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LSU softball withstands ULM firepower in midweek win on Tuesday night

LSU’s winning streak extended to six games on Tuesday night against the Warhawks.

It wasn’t easy for the LSU softball team on Tuesday night in its midweek matchup against ULM. It allowed eight hits and had to overcome three separate deficits, but it ultimately pulled away to earn its 30th win of the season with a 7-4 victory.

The first inning was an eventful one. ULM (22-15) started the frame with three hits including a double that plated a pair of runs to give it the early lead.

But LSU (30-4) answered in the bottom of the first as [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] led off with a full-count homer. A sacrifice groundout from [autotag]Raeleen Gutierrez[/autotag] tied the game at two, but the Tigers couldn’t retake the lead.

The Warhawks retook the lead in the second with an RBI single as LSU wasn’t quite able to make a tag at home, and that ended a short start for [autotag]Emilee Casanova[/autotag], who was chased from the game in favor of [autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag].

The Tigers would tie the game at three in the bottom of the frame as [autotag]Maddox McKee[/autotag] hit a two-out single to score a run. Once again, though, LSU couldn’t protect the tie as Chaffin allowed a double and an RBI single as ULM reclaimed a 4-3 lead.

But for the third inning in a row, the Tigers answered. [autotag]Karli Petty[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly, and [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] hit a three-run homer in the next at-bat as LSU jumped out to a 7-4 advantage.

There were no runs scored in the final four frames, and the Warhawks struggled to keep things going on offense, though they did ultimately strand a pair of baserunners in that span.

Now, the Tigers will prepare to hit the road for a big-time matchup on the road between top 10 teams as it draws Florida for a weekend series that begins Saturday.

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LSU softball rallies in 6th to beat Illinois, stay unbeaten

The Tigers overcame a late deficit to remain perfect on the season.

The LSU softball team found itself in danger once again on Friday night to begin the Purple & Gold Invitational against Illinois, but some sixth-inning heroics from [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] lifted the Tigers to a 3-2 win as they remain unbeaten at 14-0 on the season.

After two shutout innings, LSU got the scoring started with an RBI bunt single from Ciara Briggs, but Illinois answered in the top of the fourth, scoring a pair of runs quickly to retake the lead and chase [autotag]Emilee Casanova[/autotag] from the game in the process.

[autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] came into the game and pitched a shutout the rest of the way, but LSU still needed to make up a run.

Newland came through in the bottom of the sixth, hitting an RBI single to tie the game, and a sac-bunt from [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] gave LSU the lead. Chaffin went 1-2-3 in the seventh to put the game away.

The Tigers will be back in action later Friday night for the second leg of the doubleheader with a game against San Diego State.

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LSU softball run-rules Austin Peay to end third weekend of the season undefeated

The Tigers are still perfect after the Tiger Classic this weekend.

The LSU softball team continues to look like it could be a special one.

After an 11-0 run-rule win in five innings over Austin Peay, the Tigers moved to 13-0 on the season as they finished their third week of the season by taking both legs of a Saturday doubleheader.

[autotag]Emilee Casanova[/autotag] got the start and pitched all five innings as the Tigers shut out the Governors. LSU got one-run base hits in the first and second innings from [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] and [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag], respectively. Newland broke things open in the third with a solo homer, and that was followed by a three-run double from [autotag]Danieca Coffey[/autotag] and a three-run homer from Pleasants.

LSU added two more runs for good measure in the fourth inning with a two-run homer from Abigail Savoy.

The Tigers will be back in action on Friday when they begin the Purple & Gold Challenge with a doubleheader against Illinois and San Diego State.

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LSU softball shut out at home against No. 1 Oklahoma

The Tigers couldn’t get things going offensively on Tuesday night.

LSU’s softball team only allowed two hits on their home field against the No. 1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners, who entered Tuesday night’s game on a 28-game winning streak.

That’s all OU needed, however, as it won 3-0. The Tigers had three hits but stranded four on base as they couldn’t score a run against the nation’s top team.

[autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag] retired the side in the first to start the game, but Oklahoma got a runner on in the second on a fielding error, and another error allowed a run to score. After a homer, her day was done.

LSU’s defense tightened up after that as [autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag], [autotag]Emilee Casanova[/autotag] and [autotag]Alea Johnson[/autotag] didn’t allow another run the rest of the way, but offense was hard to come by.

The Tigers’ best challenge came in the bottom of the sixth when they got two on thanks to a single from [autotag]Danieca Coffey[/autotag] and a catcher’s interference call, but a [autotag]Georgia Clark[/autotag] lineout ended the threat.

LSU will now hit the road for a ranked series against No. 21 Auburn, which starts Friday.

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