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Associate AD/SIDf MichaelfBonnetteSenior Associate SIDf KentfLoweSenior Associate SIDf BillfFranquesAssociate SID (Softball)f MattfDunawayDunaway’s Emailf mdunaway@lsu.eduDunaway’s Office Phonef (225)f578-1869Dunaway’s Cell Phonef (225)f226-5034Associate SIDf BillfMartinAssociate SIDf WillfStaffordAssociate SID JakefTerryStudent SIDs KevinfAlbarez,fAshleyfAmossStudent SIDs CarolinefDowner,fBrookefHochstelterStudent SIDs MelanifJohnson,fSethfMedvinStudent SIDs JakefMost,fJaciefScottPublications Directorf JasonfFeirmanGraphics Design Coordinatorsf KrystalfBennett,fCourtneyfWilburnStaff Photographerf StevefFranzPhotography Assistantf ChrisfParent,fHilaryfScheinukAdministrative Specialistf PamfLeBlanc

Introduction/SEC Championship Traditionf 1Schedule/Resultsf 1Quick Facts/ Possible Starting Lineup/2012 Roster 2Player Notes 3-6SEC Standings & Schedule 3Top 25 Polls/2012 Honors & Awards 4Career Record Watch 5Multi-Hit/Multi-RBI/Hitting Streak/ RPI Report 6The Last Time/Inning-by-Inningf 7A Look Back: LSU vs. McNeese State 8-9Statisticsf 10-15Player Career/Season Highsf 16-21

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2012 LSU SoftballNo. 23 LSU vs. McNeese St & No. 22 Florida St

April 17-18 • 6 p.m. • Tiger Park Radio: 91.1-104.9 FM • Live Stats: LSUsports.net

Live Updates: www.Facebook.com/LSUsoftball

SCHEDULE/RESULTS (29-13, 11-6 SEC)SETTING THE SCENE

WHAT’S NEXT

FEBRUARY [9-4]10 Penn State [1] L, 5-311 No. 15/16 Michigan [1] L, 2-111 Penn State [1] W, 1-0 [8]12 Louisiana Tech [1] W, 8-0 [5]18f vs.fRV/RVfDePaulf[2]f L,f3-118f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef[2]f W,f11-0f[5]19f vs.fNo.f3/1fCaliforniaf L,f14-3f[5]19f vs.fUtahfStatef W,f13-0f[5]21 Southeastern Louisiana W, 7-025 South Alabama [3, CST] W, 5-425 NR/RV McNeese State [3] W, 2-026 South Alabama [3] W, 1-026 Alcorn State [3] W, 2-0MARCH [17-4]2f atfNo.f8/9fOklahomaf[4]f L,f7-03f vs.fNo.f23/NRfOklahomafStatef[4]f W,f7-43f vs.fNo.f8/9fOklahomaf[4]f L,f5-04f atfNo.f23/NRfOklahomafStatef[4]f L,f1-0f[10]7f atfNichollsfStateff W,f10-2f[5]9 Mississippi Valley State [5] W, 2-09 Troy [5] W, 6-310 Troy [5] W, 1-010 Mississippi Valley State [5] W, 16-0 [5]14 No. 20/No. 19 Auburn [SEC] W, 4-114 No. 20/No. 19 Auburn [SEC] L, 2-016 NR/RV Mississippi State [SEC] W, 10-717 NR/RV Mississippi State [SEC] W, 3-118 NR/RV Mississippi State [SEC] W, 4-021 RV/RV Georgia Tech W, 2-123f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f5-024f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f5-025f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f9-0f[6]28f atfMcNeesefStatef W,f4-030 Arkansas [SEC] W, 1-031 Arkansas [SEC] W, 9-1 [5]

