Overall Record: 13-4
Last Week: 6-0
Feb. 24 – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (W, 11-0)
Feb. 26 – SOUTHERN (W, 6-0)
Feb. 27 – HOUSTON (W, 2-0)
Feb. 27 – JACKSONVILLE STATE (W, 4-1)
Feb. 28 – HOUSTON (W, 5-4)
Feb. 28 – JACKSONVILLE STATE (W, 5-1)
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Cody Trahan, RHP, Sr., Little Cypress, Texas
Cody Trahan picked up a pair of wins as the Tigers pushed their winning streak to eight games and captured the Tiger Invitational championship. Trahan racked up 24 strikeouts against one walk over 14 innings of work en route to All-Tournament Honors. She racked up 10 K’s in a complete game victory over Jacksonville State, a 2009 NCAA Super Regional squad. With the two wins, Trahan is now 3-0 with an astonishing 0.30 ERA.
GS W L ShO SV IP H R ER ERA BB SO
3 2 0 0 0 14.0 11 1 1 0.50 1 24
Nominee for Player of the Week
Kirsten Shortridge, CF, So., Keller, Texas
Shortridge collected hits in all six of LSU’s games sparked by a quartet of multi-hit efforts. She also drove home four RBIs, scored five runs and added five steals from the leadoff spot. Her two-out, two-run double against Jacksonville State pushed LSU’s lead from 2-1 to 4-1. The Keller, Texas product has hit safely in 15 of 17 games this season. She also has swiped a league-leading 14 steals, while her 23 hits are tied for second in the SEC on the season.
AB R H BB AVG. RBI 2B 3B HR SB/SBA
21 5 10 2 .476 4 2 0 0 5/5
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Rachele Fico, RHP, Fr., Oxford, Conn.
Fico made the most of her four appearances and went 2-0 for the second consecutive weekend as she claimed Tournament MVP honors at the Tiger Invitational. Fico fanned a career-best 10 batters in her lone start of the weekend against Jacksonville State, a 2009 NCAA Super Regional squad. She also earned the win in relief against Houston and posted seven strikeouts in five innings of three-hit relief. For the weekend, Fico racked up 20 strikeouts and limited opponents to only four hits in 13.0 innings of work.
GS W L ShO SV IP H R ER ERA BB SO
1 2 0 0 0 13.0 4 2 1 0.54 3 20
Notes on the Tigers
LSU pushed its winning streak to eight games highlighted by the Tiger Invitational championship over the weekend at Tiger Park. The Tigers improved to 13-4 and LSU’s pitching staff dropped its ERA to 0.95 on the season. Rachele Fico and Cody Trahan picked up All-Tournament honors as the duo picked up two wins apiece. Fico, the tournament MVP, surrendered only four hits and mowed down 20 batters in 13.0 innings of work. She held opponents to a stifling .093 batting average for the week. Trahan tallied back-to-back double-digit strikeout performances against Southern and Jacksonville State, respectively. She has only allowed one run during the season and is 3-0 with an astonishing 0.30 ERA. Lauren Houston and Kirsten Shortridge joined Fico and Trahan on the All-Tournament team. LSU used late-inning heroics to win its last three games of the tournament. Tied 1-1 with Jacksonville State on Saturday in the sixth inning, Houston provided the go-ahead single and Shortridge ripped a two-run double. Ashley Langoni opened Sunday’s action and belted a walk-off homer against Houston in the ninth inning, while Ashley Applegate sparked a four-run fifth inning with a RBI-single to bust open a 1-1 tie against JSU. She hustled all the way around the bases after a throwing error by the Gamecocks went to the wall. Anissa Young started the week with a career-day by cranking a pair of home runs and five RBIs in an 11-0 rout over Southeastern Louisiana. LSU continues its 18-game homestand this weekend when the Tigers welcome Campbell, South Alabama and Syracuse for the Purple and Gold Challenge.