No. 10 LSU Concludes Regular Season with an SEC Series at No. 8 ArkansasNo. 10 LSU Concludes Regular Season with an SEC Series at No. 8 Arkansas

No. 10 LSU Concludes Regular Season with an SEC Series at No. 8 Arkansas

LSU will end the regular season with four consecutive top 10 SEC series.

BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 10 LSU has a quick turnaround with a three-game series at No. 8/6 Arkansas on May 1-3 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Ark., to conclude the 2025 regular season.

The series begins with a 6 p.m. CT game on Thursday, May 1, and game two is at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, May 2. The series finale will be at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 3. SEC Network+ will stream the entire series. Brett Dolan and KB Sides will call Thursday and Friday’s games, and Josh Haley will join Sides in the finale on Saturday. Fans in the Baton Rouge area can listen to Patrick Wright, the Voice of LSU Softball, on 107.3 FM or the LSU Sports Mobile app.

LSU (39-11, 11-10 SEC) leads Arkansas (36-10, 12-9 SEC) 63-17 in the all-time series, including a 28-10 mark when playing in Fayetteville. The Tigers return to Bogle Park for the first time since 2022 and are looking for their first series win in Fayetteville since 2016.

LSU has tallied 16 Top 25 wins this season and has won SEC series against Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky. The Tigers have a .341 batting average and a .454 on-base percentage, ranking No. 3 in the SEC. They have logged 430 hits, including 40 home runs and 357 runs, which rank No. 4 in the conference. The Tigers also rank in the top five in the SEC with a 2.72 ERA (No. 5) and a .211 opposing batting average (No. 4). The LSU pitching staff has 286 strikeouts, and the defense has a .972 fielding percentage.

Infielder Tori Edwards is one of the top hitters in the country as she leads LSU with a .423 batting average on 60 hits and has 32 extra-base hits on the season, including a program single-season record 18 home runs. Edwards, who has scored 50 runs, ranks No. 2 in the SEC with 68 RBI, a .901 slugging percentage, and 128 total bases. Infielder Danieca Coffey has a .405 batting average with 60 hits, 48 runs and 37 RBI. Coffey’s 45 walks rank No. 2 in the SEC, and her .536 on-base percentage ranks No. 7.

Pitcher Sydney Berzon leads the staff with a 17-5 record and has a 2.29 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 122.1 innings pitched. Freshman pitcher Jayden Heavener (11-4) ranks No. 6 in the SEC with 132 strikeouts and has the third-lowest opposing batting average in the conference at .173, and Tatum Clopton (7-1) has the fifth-lowest opposing batting average at .187 with a 2.86 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 51.1 innings.

vs. No. 8/6 Arkansas

  • Arkansas enters the final week of the regular season with five consecutive SEC series wins, the most recent being a 2-1 victory over then No. 1/2 Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The Razorbacks have a .333 batting average on the season, and in SEC games alone, they rank No. 2 with 167 hits and 122 runs scored. Arkansas has a 2.77 ERA with 285 strikeouts in the circle and has held opposing batters to a .203 batting average, the second lowest in the SEC. Arkansas also leads the SEC with a .985 fielding percentage.

    Infielder Bri Ellis is the unquestioned leader of the Arkansas offense. She leads the SEC with a .491 batting average, 24 home runs, 46 walks, a 1.218 slugging percentage, and a .645 on-base percentage. Ellis has 54 hits this season and has registered 57 runs and 65 RBI, both ranking No. 4 in the SEC. Infielder Ella McDowell (.397) and outfielder Reagan Johnson (.369) follow with 56 and 59 hits, respectively.  

    Robyn Herron (15-4) is the top arm in the Arkansas pitching staff. She has a 2.25 ERA with 127 strikeouts in 109.0 innings pitched. Herron has three shutouts this season and has held opposing batters to a .180 average. Payton Burnham (11-2) is the No. 2 pitcher with a 2.62 ERA behind 69 strikeouts in 80.0 innings.

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