the offense off the board. There was a problem saving your notification. 5 in program history with 37 career home runs and No. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. No. Were going to have to find an answer in the next couple of days.. It was a super easy decision.. LSU was not able to get the offense going as they picked up two hits from the fourth to the seventh inning. / Cory Linsner. The Maple Grove, Minnesota, native also becomes the second LSU player ever to earn the NFCA's top pitching award, following sophomore Carley Hoover, who became the first, back in March. 9 in program history. Corrigan also had flowers delivered to the Gorsuch family. Clark sits at No. Ali Kilponen gets the complete game win for LSU, allowing just two hits and one earned run over seven innings. Alabamas right fielder Andrew Pinckney got one back for the Tide, depositing a pitch into the right field bleachers to make the score 4-1. 10 LSU wrap up the series Sunday at 1 p.m. CT. The 11 best college softball pitchers of all time | NCAA.com 3 among all college football programs nationally. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. The most comprehensive coverage of LSU Softball on the web with highlights, scores, game Fouts struck out 15 Tiger hitters and walked two. She has meant so much to us over the past five years. Jacob Wilson, SS, Grand Canyon 8. Dylan Crews, OF, LSU 2. The Cougars threatened in the top of the third with Maddie Bejarano reaching on an error and Huntyr Ava poking a single up the middle, but a strikeout would end the threat. LSU Softball at Alabama (G3) - Radio Archive, Nike Black LSU Tigers 2023 NCAA Womens Basketball National Champions Locker Room T-Shirt. Unfortunately, the Tigers got a big swinging strikeout to escape the inning and keep their 1-0 advantage. Directly support LSU Softball by joining the Diamondbackers today! Allee was hit by a pitch, and Mya Stevenson followed with a base hit to right to give Ole Miss runners on the corners. Despite two solo home runs, BYU softball fell to No. 13/14 LSU (37-12, 10-9 SEC) dropped game one of the series to No. I hope to bring leadership to where my actions and words show, she said. 3 with 124 career walks, and No. Gorsuch remained at home the next week, but she got to see her teammates. I was really excited to get another opportunity with my team and coaches, said Gorsuch, a Lewisville, Texas, native. In two games against Fouts, LSU was held scoreless in 14 innings with seven hits and only nine baserunners. Gorsuch hopes to pick up where she left off with the Tigers, who open their season Feb. 11 against McNeese St. Four years of being a student athlete might find some ready to move on with their life, but Gorsuch to pick up her glove again rather than a coachs clipboard. LSU is one game behind Alabama (12-8) in the league standings. Roster. LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University, 2023. LSU shortstop Taylor Pleasants takes a throw at second to begin a 3. Clark has a team-high 10 home runs this season and adds 32 RBIs. Senior first baseman Huntyr Ava was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. Torrence threw 3.2 6 with a .407 batting average. 10 with 151 career RBIs. Saturday will be a special day at Tiger Park for the annual Strikeout Ovarian Cancer Game / All for Alex game when the SEC softball community unite, and all 13 teams participate by wearing teal for the All for Alex campaign to honor the legacy of Mississippi States Alex Wilcox. For all Ole Miss softball news and information, go toOleMissSports.comand follow the Rebels on Twitter at@OleMissSoftball, on Facebook atOle Miss Softballand on Instagram at@olemisssoftball. Freshman pitcher Sydney Berzon (13-5) ranks No. Fans can listen to all the action with Patrick Wright, the Voice of LSU Softball, on 107.3 FM in the Baton Rouge area. Mississippi State just ended a nine-game losing streak with a 5-0 victory over Memphis on April 19. Alabama found the run column in the fourth with a solo homer from junior designated player Kenleigh Dowling to cut into the lead, 6-1, but the Crimson Tide were unable to plate another run in the final three innings after Kilponen retired nine of the last eleven batters. Marron has a staff-best 2.18 ERA and has held opponents to a .190 batting average in 61.0 innings