SOFTBALL 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2016 LSU DEPTH CHART BREAKDOWN FIRST PITCH NO. 12/14 LSU (37-13, SEC) AT ARKANSAS (17-33, 1-17 SEC)

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1 2016 SOFTBALL SEC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS NCAA WOMEN S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent TV/Stream Time/Result FEBRUARY (13-2) 12 Ohio State! SECN+ W, 9-0 [5] 12 North Florida! SECN+ W, 9-0 [5] 13 Connecticut! SECN+ W, 13-2 [5] 13 Pacific! SECN+ L, Pacific! W, 10-1 [5] 19 vs. No. 9/10 Arizona@ L, vs. Bethune-Cookman@ W, 16-2 [5] 20 vs. UCSB@ W, vs. No. 15/16 UCF@ W, vs. No 8/7 UCLA@ W, South Alabama SECN+ W, Illinois State# W, 10-2 [5] 27 Illinois State# W, 9-1 [5] 27 Texas Tech# W, 3-2 [8] 28 Texas Tech# W, 5-3 MARCH (13-6) 1 ULM SECN+ W, 8-0 [5] 4 Memphis$ W, 17-2 [5] 4 Tennessee Tech$ W, 8-0 [5] 5 Liberty$ W, 8-0 [5] 5 Louisiana Tech$ W, Tennessee Tech$ SECN+ W, 16-0 [5] 8 Longwood W, Longwood W, No. 6/4 Alabama [SEC] W, No. 6/4 Alabama [SEC] SECN L, No. 6/4 Alabama [SEC] SECN W, at Louisiana Tech CST W, 30-8 [6] 18 at No. 11/10 Texas A&M [SEC] SECN+ L, at No. 11/10 Texas A&M [SEC] SECN+ W, at No. 11/10 Texas A&M [SEC] SECN+ L, Nicholls SECN+ W, No. 1/1 Florida [SEC] SECN+ L, No. 1/1 Florida [SEC] SECN+ L, 3-0 [9] 26 No. 1/1 Florida [SEC] ESPN2 L, 6-2 APRIL (11-5) 1 at No. 10/9 Georgia [SEC] SECN+ W, at No. 10/9 Georgia [SEC] W, at No. 10/9 Georgia [SEC] SECN+ L, Southern Miss SECN+ W, No. 16/15 Kentucky [SEC] ESPN L, No. 16/15 Kentucky [SEC] SECN L, No. 16/15 Kentucky [SEC] SECN L, at Southeastern La. CST W, at Mississippi St. [SEC] SECN+ L, at Mississippi St. [SEC] SECN W, 5-2 [12] 17 at Mississippi St. [SEC] SECN W, 12-1 [5] 20 Northwestern St. W, South Carolina [SEC] W, South Carolina [SEC] SECN+ W, 8-0 [5] 24 South Carolina [SEC] SECN+ W, McNeese St. SECN+ W, at Arkansas [SEC] 6 p.m. 30 at Arkansas [SEC] ESPNU 6 p.m. MAY (0-0) 1 at Arkansas [SEC] 1 p.m. 7 Washington SECN+ 4 p.m. 7 Washington SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 8 Washington ESPN2 12 p.m at SEC Tournament [Starkville, Miss.] TBA NCAA Regional TBA NCAA Super Regional TBA JUNE (0-0) 2-8 Women s College World Series [Oklahoma City, Okla] TBA All times are central and subject to change. Home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park.!-Tiger Nutter Collegiate Classic; #-Purple and Gold Challenge; $-LSU Invitational; [SEC]-SEC contest; SECN- SEC Network; CST-Cox Sports Television. NO. 12/14 LSU (37-13, SEC) AT ARKANSAS (17-33, 1-17 SEC) 2016 LSU DEPTH CHART POS NAME HT CL. AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OB% SF-SH SB-SBA C/DP Kellsi Kloss 5-8 Sr C/DP Sahvanna Jaquish 5-8 Jr C Sydney Loupe 5-2 So B Sandra Simmons 5-6 Sr B Constance Quinn 5-5 Jr B Shemiah Sanchez 5-2 Fr SS Amber Serrett 5-6 Fr B Bianka Bell 5-5 Sr B Jenna Kreamer 5-4 Sr LF Emily Griggs 5-1 So RF Bailey Landry 5-8 Jr DP Allie Walljasper 6-2 So DP Carley Hoover 6-2 So DP Baylee Corbello 5-5 Jr INF Sydney Bourg 5-6 So INF Randi Provost 5-6 So OF Alayna Falcon 5-3 Sr OF Layna Savoie 5-7 Jr OF Taylor Lockwood 5-7 So OF Akiya Thymes 5-1 Fr UTL Elyse Thornhill 5-9 Fr UTL Taylor Satchell 5-4 Fr IN THE CIRCLE POS NAME HT CL. ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO WP-HP OP BA P Carley Hoover 6-2 So / P Allie Walljasper 6-2 So / P Sydney Smith 6-0 Fr / P Baylee Corbello 5-5 Jr / LSU 2016 Record , SEC Ranking...12/14 Head Coach...Beth Torina LSU Record/Years /5 Overall Record/Years /9 Record vs. Arkansas Team Batting Average Team ERA ARKANSAS 2016 Record , 1-17 SEC Ranking...NA Head Coach... Courtney Deifel Arkansas Record/Years /1 Overall Record/Years /2 Team Batting Average Team ERA FIRST PITCH LSU hits the road for the final time in the regular season this weekend, taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville. The Tigers have won seven-straight and eight of the last nine overall heading into the weekend. LSU has won five of its last six conference games in a row heading into the weekend. The Tigers are 5-4 in conference road games this season. LSU has won nine of the last 10 against Arkansas, sweeping a series at home last year. The last time the two met in Fayetteville the Tigers took two of three games. LSU is three wins away from 1,000 as a program. BREAKDOWN LSU STAT ARK Batting Average Slugging Percentage On-Base Percentage Fielding Percengtage Stolen Bases Total Hits Doubles Triples Home Runs Walks ERA /1... Shutouts...2/ Pitcher Strikeouts Walks Allowed Opp. Batting Average LAST TEN VS... Date Team Result Score 04/03/11 at Arkansas W /30/12 Arkansas W /31/12 Arkansas W 9-1 [6] 04/01/12 Arkansas W /05/13 at Arkansas W /06/13 at Arkansas L /07/13 at Arkansas W /06/15 Arkansas W 10-0 (5) 03/07/15 Arkansas W /08/15 Arkansas W 7-1

2 Quick Facts UNIVERSITY Location Baton Rouge, La. Founded 1860 Enrollment 29,865 Nickname Tigers or Fighting Tigers Colors Purple & Gold Mascot Mike VI (live Bengal tiger) Conference Southeastern President & Chancellor Dr. F. King Alexander NCAA Faculty Representative Dr. Bill Demastes SOFTBALL STAFF Head Coach Beth Torina Alma Mater, Year Florida, 2000 Record at LSU (Seasons) (4) Career Record (Seasons) (8) Assistant Coach Howard Dobson Alma Mater, Year McNeese State, 1997 Year at LSU 5th Season Assistant Coach Lindsay Leftwich Alma Mater, Year Northwesten State, 2005 Year at LSU 5th Season Volunteer Assistant Coach Kara Dill Year at LSU 2nd Season Director of Operations Quinlan Duhon Alma Mater, Year LSU, 2008 Year at LSU 7th Season TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Overall Record SEC Record (Finish) 15-9 (T-4th) 2015 SEC Tournament Finish Second Round 2015 Postseason WCWS 2015 Final Ranking (NFCA/USA Softball) 4/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 16/4 Starters Returning/Lost 7/1 Pitchers Returning/Lost 3/1 Newcomers 7 PROGRAM HISTORY All-Time Record (.752) All-Time