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No. 2 LSU Heads to No. 15 Missouri for Three-Game SeriesNo. 2 LSU Heads to No. 15 Missouri for Three-Game Series

No. 2 LSU Heads to No. 15 Missouri for Three-Game Series

LSU travels to Missouri for another Top 25 series. Each game in the series will be streamed on SEC Network +.

BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 2/3 LSU (24-2, 4-2 SEC) is set for another Top 25 matchup as it travels to No. 15/16 Missouri (23-6, 1-2 SEC) for a three-game series at the Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia, Mo. 

Each game of the series will be streamed on SEC Network + with Noah Reed and Madi Gerlach on the calls. The series opener will be at 5 p.m. CT on Friday, March 22, game two is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 23, and the series’ final game is for 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 24.

Jeff Palermo will have the call on 107.3 FM in the Baton Rouge Area and on the LSU Sports Radio Network. 

LSU is coming off a 1-2 series loss against Ole Miss, ending its undefeated streak at 24 games. The Bayou Bengals rank No. 2 in the SEC with a .342 batting average with 231 hits, has a 2.31 ERA with 172 strikeouts, and a .977 fielding percentage and 14 double plays, the second most in the SEC. 

Infielder Karli Petty ranks No. 2 in the SEC with a .452 batting average and No. 8 in the league with a .525 on-base percentage. She has 14 hits and 14 RBIs in 15 games.

Outfielder Ali Newland has a team-high 30 hits, a .380 batting average, and a team-best 11 multi-hit games this season. Infielder Raeleen Gutierrez follows with a .356 batting average on 26 hits and a team-best 11 extra-base hits. 

Shortstop Taylor Pleasants (.347) ranks No. 6 in the SEC with 31 RBIs, and outfielder Ciara Briggs (.337) leads the team with 25 runs scored and has the second-most hits on the team at 29.

Pitcher Sydney Berzon (9-1) paces the staff with 76 strikeouts No. 9 in SEC) in 72.2 innings pitched and has thrown eight complete games in 15 appearances with a shutout and three saves. Pitcher Raelin Chaffin (7-1) has fanned 41 batters in 43.2 innings and has two complete-game shutouts and a save this season. Utility pitcher Kelley Lynch is 4-0 in 37.0 frames and has 37 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a staff-low .144 average, which ranks No. 4 in the SEC.

LSU leads the all-time series against Missouri 17-10 and has won six of the last 10 games between the two clubs.

at No. 15 Missouri

  • Missouri was swept by No. 7 Tennessee last weekend in Knoxville, Tenn., but outlasted Kansas, 3-2, Wednesday night, despite two Jayhawk runs coming in the seventh stanza. Mizzou has a .288 batting average on 212 hits and a 2.25 ERA with 163 strikeouts. 

    Outfielder Alex Honnold leads the team with a .404 batting average, 36 hits (No. 5 in SEC), 60 total bases, and a .674 slugging percentage. Shortstop Jenna Laird follows with a .372 average at the plate and has scored a team-high 31 runs, ranking No. 6 in the SEC. 

    Pitcher Laurin Krings leads the team in the circle with 64 strikeouts in 71.1 innings and is 8-4 with a 2.75 ERA. Pitcher Cierra Harrison has a record of 9-1 with a 1.65 ERA. Harrison has 52 strikeouts in 63.2 innings, three shutouts, one save and holds opposing batters to a .161 average. 

    LSU won last season’s series against Missouri 2-1 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge. LSU and Missouri last played in Columbia, Mo., in 2021, and the Fighting Tigers have won four of the last six games played at Mizzou.

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