BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After breaking the LSU single-season and career triples records, Tiger outfielder Trena Peel was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday.
For the week, the senior from Aurora, Colo., went 10-for-21 (.476) from the plate with eight runs scored, seven RBIs, four triples and a home run.
In the final game against MSU, she homered to give LSU the 2-0 lead in the 4-0 victory. In the second game against No. 24 South Carolina, she knocked in the eighth run of the game on a triple to give LSU the eight-run-rule win. In the third game against USC, she tripled and then scored on a wild pitch to give LSU their only run in the 1-0 win.
For the season, she has hit 10 triples, breaking Jodi Otten’s single-season record of nine. She also improved her career triple total to 23, breaking Dee Douglas’ record of 20. She is now just one triple shy of the SEC single-season record.
Peel leads the Tigers in batting average, hitting .404 for the season with a .687 slugging percentage. She also leads the team with nine stolen bases and 21 RBIs.
The fifth-ranked Tigers return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to face Southern Miss in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. LSU then returns home to face SEC Eastern Division leader Georgia in a three-game series beginning on Saturday with a doubleheader at 11 a.m.