SEC Record (.708) SEC Western Division Titles 9 Seasons , 2004, 2007, 2013 SEC Regular Season Titles 5 Seasons 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 All-Time SEC Tournament Record (.660) SEC Tournament Titles 5 Seasons 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 NCAA Tournament Record (.613) NCAA Tournament Appearances 17 Seasons , Women s College World Series Appearances 4 Seasons 2001, 2004, 2012, 2015 ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Director of Athletics/Vice Chancellor Joe Alleva Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations Verge Ausberry Sr. Assoc. AD/Student Services & SWA Miriam Segar Sr. Assoc. AD/Business Mark Ewing Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance & Planning Bo Bahnsen Sr. Assoc. AD/Facilities & Grounds Ronnie Haliburton Sr. Assoc. AD/Internal Affiars & Eddie Nunez Project Development Associate AD/Ticket Manager Brian Broussard Assistant AD/Marketing Matt Shanklin SPORTS INFORMATION Associate AD/SID Michael Bonnette Senior Associate SID Bill Franques Senior Associate SID Kent Lowe Associate SID (Softball Contact) Clyde Verdin Verdin s Address cverdin@lsu.edu Verdin s Office Phone (225) Verdin s Cell Phone (225) SID Fax (225) Associate SID Jennifer Rodrigues Associate SID Will Stafford Associate SID Jake Terry Administrative Specialist Pam LeBlanc Graphics Design Coordinator Hannah Brinks Staff Photographer Steve Franz 25 Practice 2 p.m 26 vs. McNeese State W, Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. B-T Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 00 Akiya Thymes OF 5-1 L-R Fr-HS Brusly, La, (Brusly HS) 1 Layna Savoie OF 5-7 R-R Jr.-2L Lake Charles, La. (Barbe HS) 2 Sahvanna Jaquish C/INF 5-8 R-R Jr.-2L Highland, Calif. (Redlands East Valley HS) 3 Sandra Simmons INF 5-6 L-L Sr.-3L Fountain Valley, Calif. (Marina HS) 4 Jenna Kreamer INF 5-4 R-R Sr.-1L Shreveport, La. (Louisiana-Lafayette) 5 Constance Quinn INF 5-5 R-R Jr.-2L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove HS) 8 Emily Griggs OF 5-1 L-R So.-1L Wichita, Kan. (Maize HS) 9 Elyse Thornhill UTL 5-9 L-R Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La. (St. Joeeph s Academy) 10 Sydney Bourg INF 5-6 L-R So.-1L Slidell, La (Northshore HS) 11 Taylor Satchell UTL 5-4 R-R Fr.-HS Rayne, La. (Notre Dame HS) 12 Sydney Smith P/1B 6-0 R-R Fr.-HS Maple Grove, Minn (Maple Grove HS) 13 Sydney Loupe C 5-2 R-R So.-1L Slidell, La. (Pope John Paul II Catholic HS) 14 Taylor Lockwood OF 5-7 L-R So.-1L Walker, La. (Walker HS) 17 Amber Serrett INF 5-6 R-R Fr.-HS Spring, Texas (Oak Ridge HS) 19 Baylee Corbello P/UTL 5-5 R-R Jr.-2L Lake Charles, La. (Sam Houston HS) 20 Randi Provost INF 5-6 R-R So.-TR Loreauville, La. (Louisiana-Lafayette) 21 Carley Hoover P 6-2 R-R So.-1L Clemson, S.C. (Stanford) 23 Shemiah Sanchez INF 5-2 R/R Fr.-HS Newnan, Ga. (East Coweta HS) 24 Alayna Falcon OF 5-3 R-R Sr.-3L Donaldsonville, La. (Ascension Catholic HS) 25 Allie Walljasper P 6-2 R-R So.-1L Manteca, Calif. (Sierra HS) 26 Bailey Landry OF 5-8 L-R Jr.-2L Prairieville, La. (East Ascension HS) 27 Bianka Bell INF/P 5-5 R-R Sr.-3L Tampa, Fla. (Chamberlain HS) 77 Kellsi Kloss C 5-8 R-R Sr.-3L Cypress, Calif. (Pacifica HS) COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Beth Torina [Florida, 2000} Assistant Coach: Howard Dobson [McNeese State, 1997] Assistant Coach: Lindsay Leftwich [Northwestern State, 2005] Volunteer Coach: Kara Dill [Kentucky, 2012] Director of Operations: Quinlan Duhon [LSU, 2008] PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Sydney BOURG Berg Sydney LOUPE Loop Sahvanna JAQUISH Jay-KWISH AKIYA THYMES A-kai-uh Times Shemiah Sanchez Sha-miah Layna SAVOIE Sav-wah Jenna KREAMER Kramer Beth TORINA To-ree-nuh SPORTS INFORMATION LSU Associate Sports Information Director Clyde Verdin handles the media relations duties for the Tiger softball team. Verdin can be reached at his office (225) , on his cell (225) or by at cverdin@lsu.edu. PRACTICE TIMES/INTERVIEWS LSU practices at Tiger Park and team sessions generally begin around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon s. Head coach Beth Torina and players are available for interviews beginning at 1 p.m. prior to the team practice session. Members of the media who wish to cover practice should contact SID Clyde Verdin for the latest practice times. During the season, the Tigers generally take Monday s off. Office and phone interviews may be arranged on special occasions. Torina s office is located on the fourth floor of the Athletic Administration Building. All interview requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance with Verdin. Information about the Tiger softball team, including player bios, game recaps and notes packets are available online at the Official Website of LSU Athletics, Off This Week At A Glance 28 Practice 2 p.m. Travel to Arkansas 29 at Arkansas 6 p.m. SECN+ LSU softball games that are broadcast on the radio also can be heard in the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net. Live statistics for all games will be carried on LSUsports.net. MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET Media can now access images for all LSU athletics teams, including action shots, head shots and logos. To gain access to the high-resolution pictures, Clyde Verdin. You will be assigned a user name and a password. This service is for media use only. Resale of these images is strictly prohibited. TIGERS ON THE RADIO LSU softball is in its 20th season of radio coverage, as the LSU Sports Network will broadcast 30 regular season games which includes all of the team s 24 SEC contests in addition to all postseason games. The games will be broadcast in the Baton Rouge area on Talk FM. In addition, the games can be heard live on the internet in the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net. Patrick Wright calls the play-by-play action. 30 at Arkansas 6 p.m. ESPNU 1 at Arkansas 1 p.m. SECN+

