The No.9 LSU Tigers softball team is in Tuscaloosa this weekend competing in the Easton Bama Bash.
On Sunday, the Tigers faced off against the Liberty Flames and won the first game of the day 8-5.
With the win, LSU improved to 5-2 on the season.
Aliyah Andrews led off the game with a hard hit double to left field. Taylor Pleasants then went yard over left field to put the Tigers up 2-0 early.
Shelbi Sunseri hit her first home run of the year to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
In the second, Liberty took Ali Kilponen deep on a two-run home run to score the team’s first two runs of the game, Then, Liberty scored another run to tie the game at 3-3.
In the top of the fourth, the Tigers answered back as Danieca Coffey hit a triple to left field that scored Kilponen to make it a 5-3 lead for LSU.
Liberty led off the bottom half of the fourth with a double. LSU brought in Sunseri to pitch but the Flames scored on an error to make it a 5-4 game.
LSU scored three runs in the sixth inning. Coffey drew a walk and later moved to second base on a single by Andrews. Pleasants hit another home run that scored both Coffey and Andrews as the Tigers took an 8-3 lead.
Liberty would score another run in the seventh to make it an 8-4 game.
Sunseri closed out the inning in the circle as LSU would hold on for a much needed win. She earned the win in the pitcher’s circle and moves to 3-1 on the season.