BATON ROUGE, La. – As the LSU softball team heads into its second full week of practice in preparation for the 2017 regular season, head coach Beth Torina and players met with the media to talk about starting practice and looking forward to the upcoming 2017 campaign.
LSU returns five positional starters and all three starting pitchers that went 52-18 last year, earning a trip to the Women’s College World Series for the second consecutive year. In all, the team has 15 letterwinners returning, adding seven freshmen newcomers to the roster.
The Tigers open the season on February 10 at home in Tiger Park, hosting Oklahoma State, Penn State and McNeese State in the Tiger Classic.