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Instant Analysis: Still-undefeated LSU softball hands Ole Miss a shutout in series opener

LSU remains the lone unbeaten team in Division I with a 3-0 win on Saturday.

While the bats were a bit cold in Saturday’s series opener against Ole Miss, the pitching came through for the LSU softball team at Tiger Park.

The Tigers won 3-0 thanks to a complete game shutout from [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag], who gave up just two hits, and now they’re 24-0 and one win away from tying the best start in program history.

LSU stole a run early in this game when a fielding error in the bottom of the first netted a run, but the game remained at a one-run margin until the sixth inning.

[autotag]Sierra Daniel[/autotag] gave the Tigers some insurance with a sacrifice groundout, and they scored a third run on a [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] single.

Lynch allowed one of her two hits in the seventh inning, but a double-play ended the game as the Tigers kept their perfect record intact.

They’ll look to keep it that way as they go for a series-clinching win over the Rebels on Sunday at 4:30 CT.

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LSU softball opens the season with a 5-0 weekend, all shutouts

The Tigers didn’t allow a run this weekend, and three of their five shutout wins came by run-rule.

You really couldn’t ask for a better start to the season than coach Beth Torina’s LSU softball team did this weekend. The No. 15 Tigers began the season 5-0, all of which were shutouts and three of which came in run-rule fashion.

On Saturday, they finished up a double-header with an 8-0 victory over Memphis in five innings, with [autotag]Emilee Cassanova[/autotag] pitching a complete game while giving up just two hits and striking out five.

With one out in the bottom of the first, LSU got going quickly. [autotag]Raeleen Gutierrez[/autotag] had a two-run single, and [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] added a third run with a sacrifice groundout.

The rest of the action came in the third. [autotag]Maci Bergeron[/autotag] and [autotag]Sierra Daniel[/autotag] hit back-to-back RBI singles, while two more runs scored on bases-loaded walks to [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] and [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] and a hit-by-pitch to [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag].

LSU will now head to Florida next weekend for the Clearwater Invitational, where it will face Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Washington and Minnesota.

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