3 LSU s Record When... WIN-LOSS SUMMARY 2016 OVERALL Overall Non-Conference SEC SEC Tournament NCAA Tournament Home Away Neutral vs. Top vs. Top Louisiana Teams Day Games Night Games February March April May Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday RHP Starter LHP Starter Shutouts Run-rule Games Extra-inning Games One-run Games Two-run Games Three-run + Games Scored in 1st Inning Opp. Scored in 1st Inning Scored First Opp. Scored First Scored 0-2 Runs Scored 3-5 Runs Scored 6-9 Runs Scored 10 + Runs Opp. Scored 0-2 Runs Opp. Scored 3-5 Runs Opp. Scored 6-9 Runs Opp. Scored 10 + Runs Out-hit Opp Out-hit by Opp Hits are Tied Made 0 Errors Made 1 + Errors Opp. Made 0 Errors Opp. Made 1 + Errors A Look Back - South Carolina LSU claimed its second consecutive SEC series victory last weekend, sweeping the South Carolina Gamecocks in Baton Rouge. It was the first sweep over South Carolina since the 2012 season, and the first over an SEC opponent this season. The Tigers outscored the Gamecocks 17-2 over the course of the series and outhit South Carolina 21-7 in the three games. The team posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time since the Longwood doubleheader in March. LSU finished with a team batting average of.344, with three doubles and two home runs. The group finished with a.492 slugging percentage and.468 on-base percentage. 16 of the 17 runs that crossed the plate last weekend were RBIs. LSU was walked 15 times in the series, while only issuing one to the visitors. Nine different LSU players had hits in the series, with seven having multiple hits. Bianka Bell and Sahvanna Jaquish tied for the team lead in hits on the weekend with four each, as Jaquish led the group in RBIs with five. Bell had a slugging percentage and an.800 on-base percentage of.800 with a double, home run, three runs scored and three walks. Emily Griggs produced consecutive multiple-rbi games over the weekend, tying Jaquish with four while scoring three times. Sandra Simmons finished third on the team with a.429 batting average, as she continues to lead the group with a.349 batting average in conference play. The LSU pitching staff finished the weekend with a 0.00 ERA as the only two runs South Carolina plated in the opening game were unearned. All three pitchers earned complete-game victories, as the Gamecocks hit just.108 as a group in the three games. South Carolina hit just.083 against Hoover, as struck out five with the only walk of the weekend for the trio. Walljasper needed just 50 pitches to work through a five-inning win on Saturday, scattering a pair of hits. Smith earned her sixth shutout of the year allowing three hits and striking out four as she has pitched 16 scoreless innings against conference competition SEC Standings TEAM SEC PCT. OVERALL PCT. Florida Auburn Kentucky Alabama Tennessee Georgia Ole Miss LSU Missouri Texas A&M South Carolina Mississippi State Arkansas Leading after 6 Innings Trailing after 6 Innings Tied after 6 Innings

4 USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Week 11 RANK TEAM PTS RECORD PVS 1 Florida (31) Michigan (1) Auburn Alabama Oregon James Madison Florida State Louisiana-Lafayette Oklahoma Washington Kentucky LSU Tennessee Georgia UCLA Missouri Arizona Texas A&M Notre Dame Fresno State Baylor USF Florida Atlantic Minnesota Cal State Fullerton RV Dropped Out: Arizona State New to Poll: Cal State Fullerton Receiving Votes: Arizona State (19), Utah (15), Texas (8), Nebraska (4), Ohio State (1), Oregon State (1). Bold Opponent; [RV] Receiving Votes ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Week 11 RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS 1. Florida (17) Michigan (1) Auburn Alabama Oregon Florida State (2) James Madison Oklahoma Louisiana-Lafayette Washington Kentucky Tennessee UCLA LSU Georgia Missouri Arizona T18. South Florida T18. Notre Dame Baylor Fresno State Texas A&M Minnesota Florida Atlantic RV 25. Ohio State Dropped Out: Nebraska (24) New to Poll: Florida Atlantic (RV) RV: Utah (22), Cal State Fullerton (13), Nebraska (10), Texas (3), USC Upstate (2), Louisville (1), Florida International (1) Ring the Bell With her three hits against McNeese State on April 26, senior Bianka Bell set the new career mark for total bases with 469, setting a new LSU program record in the process. Over the course of her four-year career, Bell has set or tied 12 game, season and career numbers as a Tiger, as she is currently within reach of the career walks record and is in the top 10 in a host of others. Stat Old Record Bell s Record Slugging % (Sesaon) (2015) Runs (Season) (2015) Home Runs (Season) (2015) Total Bases (Season) (2015) Walks (Season) Slugging %Career) On-Base % (Career) RBI (Career) Multi-RBI Games (Career) Total Bases (Career) Home Runs (Game) 2 3 RBIs (Game) 7 9 #Consistency In the history of the LSU softball program, seven players have finished a season with at least 50 RBIs, but only two have done it consistently over three years, that being LSU senior Bianka Bell and junior Sahvanna Jaquish. The duo are the only two to have at least 50 in each of their first three seasons, while Bell is currently over fifty, as she is the first to do so all four years. Jaquish, who set the record for RBIs in a single season with 73 last year, is second all-time in RBI only to Bell who set the career mark with over 200. Smith Named To NFCA FOY Top 25 List LSU freshman pitcher Sydney Smith was named to the Schutt Sports/ NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 list on April 21, the third consecutive year a Tiger has been named to the list. Smith won each of her first five starts before suffering her first loss, as this season she s thrown the fourth perfect game in LSU history to go along with a pair of one-hitters. She was one of nine selected from the