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Softball Closes Regular Season with Series Win over Auburn
Tigers close year 13-11 in conference play
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Sunseri Anchors in Walk-off Win
Shelbi Sunseri got the Tigers going with a 2-1 win in the opener on Friday night. The LSU hurler tossed a complete game with three hits and two strikeouts. The Bayou Bengal offense got started in the first when Taylor Pleasants, who was named SEC Newcomer of the year and first team All-SEC, hit a solo home run. After Auburn came back to tie the game at one, Rayleen Gutizerez notched a sac-fly RBI to seal the win.
BATON ROUGE, La. – For the first time in school history, the Arkansas Razorbacks are SEC Champions after beating LSU 4-1 in the second game of a doubleheader Monday night in Baton Rouge, La. The victory split the double dip with the Tigers taking the first game 2-1.
Arkansas wraps up the regular season an incredible 40-8 and 19-5 in the SEC. The Razorbacks have clinched at least a share of the SEC crown and now await Florida’s series on the final weekend of the regular season next week. The Gators host Texas A&M and must win all three games against the Aggies to pull even with the Hogs and share the title. Arkansas becomes the first school outside of Alabama and Florida to win the SEC regular season since 2007.
No. 7 Arkansas takes series with 4-1 win over No. 14 LSU
LSU Softball Taylor Pleasants (17). (Source: LSU Softball) By Spencer Chrisman | May 3, 2021 at 8:25 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 8:26 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - No. 7 Arkansas took down No. 14 LSU 4-1 in game two of Mondayâs doubleheader to take the series.
With the win the Razorbacks won their first SEC regular season championship in school history.
Arkansas got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning on a passed ball to take a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning they would add to their nation leading home run total with back-to-back home runs to make it 3-0.