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LSU softball announces addition of 3 veteran transfers

Beth Torina has reloaded the roster after quite a few big names left this offseason.

It’s going to be a changing of the guard for LSU softball entering the 2025 season.

Star pitcher [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag] returns. However, many big names, including [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag], [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] and [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag], will not. Coach [autotag]Beth Torina[/autotag] turned to the transfer portal in search of experience and succeeded.

Earlier this week, LSU announced the addition of three transfers: infielder [autotag]Avery Hodge[/autotag] (Oklahoma), outfielder [autotag]Jalia Lassiter[/autotag] (Ole Miss) and pitcher [autotag]Ashley Vallejo[/autotag] (McNeese).

Hodge was a member of the Sooners’ last two national title-winning teams, batting .284 this past season with six extra-base hits and nine RBIs. Lassiter was Ole Miss’ leader in hits in 2024 with a .314 average, four home runs and 29 RBIs.

Unlike Hodge and Lassiter, who have two remaining years of eligibility, Vallejo is a graduate transfer. In four years at McNeese, she went 45-24 on the mound with a 2.44 ERA and 306 strikeouts in 416 2/3 career innings.

After leading the Tigers to three consecutive Women’s College World Series appearances and four in her first six seasons, Torina is looking to return to Oklahoma City for the first time since 2017 after a super regional exit this spring.

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LSU softball adds bullpen transfer from Oklahoma State

Tatum Clopton took a medical redshirt in 2023 after making five appearances on the mound as a freshman in 2022.

LSU softball coach [autotag]Beth Torina[/autotag] has landed her second transfer this offseason as former Oklahoma State pitcher [autotag]Tatum Clopton[/autotag] joined the roster.

The Lawrence, Kansas, native appeared in six games as a true freshman with the Cowgirls in 2022, five of which came on the mound. In one start that season, she allowed just two hits with no earned runs while striking out five batters.

Clopton didn’t appear during the 2023 season as she took a medical redshirt. She’ll arrive in Baton Rouge with three remaining years of eligibility as she looks to bolster a promising pitching staff that returns All-American freshman pitcher [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag].

LSU is still looking for its first Women’s College World Series appearance since 2017 after falling short in the Baton Rouge Regional in 2023.

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