SEC. Going The Distance In a see-saw game April 16 on the road at Mississippi State, the Tigers withstood the longest game of the season, coming out on top with a 5-2 win over the Bulldogs in 12 innings. It was the fourth time in program history that an LSU team has played a 12-inning contest, improving its record to 2-2 in those games, as it was the first since the 2014 season. It was the second-longest game by inning for an SEC team this season. LSU Plays Third-Longest Game Ever LSU s win over Mississippi State on April 16 took four hours and 21 minutes to finish, winding up as the third longest game the team has played in program history. It was the third time that an LSU softball game has lasted four hours in length, with the last being a four hour, 31 minute contest against Alabama on April 18, The first, and the longest, was a four hour, 45 minute game against Florida on March 9, By comparison, game one and three of the MSU series combined to last four hours and 31 minutes. Professional Tigers On Thursday, April 14, three senior members of the LSU softball team were picked by National Pro Fastpitch teams in Bianka Bell, Kellsi Kloss and Sandra Simmons during the NPF College Draft presented by Bownet. Kloss was the first selected, picked 17th overall by the Chicago SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Bandits, while Simmons was selected 23rd overall by the Akron Racers and Bell being picked 36th by the Pennsylvania Rebellion. Two of thehave teams have LSU ties, as former LSU player A.J. Andrews was selected by the Bandits last season, while former Tiger pitchers Rachele Fico and Brittany Mack were selected by the Racers. Simmons Swag Against Southeastern Louisiana on April 13, senior Sandra Simmons went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a 9-1 win for the Tigers. The four hits is a career high for the Californian, as she became one of five players to earn four hits on the season. Before Monday s game against Kentucky, she rode a nine-game hitting streak which was also a career long and the fourth longest for an LSU player this season. Torina Hits 200 LSU s 5-1 win over Georgia on April 2 not only clinched a big road series for the Tigers, but also gave head coach Beth Torina her 200th win as LSU s head coach. Now in her fifth season, Torina, already the second-winningest coach in program history, needed just 285 games to reach the milestone as coming into this season she has half of LSU s Women s College World Series appearances and averaging over 40 wins per season. Pinch-Hit Power With two strikes and two outs in the top of the seventh, sophomore Allie Walljasper helped spark LSU s furious comeback on the road at Georgia by hitting her first home run of the season, a pinch hit two-run shot, to pull LSU within one. The Tigers would score four runs in the inning to take the lead, winning game one 5-4, leading to the team winning its first series win against Georgia in Athens since Broken Record (Book) LSU s 30-8 win over Louisiana Tech on March 15 was one of the most prolific offensive displays in Tiger softball history, scoring 15 runs in the sixth and setting a host of records in the process. It was the largest margin of victory in an LSU win in program history, as the hits are a new SEC record, while the runs and home runs tied conference records. The team also tied the record for at-bats in a single game with 48. Statistic Previous Record New Record Runs RBIs Hits Home Runs 5 7 Total Bases Touch Em All Senior catcher Kellsi Kloss set a new program record for total bases in a single game with 14 against Louisiana Tech, breaking Ashlee Ducote s mark of 13 set in April of Kloss went 4-for-6 with a double, three home runs, four RBIs and four runs scored. Nice Night for Nine In a record that stood solo for all of 19 games, Bianka Bell tied Kellsi Kloss record for most RBIs in a single contest with nine against Louisiana Tech, which was originally set against Bethune-Cookman on February 19 in California. Bell was 4-for-5 in the game, as three of the four hits were home runs, scoring four times. On the year. four LSU players have combined for eight games with four or more RBIs on the season. We Tried to Tell You... (See: Fool Me Once...) Never before had LSU have a player hit more than two home runs in a single game going into the contest against Louisiana Tech. That record was broken and doubled in one night as senior Kellsi Kloss became the Tigers In The Polls USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25 Preseason No. 3 [711] ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL Preseason No. 3 [446] Feb. 16 No. 4 [675] Feb. 16 No. 4 [423] Feb. 23 No. 5 [664] Feb. 23 No. 5 [420] March 1 No. 5 [659] March 1 No. 6 [397] March 8 No. 4 [676] March 8 No. 6 [397] March 15 No. 4 [703] March 15 No. 4 [433] March 22 No. 7 [620] March 22 No. 6 [391] March 29 No. 8 [570] March 29 No. 10 [328] April 5 No. 8 [591] April 5 No. 9 [340] April 12 No. 11 [471] April 12 No. 13 [270] April 19 No. 14 [404] April 19 No. 15 [220] April 26 No. 12 [424] April 26 No. 14 [234] May 3 May 10 May 17 Final May 3 May 10 May 17 Final

