SEC CHAMPIONS #LSU 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 @LSUsoftball SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS @BethTorina 1999 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2007 2019 SOFTBALL WCWS APPEARANCES /LSUsoftball 2001 • 2004 • 2012 @LSUsoftball 2015 • 2016 • 2017 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NO. 10 LSU (43-17, 14-10 SEC) AT NO. 7 MINNESOTA (44-12, 20-2 BIG TEN) Date Opponent TV/StreamTime (CT)/Result FEBRUARY (14-3) BREAKDOWN 7 Tulsa! SECN+ W, 19-1 (5) 8 Iowa! SECN+ W, 9-0 (5) 8 Tulsa! SECN+ W, 11-0 (5) Minnesota 9 Iowa! SECN+ W, 16-1 (5) 9 Bucknell! SECN+ 10-0 (5) 2019 Record 43-17, 14-10 SEC 2019 Record 44-12, 20-2 BIG TEN 10 Bucknell! SECN+ 8-0 (5) Head Coach Jamie Trachsel 14 vs. No. 20 Oklahoma St.$ ESPNU W, 3-1 Head Coach Beth Torina 15 vs. 19 Oregon$ SECN L, 8-5 LSU Record/Years 359-153 (8th Season) MINN Record/Years 85-29 (2nd Season) 15 vs. No. 11 Texas$ ESPNU W, 7-1 Overall Record/Years 489-264 (12th Season) Minnesota leads all-time 2-0 16 vs. Ohio St.$ W, 7-2 16 vs. No. 1 Florida St.$ ESPN3 L, 9-1 (6) 21 Stanford@ SECN+ L, 7-5 ON DECK 22 Memphis@ SECN+ W, 4-0 22 RV Michigan@ SECN+ W, 2-0 LSU face Minnesota in Super Regionals 23 CSUN@ SECN+ W, 8-0 (5) The LSU softball team will face Minnesota in the Super Regionals this weekend, May 24-26. Minnesota leads the 24 RV Michigan@ SECN+ W, 2-1 all-time series 2-0. The last time they faced the Gophers was in 2017 in the LSU Invitational, falling 3-0. The first 26 Kent St. SECN+ w, 8-0 (5) meeting between the two teams came in 2014 in the Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge. The Tigers fell 1-0. Last season, MARCH (17-4) the Tigers fell in the Tallahassee Super Regional. The Tigers claimed game one, 6-5 but fell in game two, 8-5 in 11 1 USC Upstate% SECN+ W, 2-0 innings, and in game three 3-1. LSU has made it the Women’s College World Series three our of the last four years. 1 Indiana% SECN+ L, 7-3 UCLA and LSU were the only two teams to go for three straight years in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 2 Stephen F. Austin% SECN+ W, 6-0 2 Illinois St.% SECN+ W, 6-2 3 Stephen F. Austin% SECN+ W, 13-3 (5) FAST FACTS 5 at Northwestern St. W, 10-3 8 at Texas A&M* SECN+ W, 17-3 (5) Head coach Beth Torina is in her eighth consecutive games (SFA, Northwestern St, 9 at Texas A&M* SECN+ W, 7-0 • 10 at Texas A&M* SECN L, 6-5 season at the helm of LSU softball and has Texas A&M). She hit a grand slam at Georgia, 13 Troy SECN+ W, 11-0 (5) coached the Tigers to four Women’s College her third on the season and fourth in her 16 No. 7/7 Florida* SECN+ L, 4-3 World Series appearances. She earned her career. She is the only Tiger in program 17 No. 7/7 Florida* SECN W, 8-0 (6) 100th SEC victory in the 3-2 win over Florida history to hit three grand slams in a season. 18 No. 7/7 Florida* SECN W, 3-2 on March 18. Sanchez has hit multiple home runs in 20 Lamar SECN+ W, 4-1 22 at Georgia* SECN+ W, 11-4 • The Tigers put together six-straight run- four contests this season and is one away 23 at Georgia* SECN+ W, 6-4 rule victories to start the 2019 season, the from the single-season record of 18 with 17 24 at Georgia* ESPN W, 7-4 second-longest run-rule streak in program dingers on the year. 27 Nicholls SECN+ W, 12-1 (5) history. The Tigers have 15 run-rule wins on • Shelbi Sunseri hit a home run over the 29 South Carolina* SECN+ W, 8-5 the year after a 8-0 run-rule of ULM on April weekend in the regional. It was her 17th on 30 South Carolina* SECN L, 7-5 31 South Carolina* ESPNU W, 9-1 (6) 23. the season, tying with Shemiah Sanchez. APRIL (9-5) • LSU tallied 73 runs in 30 innings to start the She is one away from tying the single- 5 at Mississippi St.* SECN+ L, 6-0 year in the Tiger Classic, the most runs in season home run record. 6 at Mississippi St.* ESPNU W, 10-9 any six-game stretch in program history. • There have been 13 occasions when players 7 at Mississippi St.* ESPNU W, 5-3 The Tigers scored a total of 29 runs over have homered in 3 straight games. Sunseri 9 McNeese St. SECN+ W, 4-0 • 12 Kentucky* SECN+ L, 3-2 the three-game series against Texas A&M, and Shemiah Sanchez have done it this year. 13 Kentucky* SECN+ W, 5-0 the most runs scored in an SEC series in Sahvanna Jaquish did it 4 different times in 14 Kentucky* SECN+ W, 5-2 program history. her career. 