WHAT’S INSIDE

SPORTS INFORMATION

APRIL [3-5]1 Arkansas [SEC] W, 3-24 Nicholls State W, 6-16f atfNo.f2/2fAlabamaf[SEC,fESPNU]f L,f6-07f atfNo.f2/2fAlabamaf[SEC]f W,f3-28f atfNo.f2/2fAlabamaf[SEC,fFSN]f L,f6-011f atfSoutheasternfLouisianaff PPDf[Rain]13f atfNo.f10/10fTennesseef[SEC]f L,f2-014f atfNo.f10/10fTennesseef[SEC,fESPN]f L,f4-215f atfNo.f10/10fTennesseef[SEC,fESPN]f L,f10-2f[6]17 McNeese State 6 p.m.18 No. 21/No. 22 Florida State 6 p.m.20 Ole Miss [SEC, CST] 6 p.m.21 Ole Miss [SEC, CST] 6 p.m.22 Ole Miss [SEC] 1 p.m.24f atfNo.f3/4fFloridaf[SEC,fCSS]f 4fp.m.24f atfNo.f3/4fFloridaf[SEC,fCSS]f 6:30fp.m.27 No. 11/11 Georgia [SEC] 6 p.m.28 No. 11/11 Georgia [SEC, CST] 4 p.m.29 No. 11/11 Georgia [SEC, CST] 1 p.m.MAY/JUNE [0-0]4f atfKentuckyf[SEC]f 5fp.m.5f atfKentuckyf[SEC]f 12fp.m.6f atfKentuckyf[SEC]f 12fp.m.10-12f SECfTournamentf[6]f TBA17-20f NCAAfRegionalsf TBA24-27fff NCAAfSuperfRegionalsf TBA31-J7f Women’sfCollegefWorldfSeriesf TBA

All game times are Central and subject to change; Rankings reflect NFCA and USA Softball Top 25 polls on day of game; Home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park; [SEC] Southeastern Conference game; [1] Tiger Classic [Tiger Park]; [2] Louisville Slugger Desert Classic [Las Vegas, Nev.]; [3] Tiger Invitational [Tiger Park], [4] The Preview [Norman/Oklahoma City/Stillwater, Okla.]; [5] Purple & Gold Chal-lenge [Baton Rouge]; [6] SEC Tournament [Tuscaloosa, Ala.]; [FSN] Fox Sports Network; [CSS] Charter Sports Southeast; [CST] Cox Sports Television; [ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU] SEC on ESPN Family of Networks.

LSU’S SEC CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION

YEAR EAST WEST OVERALL TOURNAMENT1997f SouthfCarolinaf LSUf SouthfCarolinaf SouthfCarolina1998f Floridaf LSUf Floridaf Alabama1999f Tenn,fS.Cf LSUf LSUf LSU2000f Kentuckyf LSUf LSUf SouthfCarolina2001f SouthfCarolinaf LSUf LSUf LSU2002f SouthfCarolinaf LSUf LSUf LSU2003f Georgiaf Alabamaf Georgiaf Alabama2004f Tennesseef LSUf LSUf LSU2005f Georgiaf Alabamaf Georgiaf Alabama2006f Georgiaf Alabamaf Alabamaf Tennessee2007f Tennesseef LSUf Tennesseef LSU2008f Floridaf Alabamaf Floridaf Florida2009f Floridaf Alabamaf Floridaf Florida2010f Floridaf Alabamaf Alabamaf Alabama2011f Floridaf Alabamaf Alabamaf Tennessee

CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION OVERALL TOURNAMENTLSU 8 5 5Alabamaf 7f 3f 4Floridaf 5f 3f 2SouthfCarolinaf 4f 1f 2Tennesseef 3f 1f 2Georgiaf 3f 2f 0Kentuckyf 1f 0f 0

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

SWAG IT OUT: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 2 u 2001 & 2004 WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

QUICK FACTS

UNIVERSITYLocationf BatonfRouge,fLa.Foundedf 1860Enrollmentf 28,771Nicknamef TigersforfFightingfTigersColorsf PurplefandfGoldMascotf MikefVIf[livefBengalftiger]Conferencef SoutheasternWebsitef www.lsusports.netPresidentf Dr.fJohnfV.fLombardiChancellorf Dr.fMichaelfV.fMartinNCAA Faculty Representativef BillfDemastes

ATHLETICS DEPARTMENTDirector of Athletics/Vice Chancellor JoefAllevaSenior Associate AD/Operations VergefAusberrySenior Associate AD/Student Services & SWA MiriamfSegarSenior Associate AD/External Affairs & f HerbfVincentVice Chancellor for University Relations Senior Associate AD/Business MarkfEwingSenior Associate AD/Compliance & Planning BofBahnsenSenior Associate AD/Facilities & Grounds RonniefHaliburtonSenior Associate AD/Internal Affairs & EddiefNunezProject Development Assistant AD/Ticket Manager BrianfBroussardAssistant AD/Marketingf MattfShanklin

COACHING STAFFHead Coachf BethfTorinaRecord at LSU [Seasons]f 29-13f[1]Career Record [Seasons]f 158-124f[5]Assistant Coachf HowardfDobsonYear at LSUf 1stfSeasonAssistant Coachf LindsayfLeftwichYear at LSUf 1stfSeasonDirector of Operationsf QuinlanfDuhonYear at LSUf 3rdfSeason