5 LSU Multi-Hit Games PLAYER SEASON CAREER Bianka Bell Sandra Simmons Bailey Landry Sahvanna Jaquish Kellsi Kloss Emily Griggs Constance Quinn Amber Serrett Elyse Thornhill Sydney Bourg Alayna Falcon Jenna Kreamer Allie Walljasper LSU Multi-RBI Games PLAYER SEASON CAREER Bianka Bell Sahvanna Jaquish Sandra Simmons Kellsi Kloss Bailey Landry Constance Quinn Emily Griggs Amber Serrett Alayna Falcon Elyse Thornhill Jenna Kreamer Shemiah Sanchez Allie Walljasper Sydney Bourg LSU Hitting Streaks PLAYER SEASON CURRENT CAREER Bailey Landry 6-21 Bianka Bell Kellsi Kloss Sahvanna Jaquish Constance Quinn Sandra Simmons Emily Griggs Amber Serrett 6-6 Allie Walljasper 6-6 Taylor Satchell 5-5 Jenna Kreamer 2-4 Alayna Falcon 3-4 Sydney Bourg Shemiah Sanchez 3-3 Baylee Corbello Elyse Thornhill 2-2 Carley Hoover 1-2 Taylor Lockwood 1-1 Randi Provost first to hit three, with Bianka Bell following soon after in the same inning. Kloss already had a pair of two home run contests coming into the game, as she also matched her mark of hitting a homer in the same inning in the sixth. Going into the weekend, Bell had just one home run, as over the course of the next three games of the Alabama series and one against LaTech, hit five to increase that total to six in four contests. More Awards For Tigers Just before the game against Louisiana Tech March 15, Bianka Bell and Carley Hoover were named the LSWA s Player and Pitcher of the Week. Bell earns the LSWA award for the first time this season, while Hoover has earned the award for the second consecutive week and third overall on the season. Bell Named USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week Already the SEC Player of the Week, senior Bianka Bell was named the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week the organization announced on March 15. Bell is the second player in program history to earn the award twice in a career, as she won the award around the same time during the 2015 season. Emily Turner was the last, winning the award in 2006 and Bell Named SEC Player of the Week After hitting.467 with seven hits, a slugging percentage, six RBIs and seven runs scored, LSU senior infielder Bianka Bell was named the SEC Player of the Week March 14. Four of Bell s seven hits were for extra bases, including belting two home runs in the series against Alabama. She was walked twice and hit twice. having a.579 on-base percentage as LSU went 4-1 last week. Topping 200 Going into the weekend series against Alabama already the career leader in RBIs, senior Bianka Bell became the first LSU softball player in program history to cross the 200 threshold in the finale against the Crimson Tide March 13. With 196 heading into the series, Bell moved to 199 after her three on Friday, as the two she drove in on Sunday pushed her to 201 with much of the year remaining. Hoover Moves to 10-0 to Tie Record With her 10th victory of the season on Sunday, Carley Hoover became just the second LSU pitcher to win 10 games without suffering a loss to start a season. It s the first since 2013, and with one more victory will Overall Ranking 15 Strength of Schedule 10 Record vs. RPI Home 2-7 Away 3-3 Neutral 1-1 Record vs. RPI Home 5-0 Away 2-1 Neutral 1-0 Record vs. RPI Home 8-0 Away 1-0 Neutral 0-0 Record vs. RPI Home 4-0 Away 0-0 Neutral 1-0 Record vs. RPI Home 6-1 Away 1-0 Neutral 1-0 own the record. RPI REPORT NCAA Active Leaders With a four-year career nearly in the books, senior Bianka Bell is among some of the best in the country over that span, among the nation s leaders in RBIs and total bases. Currently, Bell is third in RBIs, while fourth in total bases. She s one of three players currently in the SEC in both categories. NFCA Tabs Hoover as National Pitcher of the Week Hours before taking the circle later that night against Longwood on March 9, sophomore Carley Hoover pulled in another award as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association named her the Division I National Pitcher of the Week. She is the first LSU pitcher to earn the award and the ninth to earn one of the NFCA s weekly awards in program history. Hoover Named SEC Pitcher of the Week On Monday, March 7, sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover was named the SEC Player of the Week, giving the Clemson, South Carolina, native her first league weekly award of the season. Its the second for her in her LSU career. Hoover was 3-0 on the weekend with a 0.00 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 13.2 innings of work, allowing just two hits. Hoover Earns First No-Hitter In the LSU Invitational finale against Tennessee Tech March 6, sophomore Pitcher Carley Hoover earned her first no-hitter after striking out seven Golden Eagle batters and only three reaching base during the contest. It s the 37th no-hitter in LSU history and the 23rd to be done in six or fewer innings. Jaquish Sets Career Multi-HR Mark With her two solo home runs against Liberty on March 5, junior Sahvanna Jaquish set a new LSU record for most career multi-home run games with five. The previous record was four, set by Julie Wiese from The next closest is Kellsi Kloss who has four, earning three of those games this season and Bianka Bell with three. Pitch Perfect In the opener of the LSU Invitational against Tennessee Tech on March 4, LSU freshman pitcher Sydney Smith earned the fourth perfect game in LSU history as the Tigers won 8-0 in five innings. It was the first perfect game since Rachele Fico s in 2011 against Southeastern Louisiana, as Smith is just the third pitcher in program history to pitch SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE OPPONENTS RPI SEC RANK [RECORD VS.] Florida 1 [0-3] Alabama 4 [2-1] Auburn 5 [0-0] Missouri 11 [0-0] Kentucky 12 [0-3] Tennessee 13 [0-0] LSU 15 Georgia 19 [2-1] Texas A&M 22 [1-2] South Carolina 28 [3-0] Ole Miss 30 [0-0] Mississippi State 33 [2-1] Arkansas 65 [0-0]

