Softball Opens SEC Tournament with Bout Against Mississippi State

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 20 LSU (34-20), the sixth seed, opens the 2022 SEC Match in opposition to 11-seed Mississippi State (32-23) at 11 a.m. CT on Wednesday, Might 11 at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

The Tigers will play the primary of 4 video games within the opening spherical of the event which might be televised on SEC Community. Patrick Wright may also name the motion on the LSU Sports activities Radio Community. The event is single elimination with the winner of this contest advancing to play No. 3 seed Tennessee at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday, Might 12.

LSU and Mississippi State will face one another for the fourth consecutive time this season. The Tigers received the three-game sequence in opposition to the Bulldogs, 2-1 after taking the primary two video games of the sequence to conclude the common season.

LSU and Mississippi State will play in opposition to one another within the SEC Match for the third time with LSU successful each video games, 2-0 in 1999 (9 innings) and 2-1 in 2001.

The Combating Tigers are led by sophomore Danieca Coffey who’s batting .388 and has 69 hits and 10 stolen bases. Sophomore Ciara Briggs follows with a .371 common and a team-high 52 runs, whereas Junior Georgia Clark (.288), senior Shelbi Sunseri (.267), and sophomore Taylor Pleasants (.309) have 16, 15, and 12 house runs, respectively. LSU has 62 complete house runs this season, tied for the fourth most in a single season in this system’s report e-book (2015).

Junior Ali Kilponen leads the Tigers within the circle with an 18-6 report and a couple of.25 ERA behind 134 strikeouts this season.

LSU has claimed the No. 6 seed for the fourth time and enters the 2022 SEC Match with essentially the most wins and highest successful share within the event’s historical past (45-24, .652). LSU has 5 complete SEC Match Championship titles – 1999, 2001-2002, 2004, and 2007.

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