BATON ROUGE, La. – The Illinois State softball team (11-11) fell, 9-1, in six innings to No. 5/4 LSU (20-3) on Sunday to close out the Tigers' Round Robin, finishing at 2-2 on the weekend.
BIRD BITS
Top Offensive Players:
Pitching Breakdown:
- Amanda Fox: 2.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 1 K
- Hannah Ross: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K
- Kadi Borries: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – first career appearance
BY THE NUMBERS / KEY INNINGS
- LSU scratched five runs across on seven hits in the opening two frames to hold a 5-0 advantage over ISU early.
- Taylor Vanderpool launched her first home run of the season – and third of her career – to lead off the top of the third inning to put the Redbirds on the board.
- An RBI single in the bottom of the fourth helped LSU regain a five-run lead, before the Tigers tacked on a trio of unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the game, 9-1.
ON DECK
Illinois State will play its final game in Baton Rouge on Monday with a 3 p.m. match-up against Southern University. Â
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