6 The Last Time A Tiger... Scored three runs in a game: Emily Griggs, South Carolina, 04/23/16 Scored four runs in a game: Bianka Bell, Kellsi Kloss, Bailey Landry, Amber Serrett, Jenna Kreamer, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Had four hits in a game: Sandra Simmons, at Southeastern La., 04/13/16 Had five hits in a game: Sahvanna Jaquish, at South Carolina, 04/19/14 Had five RBIs in a game: Sahvanna Jaquish, Illinois State, 02/27/16 Had six RBIs in a game: Kellsi Kloss, Illinois State, 02/26/16 Had seven RBIs in a game: Stephanie Hill, Nicholls State, 04/01/04 Had nine RBIs in a game: Bianka Bell, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Had two doubles in a game: Emily Griggs, Tennessee Tech, 03/04/16 Had three doubles in a game: Allison Falcon, vs. Louisville, 05/16/14 Had two triples in a game: A.J. Andrews, Stephen F. Austin, 03/01/15 Had two home runs in a game: Sahvanna Jaquish, Liberty, 03/05/16 Had three home runs in a game: Bianka Bell, Kellsi Kloss, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Hit a grand slam: Bianka Bell, at Mississippi State, 04/17/16 Lead off game with home run: Kirsten Shortridge, at Hawai`i, 02/07/09 Lead off inning with home run: Bianka Bell, South Carolina, 04/24/16 Hit an inside-the-park home run: Kailey McCasland, Central Arkansas, 02/13/15 Hit a walk-off home run to win regulation game: Sahvanna Jaquish, Louisiana Tech, 02/17/15 Hit a walk-off home run to win an extra inning game: Bailey Landry, Illinois State [8th], 02/27/16 Had eight total bases in a game: Sandra Simmons, vs. No. 16 Arizona, 05/24/15 Had nine total bases in a game: Kellsi Kloss, vs. Berthune-Cookman, 02/19/15 Had 10 total bases in a game: Kellsi Kloss, at No. 14 Tennessee, 04/12/15 Had 13 total bases in a game: Bianka Bell, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Had 14 total bases in a game: Kellsi Kloss, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Drew three walks in a game: Bianka Bell, Sandra Simmons, at Mississippi State, 04/16/16 Drew four walks in a game: Ashley Langoni, Penn State, 02/11/12 Drew two intentional walks in a game: Bianka Bell, Arkansas, 03/09/15 Drew three intentional walks in a game: Stephanie Hill, at Ole Miss [Gm 1], 04/17/04 Hit by pitch twice in a game: Bianka Bell, Bailey Landry, at Louisiana Tech, 03/15/16 Struck out three times in a game: Bianka Bell, at No. 10 Georgia, 04/03/16 Struck out four times in a game: Alex Boulet, No. 1 Alabama, 04/08/11 Struck out five times in a game: Ashley Lewis, Southern Miss, 05/20/00 Had two sacrifice hits in a game: Jacee Blades, vs. SIUE, 02/07/14 Had three sacrifice hits in a game: Tara Asbill, at Alabama [Gm 1], 05/05/00 Had two sacrifice flies in a game: Sahvanna Jaquish, vs. No. 13 Arizona, 02/20/15 Had two stolen bases in a game: Akiya Thymes, Southern Miss, 04/06/16 Had three stolen bases in a game: Emily Griggs, Tennessee State, 02/07/15 Had four stolen bases in a game: Cassie Trosclair, vs. Sacred Heart, 05/21/11 Seven-inning complete-game shutout: Sydney Smith, South Carolina, 04/24/16 Extra-inning complete-game shutout: Rachele Fico, at Mississippi State [14 IP], 03/08/13 Tossed a perfect game: Sydney Smith vs. Tennessee Tech [5 IP], 03/04/16 Tossed a no-hitter: Carley Hoover vs. Tennessee Tech [5 IP], 03/06/15 Seven-inning no-hitter: Rachele Fico, vs. Ohio State [7 IP], 02/22/13 Seven-inning complete-game one-hitter: Carley Hoover, No. 16 Kentucky, 04/09/16 Recorded 13 strikeouts in a game: Carley Hoover, No.1 Florida, 03/25/16 Recorded 14 strikeouts in a game: Rachele Fico, Tulsa, 02/09/13 Recorded 15 strikeouts in a game: Carley Hoover, Texas Tech, 02/28/15 Recorded 16 strikeouts in a game: Dani Hofer, vs. South Florida, 03/16/08 Recorded 17 strikeouts in a game: Brittany Mack, at No. 10 Missouri [Gm 1], 05/27/11 Recorded 18 strikeouts in a game: Rachele Fico, vs. Syracuse, 05/20/11 Recorded 19 strikeouts in a game: Britni Sneed, vs. Oklahoma, 05/26/01 Recorded 22 strikeouts in a game: Rachele Fico, at Mississippi State, 03/08/13 Pitched 10+ innings: Rachele Fico, Tulsa [10 IP], 02/09/13 Pitched 11+ innings: Ashley Czechner, vs. Harvard, 02/28/14 Pitched 13+ innings: Rachele Fico, at Mississippi State [14 IP], 03/08/13 Had 18 putouts: Morgan Russell, vs. Syracuse, 05/20/11 Had 19 putouts: Jennifer Schuelke, vs. Oklahoma, 05/26/01 Had 23 putouts: Lauren Houston, at Mississippi State, 03/08/13 Had six assists: Bianka Bell, Nicholls, 03/22/16 Had seven assists: Amber Serrett, at Mississippi State, 04/16/16 Had eight assists: Tammy Wray, No. 22 Florida State, 04/18/12 Had two errors: Constance Quinn, at Mississippi State, 04/16/16 Had three errors: Hailey Smith, vs. Central Arkansas, 02/09/14 Had four errors: Andrea Smith, vs. Arizona, 05/26/ Honors and Awards Bianka Bell Preseason All-SEC USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List SEC Player of the Week [03/14] College Sports Madness SEC Player of the Week [03/15] USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week [03/15] LSWA Player of the Week [03/15, 03/23] espnw Player of the Week [03/16] Carley Hoover Preseason All-SEC USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List LSWA Co-Pitcher of the Month [February] SEC Pitcher of the Week [03/07] Colllege Sports Madness SEC Player of the Week [03/07] College Sports Madness National Pitcher of the Week [03/07] Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Pitcher of the Week [03/08] LSWA Pitcher of the Week [03/09, 03/15] Sahvanna Jaquish SEC Player of the Week [02/15] LSWA Player of the Week [04/26] Bailey Landry USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List Amber Serrett LSWA Co-Player of the Week [03/09] Sydney Smith 2016 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 List Inning-By-Inning SCORE BY INNINGS TOTALS LSU Opponents