pitched. and @lsusoftball on Instagram and Twitter. After a groundout advanced both runners to second and third, another two-run single from Redoutey increased the Tigers lead, 6-0 through three. Maribethreturned home to be with her family for two weeks. Furbush settled into the game in the second, working an eight-pitch inning. No. Max Clark, OF, Franklin (Ind.) Coffey also leads the Tigers with 34 runs scored and matches junior outfielder Ciara Briggs with a team-high nine stolen bases. For the latest news and information on Tiger softball, visit http://www.lsusports.net/softball. Overall, MSU has a .257 batting average and a 2.79 ERA although they can be dominant in the circle as they rank No. Alabamas pitcher Lauren Esman (4-2) was charged with the loss allowing four runs on five hits in 0.2 innings. They see me with energy, play the game with passion and they can feed off that. HS 6. LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University, 2023. 2 UCLA, 7-2 at Gail Miller Field on Monday afternoon. Esman got the loss in the circle. I felt I was having a really good season and as a team we were. The most comprehensive coverage of LSU Softball on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule / On Saturday, with Alabama forced to turn to a different pitcher, LSU pounced for four runs and five hits in the top of the first inning. She was 9-3 with a 2.10 ERA in 80 innings as a Berzon now has 106 Alabama got on the board with a two-out, two-run homer by freshman infielder Kenleigh Cahalan in the bottom of the first inning, and added a couple more two-out runs in the second and third frames to go ahead 4-0. 5 in the SEC with 33 walks. Smith has won five-straight decisions, and until Washington scored its lone run of the weekend against the freshman on Sunday in the seventh, she had gone 31.2 innings without giving up an earned run. Second baseman Sydney Kuma is Georgia's leading hitter with a .397 average, and she also has good pop with 10 home runs and 44 RBIs. BATON ROUGE, La. The Path to NFLSU. The Bulldogs are middle of the pack in pitching and fielding with a respectable 2.16 earned run average and a .972 fielding percentage. LSU's chartered flight to Lexington, Kentucky, made a stop in Dallas on April 22, and all the players and coaches visited Gorsuch near her home. Many Cajuns know how to cook. For just the 24th time in Michigan State program history, there has been a no-hitter thrown inside the circle. A dominant pitcher in 2019 Gorsuch threw 111 innings for LSU two seasons ago and finished 13-4 with a 2.52 ERA. 2 in the SEC with 366 hits behind a .311 batting average which sits as the third-best in the conference. We faced one of the best pitchers in the country. Freshman pitchers Sydney Berzon (7-1) and Alea Johnson (5-0) are other top producing arms this season. Senior infielder Paige Cook follows with a .315 average at the plate and leads the team with eight home runs, 32 RBIs and a .602 slugging percentage. / 9 in the SEC with 106 strikeouts and has a 1.60 ERA in 109.1 innings pitched. Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Mississippi 9. Wyatt Langford, OF, Florida 4. Bottom 4 Alabama. She follows in the footsteps of teammate Bianka Bell, who won the award back in March for the second time in her career. Pleasants ranks No. / The Alabama ace finished off LSU with her second shutout of the weekend on Sunday and third of her career against the Tigers to give Alabama the series victory. 12 LSU in the Purple & Gold Challenge on Thursday night at Tiger Park. 2 in the SEC for most strikeouts as a freshman. The Tigers' offense erupted for 10 runs in Saturday's win. No. The 58 former players on NFL rosters are the most in school-history and ranks No. Rival Regional - No need to addcayenne pepper to LSU-UL rivalry. Fans can also follow the team on its social media outlets at. Chase Dollander, RHP, Tennessee 7. Georgia has won six consecutive games but had a conference bye this past weekend and hasnt played since Wednesday. Junior infielders Danieca Coffey and Taylor Pleasants, along with sophomore outfielder McKenzie Redoutey had the other three base knocks for LSU. Thats when the devastating news of the coronavirus pandemic hit and helped make the decision to return so simple. Ashlee Ducote 40 (3) First LSU softballer to be