BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 21/23 LSU (27-16, 8-7 SEC) accomplished the collection sweep over South Carolina (23-21, 2-13 SEC) with an 8-0 shutout victory Saturday afternoon at Tiger Park.

LSU dominated the weekend collection within the circle as they concluded with its second shutout of the weekend. General, the Tigers recorded a 1.05 ERA and held the Gamecocks’ bats to a .186 batting common behind 23 strikeouts and allowed three runs in 20.0 innings pitched. Offensively, the Tigers had a .307 common with 23 hits and 15 RBIs.

Senior Shelbi Sunseri had a day within the collection finale as she hit her thirteenth dwelling run of the season and No. 46 in her profession, whereas additionally logging her second shutout this season to enhance to 6-6 within the circle. In her first convention win in 2022, Sunseri logged 4 strikeouts and allowed 5 hits and one stroll in her fifth full recreation.

Sophomore Ciara Briggs continued to rake on the plate as she completed with a 3-for-4 efficiency. Sophomore Ali Newland had a success and led the group with three RBIs, and Sunseri had two RBIs within the win. Junior Georgia Clark and freshman McKenzie Redoutey every had one hit and one RBI, and sophomores Danieca Coffey, Taylor Pleasants, Raeleen Gutierrez, and junior Morgan Cummins every contributed a success.

The Tigers earned their first SEC sweep of the season and turned of their first sweep towards a convention group since sweeping Georgia in 2019. LSU has swept South Carolina 9 occasions within the all-time collection and 6 occasions in Baton Rouge. The final time the Tigers swept the Gamecocks was in 2016.

LSU struck first within the opening inning with three runs on three hits. Briggs and Pleasants singled, and Clark recorded an RBI bunt single to attain the sport’s first run. Newland reached on a fielder’s alternative and was credited with an RBI, and Clark scurried dwelling after a SC throwing error. Newland tallied her second RBI of the sport on a groundout to the pitcher within the third inning to place LSU forward, 4-0.

Within the fourth inning, Briggs registered a leadoff single to the shortstop, and two batters later, Sunseri hit her second two-run shot of the collection to increase LSU’s lead, 6-0.

The Tigers sealed the sport within the backside of the sixth inning as Pleasants opened the stanza with a stroll. A pair batter’s later, back-to-back RBI doubles from Newland and Redoutey accomplished the sport as a run-rule.

Head Coach Beth Torina 

On the Tigers’ potential to win in several methods…

“We’ve talked about successful in numerous other ways and we’ve proven that our group is able to that. We’ve proven that we will do all of it, so it’s good to convey all of it collectively in a single weekend. That’s what we’ve actually been looking for right here all season lengthy.

On Shelbi Sunseri’s full recreation…

“She wanted that. I believe she wanted a win, simply personally, getting some confidence again. Everybody standing right here is aware of how good she is. She’s very proficient, and I believe simply type of getting out of her personal approach and going again to simply being herself, competing, throwing good pitches helped (her confidence) immediately.”

Utility Ali Newland

On the primary sweep of the season… 

“I believe that the sweep wasn’t actually what we had been anxious about. I believe we had been attempting to take it one recreation at a time and put our greatest foot ahead each recreation so we will get to the place we would like come postseason.”

On the shutouts for LSU towards South Carolina… 

“I believe it’s indicative of how well-rounded we’re as a group. We will achieve this many issues effectively. It’s by no means on one particular person. If one a part of the group will not be essentially having their finest day, we all know we now have shut down stuff coming from the remainder of the group. It’s by no means like ‘oh the pitching employees’s not doing effectively, we will’t win this recreation.’ We’ve so some ways to win and it reveals up on a regular basis.”

Pitcher Shelbi Sunseri

On her homerun…

“I simply type of put the bat on the ball. I’ve been disciplined all weekend and I simply took a guess on what was coming. It was there and it occurred. I used to be attempting to increase the inning and cross the bat to the subsequent particular person.

On specializing in getting on getting a sweep…

“We don’t actually concentrate on it. We attempt to concentrate on one recreation at a time. That’s our entire theme as Tigers. We’ve a course of and it’s win one pitch, win the subsequent one, and win the sport. Then it’s win recreation two and win the collection. I believe actually specializing in successful every pitch leads us to get a sweep. It’s a great spot for our group to be in. It provides us confidence to know that we will do that and we’re able to being an incredible group. We’ve a lot expertise. It’s reminder that the work we’re placing in is paying off and it’s going to proceed to repay. We simply see that little by little.”

ON DECK

LSU will start a four-game highway journey Tuesday, April 19 at McNeese earlier than touring to Athens, Ga. for a three-game collection towards Georgia April 22-24.

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