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9 a perfect game solo. The Maple Grove, Minnesota, native needed just 54 pitches to get through the contest, striking out six as it was the fourth to be done in five innings. Hoover named LSWA Co-Pitcher of the Month for February Carley Hoover started her sophomore campaign at LSU by winning each of her five starts, holding an earned run average of 1.93 with a shutout, three complete games and 48 strikeouts in 29 innings of work. Hoover is tied for the pitching staff lead in appearances with seven, as she has given up just eight earned runs and 28 total hits. She has two double-digit strikeout games this year, as against Texas Tech she fanned 15 which is a career high and is in the top 10 of most in a seveninning game in LSU history. Hoover Fans 15 LSU sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover struck out 15 Texas Tech batters in the team s 5-3 win over the Red Raiders on Feb. 28, netting a new career-high in the process. Hoover is the first pitcher to fan 15 in a game since 2008, while finishing two strikeouts shy of the record of 17 held by Britini Sneed for the most in a seven-inning game. It s tied for the 12th most in a game for a pitcher in LSU history and in the top 10 for most in a seven-inning contest. Landry s Late-Inning Home Run Heroics Coming into the season, junior outfielder Bailey Landry had not tallied a regular-season home run, with her career five all coming in the last two postseason LSU appearances. Two swings against Texas Tech changed all that as she drilled the walk off homer in extras on Feb. 27 and blasted a three-run shot on Feb. 28 in the finale of the Purple and Gold Challenge to give her two on the year. The first one was the first walk off home run in extra innings since 2011, and the 10th all-time in extra innings in program history. Fool Me Once...Fool Me Twice?!?! Kellsi Kloss has eight home runs this season, as seven of the eight have come in the same game, hitting two three-run home runs against Illinois State and two grand slams in the same inning against Bethune- Cookman. Dating back to last year, Kloss has four under her belt in her career. The only other player with more is junior Sahvanna Jaquish with five and Bianka Bell follows both with three. Double Figure Scoring Nine of LSU s wins this season have come with LSU scoring 10 or more runs in a single contest. Since 2012, LSU has won 41 games when scoring in the double-digits, having 14 wins last year which was the most. Year Wins When Scoring In Double Figures Record-Setting Kellsi It took just two swings of the bat for senior catcher Kellsi Kloss to etch her name among LSU greats after her performance at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, as against Bethune-Cookman she belted two grand slams, becoming the first Tiger ever to do so in a single game. With those shots, she also drove in nine RBI, the most in a single game up until that point, besting the record of seven, most recently done by Stephanie Hill in Clearing the Table With five grand slams this season, the Tigers have tied their entire total from 2015 of five. It is the fourth time in program history that an LSU squad has had five in a season, matching the 2007, 2009 and 2015 teams. Since 2012, LSU has hit 16 grand slams, as from there were 23, with none from Owning the Third So far this season, LSU is outscoring its opponents in the third inning alone. Even without the UConn 13-run frame, the Tigers would still be outscoring teams 50-28, scoring in the frame in 19 of the team s games so far this season. When LSU scores in the third, the Tigers are Jaquish Named SEC Player of the Week Junior Sahvanna Jaquish was named the SEC s Player of the Week on Feb. 15 after her nine-hit, nine-rbi performance in the Tiger Classic. It s the third time in her career she s earned the award and fourth time she s been honored by the league as a Tiger. Double-Digit Innings Three times this season the Tigers have plated double-digit runs in a single inning, as LSU first scored double-digit runs in a single inning with 13 in the third against UConn. Since then the Tigers have done it twice more, tying the record of 15 on the road at Louisiana Tech SEASON HIGHLIGHTS continued in a 30-8 victory. Before the current staff took over, there were five instances of this happening, since then there have been 10. Date Opponent Runs Inning Score 03/15/16 at Louisiana Tech 15 6th W, /06/16 Tennessee Tech 10 1st W, /12/16 UConn 13 2nd W, /15/15 Texas Southern 10 1st W, /03/15 Northwestern St. 10 1st W, /21/15 vs. Nebraska 10 1st W, /27/14 at Ole Miss 10 2nd W, /19/14 at South Carolina 10 6th W, /01/14 at ULM 11 4th W, /10/12 Miss. Valley St. 11 1st W, /09/08 at Kentucky 11 6th W, /15/08 St. Johns 10 1st W, /22/06 Texas Southern 12 2nd W, /10/05 Kentucky 11 1st W, /11/04 Nicholls 15 4th W, 20-0 Calling for Mercy In the Tiger Classic, LSU run-ruled every team and won four of their games five games via mercy rule, earning a pair of 9-0 wins over Ohio State and North Florida, a 13-2 win over UConn and 10-1 win in the finale against Pacific. It s the first time in LSU history that the Tigers have run-ruled its first three opponents, and matches the 2008 team for most run-rule victories in the first five games. LSU has had 62 runrule games since 2012, with 20 coming last season. LSU Returns SEC-Best Five All-Americans LSU had a record five All-American selections last season in the program s history in Bianka Bell, Sahvanna Jaquish, Carley Hoover, Bailey Landry and Allie Walljasper, tying for the most in the nation. This year, all five return giving LSU the most All-American s on a single team in the SEC. Season Openers LSU has had the luxury of opening the season at home for the last six seasons, as coming into 2016 LSU is 15-4 all-time in season-opening contests, while holding a 17-2 mark in home season openers. LSU has won three of the last five in both coming into the opener against Ohio State. Trio Named to USA Softball POY Top 50 Watch List For the first time, LSU has had three players selected to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, as Bianka Bell, Carley Hoover and Bailey Landry all made the cut. The three selections tied for the most nationally along with Georgia and Michigan, as Bell is on the list for the second year, with Hoover and Landry are on the list for the first time in their careers. Bell, Hoover Preseason All-SEC LSU s duo of Bianka Bell and Carley Hoover were selected to the 14-member Preseason All-SEC Team before the start of the regular season. Bell earned a spot on the preseason list for the second consecutive year, while Hoover was picked for the first time in her LSU career