named SEC 10 all-time in the programs history with 54 career wins and her 450 career strikeouts ranks No. Ole Miss softball fell to No. But the series was a repeat of the Auburn series in which LSU couldnt handle another dominating pitcher, Maddie Penta. The Tigers kept putting on the pressure with an RBI single from graduate designated player Georgia Clark two batters later. / BOX SCORE A As soon as we found out (about eligibility) I didnt think twice. This time, it was sophomore Faith Guidry making history. Were the only class that has been to a (Womens College) World Series. When the NCAA granted seniors an extra year of eligibility, Lady Tigers coach Beth Torina knew Gorsuch would be first in line to reup for another turn in the circle. WebThe Official Athletic Site of the LSU, partner of WMT Digital. You have permission to edit this article. She makes us brave, she makes us fearless, she competes and today was no different.. Savanna Orgeron There is a lot to be excited about with the new Tigers of the LSU Softball Team. Ali Kilponen gets the complete game win for LSU, allowing just two hits and one earned run over seven innings. Berzon now ranks No. Privacy Policy Averaging 6.5 runs per game, the Bulldogs are not only the SECs top hitting team with a .329 average, they lead the league in doubles (71), triples (15) and home runs (78). Gorsuch threw 111 innings for LSU two seasons ago and finished 13-4 with a 2.52 ERA. BATON ROUGE, La. Freshman pitcher Sydney Berzon (13-6) threw 6.0 innings and finished with two strikeouts and gave up four runs on seven hits Friday night. Chloe Temples and Agbayani each pitched in the bottom of the sixth as the Tigers re-took the lead on a walk, sacrifice bunt, wild pitch and single to go ahead 3-2. We were speechless. The most comprehensive coverage of LSU Softball on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule The LSU track and field program wrapped up their senior day and final regular-season meet of the year on Saturday. and @lsusoftball on Instagram and Twitter. I am beyond heartbroken that your aren't here with me anymore, but I find peace knowing you're in heaven.". The Rebels (19-13, 1-4 SEC) were unable to string together hits against LSU (25-6, 3-5 SEC) as the Tigers struck out 10 Ole Miss batters. 12 LSU in the Purple & Gold Challenge on Thursday night at Tiger Park. Directly support LSU Softball by joining the Diamondbackers today! 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After falling for a second time by shutout to Alabama ace Montana Fouts, the Tigers close the season against second-place Georgia trying to stay in contention for a first-round NCAA tournament host site. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/04/20/lsu-softball-mississippi-state-series-preview/, SEC baseball standings as race for conference regular-season title heats up, Tracking every LSU player selected in the 2023 NFL draft, LSU women's basketball star Angel Reese reacts to addition of Louisville transfer Hailey Van Lith, LSU gymnastics announces return of 4 seniors in 2024, LSU rolled out the red carpet for big-time transfer addition Hailey Van Lith, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. / A pitchers duel through the first four innings, the Cougars took the lead in the top of the fifth before the Tigers scored the final two runs of the game. We did a great job at setting the tone for a really good day.. Its a tough place to play, said Head Coach Beth Torina. Lauren Esman with solid single to right field with two outs; Top 4th LSU. Graduate pitcher Ali Kilponen is 10-5 in the circle and has a 2.31 ERA behind 88 strikeouts (No. / Rhett Lowder, RHP, Wake Forest 10. / In the finale, she came off the bench in relief and pitched the final 6.2 innings in a thriller, holding Washington to just a single run and scattering eight hits as LSU rallied to win 5-4 in nine innings. Prior to the game will be the 10th annual Geaux Teal Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk that will take place after a short ceremony that begins at 10 a.m. at Tiger Park. Maribeth Gorsuch was already set to return to LSU softball, going from senior pitcher in 2020 to student coach this spring when the COVID-19 pandemic put an end to college sports last March.
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