18 at Arkansas* SECN+ L, 8-5 • The Tigers claimed the series over Florida for • Amber Serrett is third in games played 19 at Arkansas* SECN+ L, 11-1 (5) the first time since the 2015 season. It was among active Division I players with 257 in 20 at Arkansas* ESPNU W, 3-1 23 ULM SECN+ W, 8-0 (5) the first series victory in Baton Rouge since her career. 26 at Baylor W, 2-0 the 2007 season. • With 24 career homers, Sunseri has hit more 27 at Baylor W, 4-2 • The Tigers swept Georgia, their first sweep HRs than any pitcher in program history. She 27 at Baylor L, 5-1 in Athens since 2001. LSU opened the series passed Tessa Lynam (18 HRs, 16-3 record). MAY (3-5) with an 11-4 win and claimed the second In the Baton Rouge Regional, Savannah 3 Alabama* ESPN2 L, 7-0 • 4 Alabama* SECN L, 4-3 game 6-4 with a series finale victory of 7-4. Stewart and Michaela Schlattman each 5 Alabama* SECN+ L, 5-1 • The Tigers won six-straight SEC series, led the team with a .400 batting average. 9 Florida^ SECN L, 3-0 which is the most SEC series wins since Stewart was 6-for-15 with three stolen 17 Monmouth& ESPN3 W, 2-0 2007. bases. Schlattman was 4-for-10 with two 18 Texas Tech& ESPN3 W, 5-4 (13) Andrews broke the single-season stolen runs scored, a double and two RBI. 19 Texas Tech& ESPN3 L, 4-5 • 20 Texas Tech& ESPN W, 5-1 base record in the Baton Rouge Regional, • Serrett, Doyle, Sunseri and Amanda Sanchez 24 at Minnesota# ESPN2 4 p.m. tallying her 46th stolen base of the year. She all hit home runs. Sunseri finished with a 25 at Minnesota# ESPN2 5 p.m. broke the record set by Kirsten Shortridge team-high four RBI , while Serrett tallied 10 26 at Minnesota# ESPN 3 p.m. in 2010. Andrews now has 99 in her career total bases. 30-5 Women’s College World Series TBA which is third in program history. • In the circle, Maribeth Gorsuch went 2-0, All times are central and subject to change. Home games are • Last year the Tigers hit 41 home runs for the claiming a shutout win over Monmouth in bolded and played at Tiger Park. ! - Tiger Classic [Baton Rouge, season and the Tigers had 30 home runs game one and getting the championship La.]; $ - St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational [Clearwater, Fla.]; @ - Purple & Gold Challenge [Baton Rouge, La.]; % - LSU Invitational before SEC play this season, the most before win over Texas Tech. Gorsuch now has two [Baton Rouge, La.]; ^ - SEC Tournament; & - Baton Rouge Regionall; SEC play in program history. The Tigers postseason shutouts in her career. # - Minneapolis Super Regional; * - SEC Contest; SECN - SEC Network; SECN+ - SEC Network+; CST - Cox Sports broke the single-season home run record • Gorsuch had a 0.55 ERA wth eight strikeouts at Baylor. Sunseri hit the home run to tie and a shutout in 12.2 innings. Sunseri was the record and the home run to break. The 1-1 with nine strikeouts in 16 innings. Sunseri Tigers have now hit 73 on the year. held her opponents to a .207 average on the • Shemiah Sanchez became the first player in weekend. program history to hit multiple home runs in NCAA Tournament History NCAA TOURNAMENT Appearances: 21 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) All-Time Record: 78-47 (.620); Home: 36-14 (.717); Away: 15-17 (.469); Neutral: 27-15 (.643) Regionals: 57-27 (.675); Super Regionals: 10-10 (.500); WCWS: 11-12 (.478) Best Finish: 2001 (Pictured Above), 2004 WCWS Third Place; 2015 WCWS Third Place; 2016 WCWS Third Place, 2012 WCWS Fifth Place (Pictured Page 75) 1998 • NCAA REGION 4 • HOST: WASHINGTON 2004 • NCAA REGION 3 • HOST: BAYLOR Game 1 May 15, 1998 LSU 2, Long Beach State 0 Game 1 May 20, 2004 LSU 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0 Game 2 May 16, 1998 Washington 9, LSU 0 (5 Innings) Game 2 May 21, 2004 LSU 3, Seton Hall 0 Game 3 May 16, 1998 LSU 5, Long Beach State 4 Game 3 May 22, 2004 LSU 7, Baylor 3 (10 Innings) Game 4 May 17, 1998 Washington 6, LSU 0 Game 4 May 23, 2004 LSU 4, Illinois 1 1999 • NCAA REGION 5 • HOST: LSU WCWS • OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.