TEAM INFORMATION2011 Record [SEC]f 40-18f[19-9fSEC]2011 SEC Finish [Division]f 4thf[2ndfWest]2011 SEC Tournament Finishf Quarterfinals2011 Postseasonf NCAAfRegionalsLetterwinners Returning/Lostf 13/2Starters Returning/Lostf 7/2Pitchers Returning/Lostf 3/0Newcomersf 6

FACILITY INFORMATIONName [Capacity]f TigerfParkf[2,489]Dimensions [L-R]f 200-210-220-210-200fPress Box Numberf [225]f578-0154

PROGRAM HISTORYAll-Time Record [Percentage]f 772-235-1f[.766]NCAA Tournament Appearancesf 13Yearsf 1998-2004,f2006-2011NCAA Tournament Recordf 38-26f[.594]Women’s College World Series Appearancesf 2fYearsf 2001f&f2004

SEC HISTORYAll-Time SEC Record [Percentage]f 325-118-1f[.733]SEC Western Division Titlesf 8Yearsf 1997-2002,f2004f&f2007SEC Regular Season Titlesff 5Yearsf 1999,f2000,f2001,f2002,f2004All-Time SEC Tournament Recordf 36-15f[.706]SEC Tournament Titlesf 5fYearsf 1999,f2001,f2002,f2004,f2007

POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP • DEPTH CHART

POS NAME HT CL. GP-GS H-AB AVG OB% SLG% R BB 2B 3B HR RBI TB SF-SH SB-ATTCf MorganfRussellf 5-7f Sr.f 22-21f 9-44f .205f .364f .295f 3f 4f 1f 0f 1f 6f 13f 0-3f 0-0Cf LaurenfHoustonf 5-5f Jr.f 22-21f 9-39f .231f .466f .231f 10f 5f 0f 0f 0f 4f 9f 1-2f 0-01Bf AshleighfKuhnf 5-7f So.f 22-19f 12-50f .240f .304f .280f 3f 5f 2f 0f 0f 11f 14f 1-1f 0-11Bf DylanfSupakf 5-10f Fr.f 29-25f 16-67f .239f .320f .328f 8f 6f 3f 0f 1f 11f 22f 0-3f 1-11Bf HeidifPizerf 5-10f Sr.f 19-8f 4-23f .174f .296f .174f 6f 4f 0f 0f 0f 4f 4f 0-0f 1-12Bf AllisonfFalconf 5-4f So.f 31-31f 26-84f .310f .376f .429f 15f 5f 2f 1f 2f 17f 36f 0-2f 5-62Bf RikkifAlcarazf 5-2f Fr.f 21-16f 10-42f .238f .396f .310f 13f 10f 3f 0f 0f 4f 13f 0-0f 2-3SSf JulianafSantosf 5-5f Sr.f 35-35f 29-95f .305f .398f .379f 15f 14f 4f 0f 1f 19f 36f 2-0f 5-63Bf TammyfWrayf 5-7f So.f 36-31f 11-76f .145f .293f .158f 6f 13f 1f 0f 0f 8f 12f 0-2f 1-13Bf KaileyfMcCaslandf 5-6f Fr.f 23-18f 11-48f .229f .315f .313f 7f 4f 1f 0f 1f 7f 15f 0-0f 1-1LFf AshleyfLangonif 5-6f Sr.f 42-42f 33-101f .327f .500f .604f 31f 37f 8f 1f 6f 26f 61f 3-0f 5-6LFf TammyfVermeulenf 5-7f Fr.f 12-1f 2-4f .500f .667f .500f 3f 2f 0f 0f 0f 3f 2f 0-0f 2-2CFf A.J.fAndrewsf 5-4f Fr.f 32-27f 22-78f .282f .378f .308f 13f 12f 0f 1f 0f 8f 24f 0-1f 10-12CFf SimonefHeywardf 5-0f So.f 22-14f 6-33f .182f .370f .182f 8f 9f 0f 0f 0f 3f 6f 2-1f 5-5RFf AshleyfApplegatef 5-5f Sr.f 41-41f 26-114f .228f .328f .289f 15f 15f 5f 1f 0f 5f 33f 0-2f 4-4RFff AlexfBouletf 5-0f So.f 20-1f 0-7f .000f .000f .000f 5f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0f 5-6DPf JaceefBladesf 5-6f Jr.f 30-19f 16-61f .262f .328f .279f 9f 4f 1f 0f 0f 2f 17f 0-3f 3-6DPf CassiefTrosclairf 5-4f Sr.f 15-8f 4-24f .167f .231f .208f 2f 1f 1f 0f 0f 4f 5f 0-1f 2-3-f KatiefGuilloryf 5-7f Sr.f -f -f -f -f -f --f -f -f -f -f -f -f -f -