as both finished last year as first team All-SEC selections. LSU was one of four member institutions to earn multiple selections on this year s list along with Florida and Auburn with three each and Alabama with two picks. LSU Earns Top Three Preseason Rank After finishing the season ranked in the top five after earning the program s fourth berth in the Women s College World Series, the LSU softball team will begin 2016 where they left off last year as the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN/USA Softball Division I Preseason Polls were released having the Tigers sitting in third place in both. LSU is no stranger to beginning the season in the top 10 in both polls, as this is the 10th time in team history that the Tigers have been slotted there by the NFCA and the fifth time being selected by USA Softball. The early ranking is the highest to start the year in program history, besting the 2002 ranking that had the Tigers open the year fourth by the NFCA and seventh by USA Softball in 2007 and New Year, Not-So New Tiger Park After having a year with record crowds, fans in 2016 will notice some new enhancements to Tiger Park, such as new entrances, updated tailgating options and the renovation of the berm to the new Tiger Park Terrace. The section in the outfield has been updated and made safer, where over 900 fans can enjoy softball for the upcoming season. Now, there is a walkway and steps that lead to the area that begins just before the left field foul pole and goes all the way into left center, stopping just short of reaching dead center. There is a new entrance in center where fans can enter to get to the Terrace, with tailgating in the grass area next to the soccer stadium where permanent restrooms will be available two hours prior to the first pitch of all LSU games. Many Happy Returns Losing just three players to graduation, LSU will return over 80 percent of its hits, runs and RBI producers in Also included are three pitchers that combined for 43 of the pitching victories, 33 complete games and 15 shutouts between them. LSU Picked to Finish Second in SEC In a vote of the league s head coaches, the Southeastern Conference released its annual preseason poll on Thursday as LSU was picked to finish second after earning three first place votes and 128 overall points. The Tigers finished fourth last year and have won at least 15 conference games in three of the last four years. LSU Featured Nine Times Nationally Nine of LSU s games this season will be nationally televised on the ESPN family of networks the Southeastern Conference announced today, with more than 70 contests featuring SEC teams scheduled for air this year. Now in its second year of operation, the SEC Network will serve as the outlet for six of the nine games which will begin in March right at the start of league play. The other three games will be on one of the host of ESPN channels available for fans. Two games will be shown regionally on CST, when LSU travels to take on Louisiana Tech in March and Southeastern Louisiana in April. Three Selected For USA Softball National Teams A trio of LSU softball players were selected to a pair of teams that will represent the United States on the international level this summer, as senior infielder Bianka Bell was picked for the U.S. Women s National Team, while outfielders in sophomore Emily Griggs and junior Bailey Landry were picked for the Women s Elite Team the Amateur Softball Association of America and USA Softball announced. Bell and Griggs will be participating with the national teams for the second consecutive year, while Landry will make her inaugural debut in the Red, White and Blue later this year. Bell is one of 18 total selections for the WNT group, as well as being one of 12 veterans to make a return to the squad, while Griggs is one of three that was on the USA Softball Women s Junior National Team last year. LSU assistant coach Howard Dobson has been an assistant on the national team staff for the last four years. Softball Signs Highly-Rated Class LSU head softball coach Beth Torina announced the signing of seven high school standouts that will join the Tigers for the 2017 season in Aliyah Andrews, Michal Cunningham, Nicky Dawson, Amanda Doyle, Maribeth Gorsuch, Sydney Springfield and Claire Weinberger. After inking a very versatile class last year, this year s group is considered one of the best in the nation as website FloSoftball ranked the class No. 2 overall. In all, LSU signed two players from Louisiana, two from Texas and one from California, Ohio and Florida. Softball Signs Highly-Rated Class LSU head softball coach Beth Torina announced the signing of seven high school standouts that will join the Tigers for the 2017 season in Aliyah Andrews, Michal Cunningham, Nicky Dawson, Amanda Doyle, Maribeth Gorsuch, Sydney Springfield and Claire Weinberger. After inking a very versatile class last year, this year s group is considered one of the best in the nation as website FloSoftball ranked the class No. 2 overall. In all, LSU signed two players from Louisiana, two from Texas and one from California, Ohio and Florida. LSU Releases Home-Heavy Schedule Coming off of a 50-win season and the program s fourth trip to the Women s College World Series in 2015, the LSU softball team released the 2016 regular season schedule that features 37 games in the friendly confines of Tiger Park in a 56-game slate, hosting the likes of Alabama, Florida and Washington and contests against 14 teams that were in last year s NCAA tournament field. The Tigers will have a chance to get the year off on the right foot, playing 21 of their first 26 games in Tiger Park over the month of February and beginning of March, traveling just once during that time. The highlight of that stretch is a streak of 16-straight games in Baton Rouge from February 24-March 13. LSU was 38-5 at home last season.