The No. 13 LSU Tigers softball team is hosting Central Arkansas in a doubleheader at Tiger Park on Tuesday.
The Tigers took the first game by a score of 3-0.
With the win, LSU improves to 6-3 on the season. Central Arkansas falls to 3-6 with the loss.
Shelby Wickersham earned the start in the circle for the Tigers and started the game off with two strikeouts.
In the first inning, Amanda Doyle and Shelbi Sunseri drew walks but no runs came across the board.
LSU scored one run in the second inning as Ciara Briggs tripled then later scored on a sacrifice fly from Taylor Tidwell.
Central Arkansas threatended in the fifth inning with two runners on but Wickersham struck out a batter for the final out of the inning.
Aliyah Andrews led off the sixth inning with a hit and later scored on a single by Doyle to put the Tigers up 2-0. Georgia Clark then hit an RBI single that scored Akiya Thymes.
The Tigers shut out the Bears in the first game. Wickersham allowed four hits but no runs in the pitcher’s circle.