IN THE CIRCLEPOS NAME HT CL. APP-GS W-L ERA CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO WP-HP OP BAPf RachelefFicof 5-7f Jr.f 22-20f 14-6f 1.07f 15f 9/1f 1f 131.0f 92f 32f 20f 45f 129f 5-9f .192Pf BrittanyfMackf 5-10f Sr.f 22-19f 12-7f 2.46f 14f 3/2f 1f 113.2f 108f 45f 40f 38f 127f 5-16f .239Pf MeghanfPattersonf 5-7f So.f 8-3f 3-0f 2.01f 3f 2/3f 0f 31.1f 17f 9f 9f 10f 37f 4-2f .159

NO. NAME POS HT. B-T CL.-EXP HOMETOWN [PREVIOUS SCHOOL]00f AshleyfLangonif OFf 5-6f R-Rf Sr.-3Lf Pueblo,fColo.f(PueblofWestfHS)1f RikkifAlcarazf INFf 5-2f L-Rf Fr.-HSf OrlandfPark,fIll.f(MaristfHS)2f JulianafSantosf INFf 5-5f R-Rf Sr.-3Lf Newman,fCalif.f(OrestimbafHS)3f CassiefTrosclairf INFf 5-4f L-Rf Sr.-1Lf NewfOrleans,fLa.f(Auburn)4f MorganfRussellf Cf 5-7f R-Rf Sr.-3Lf Edmond,fOkla.f(SantafFefHS)6f A.J.fAndrewsf OFf 5-4f L-Rf Fr.-HSf Oldsmar,fFla.f(CountrysidefHS)9f AlexfBouletf OFf 5-0f L-Lf So.-1Lf Crowley,fLa.f(NotrefDamefHS)10f AshleyfApplegatef OFf 5-5f L-Rf RfSr.-3Lf Modesto,fCalif.f(FredfC.fBeyerfHS)11f DylanfSupakf UTLf 5-10f R-Rf Fr.-HSf LaGrange,fTexasf(LaGrangefHS)12f HeidifPizerf INFf 5-10f R-Rf Sr.-2Lf Tigard,fOre.f(Louisiana-Lafayette)13f KatiefGuilloryf OFf 5-6f L-Lf Sr.-3Lf Lafayette,fLa.f(CarencrofHS)16f LaurenfHoustonf Cf 5-5f R-Rf Jr.-2Lf Youngsville,fLa.f(St.fThomasfMorefCatholicfHS)18f TammyfWrayf INFf 5-7f R-Rf So.-1Lf Somers,fN.Y.f(SomersfHS)20f MeghanfPattersonf Pf 5-7f R-Rf So.-1Lf Destrehan,fLa.f(MountfCarmelfAcademy)23f JaceefBladesf UTLf 5-6f L-Rf So.-1Lf BatonfRouge,fLa.f(ParkviewfBaptistfHS)25f SimonefHeywardf OFf 5-0f L-Rf So.-1Lf Sacramento,fCalif.f(RosemontfHS)28f TammyfVermeulenf OFf 5-7f L-Rf Fr.-HSf Patchogue,fN.Y.f(BayportfBluefPointfHS)32f AllisonfFalconf INFf 5-4f R-Rf RfSo.-1Lf Donaldsonville,fLa.f(AscensionfCatholicfHS)33f KaileyfMcCaslandf UTLf 5-6f R-Rf Fr.-HSf SanfClemente,fCalif.f(SanfClementefHS)37f RachelefFicof Pf 5-7f R-Rf Jr.-2Lf Oxford,fConn.f(MasukfHS)44f BrittanyfMackf Pf 5-10f R-Rf Sr.-3Lf RoundfRock,fTexasf(WestwoodfHS)47f AshleighfKuhnf UTLf 5-7f R-Rf So.-TRf Nederland,fTexasf(NorthwesternfState)

COACHING STAFFHeadfCoach:fBethfTorinaf[Florida,f2000]f AssistantfCoach:fLindsayfLeftwichf[NorthwesternfState,f2005]AssistantfCoach:fHowardfDobsonf[McNeesefState,f1997]f DirectorfoffOperations:fQuinlanfDuhonf[LSU,f2008]

PRONUNCIATION GUIDERikkifALCARAZf awl-KUHL-razf AshleyfKUHNf koonAlexfBOULETf BOO-layf HeidifPIZERf PIE-zerRachelefFICOf FEE-cof DylanfSUPAKf SHOO-pakKatiefGUILLORYf Gill-or-reef TammyfVERMEULENf VUR-mill-yuhnJACEEfBladesf Jay-CEE

COACHING STAFFBethfTORINAf tohr-REE-naf QuinlanfDUHONf do-YAWN

2012 ROSTER

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Western DivisionTEAM SEC PCT. OVERALL PCT.Alabamaf 17-2f .895f 40-2f .952LSU 11-6 .642 29-13 .690MississippifStatef 8-14f .364f 25-19f .568Auburnff 5-14f .263f 26-18f .591Arkansasff 4-15f .211f 22-19f .537OlefMissf 3-14f .176f 16-24f .400

Eastern DivisionTEAM SEC PCT. OVERALL PCT.Floridaff 18-2f .900f 38-5f .884Georgiaff 12-7f .632f 35-9f .795Tennesseef 16-6f .727f 35-9f .795Kentuckyf 8-9f .471f 21-23f .478SouthfCarolinaf 3-16f .158f 23-23f .500

THIS WEEK IN THE SEC • ALL TIMES ARE CENTRALTuesday, April 17MemphisfatfNo.f8fTennesseef[DH]f 3fp.m.Missouri-KansasfCityfatfArkansasff 5fp.m.McNeese State at LSU 6 p.m.GeorgiafStatefatfNo.f2fAlabamaf 6fp.m.MississippifStatefatfSouthernfMissf 6fp.m.

Wednesday, April 18KentuckyfatfOlefMissf[DH]f 4fp.m.GeorgiafTechfatfNo.f12fGeorgiaf 5:30fp.m.No. 22 Florida State at No. 23 LSU 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 19No.f2fAlabamafatfNo.f12fGeorgiaf[TV:fESPN2]f 7fp.m.

Friday, April 20FloridafInternationalfatfNo.f3fFloridaf[DH]f 3fp.m.KentuckyfatfMississippifStatef 5fp.m.No.f2fAlabamafatfNo.f12fGeorgiaf 5:30fp.m.Ole Miss at No. 23 LSU [TV: CST] 6 p.m.No.f8fTennesseefatfSouthfCarolinaff 6fp.m.ArkansasfatfAuburnf 6fp.m.

Saturday, April 21FloridafInternationalfatfNo.f3fFloridaf[DH]f 12fp.m.KentuckyfatfMississippifStatef[TV:fESPNU]f 12fp.m.ArkansasfatfAuburnf 1fp.m.No.f2fAlabamafatfNo.f12fGeorgiaf 1:30fp.m.No.f8fTennesseefatfSouthfCarolinaff 3fp.m.Ole Miss at No. 23 LSU [TV: CST] 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 22No.f8fTennesseefatfSouthfCarolinaff 12fp.m.ArkansasfatfAuburnf 12fp.m.Ole Miss at No. 23 LSU 1 p.m.KentuckyfatfMississippifStatef 1fp.m.

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR IT: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 3 u 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004 SEC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS

SEC STANDINGSSTREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS

SERIES HISTORY

AT A GLANCE [MCNEESE STATE]Overall LSUfleadsf23-2Home LSUfleadsf16-1Away LSUfleadsf6-1Streak W-5

GAME-BY-GAME Date Result Location03/12/97 W, 8-1 Baton Rouge03/12/97 W, 2-0 Baton Rouge02/14/98 W, 7-4 Baton Rouge02/13/99 W, 7-0 Baton Rouge02/14/99 W, 4-1 Baton Rouge03/24/99 W, 4-3 Baton Rouge03/24/99 W, 6-1 Baton Rouge02/12/00 W, 3-0 Baton Rouge02/13/00 W, 5-0 Baton Rouge02/14/01ff W,f3-1ff LakefCharles02/14/01ff W,f4-0ff LakefCharles02/22/05 W, 11-1 Baton Rouge03/15/06ff W,f3-1ff LakefCharles04/12/06 W, 1-0 Baton Rouge03/07/07 W, 7-1 Baton Rouge03/28/07ff W,f6-0ff LakefCharles02/11/09 W, 6-0 Baton Rouge04/22/09ff L,f4-3ff LakefCharles03/31/10f W,f7-2f LakefCharles04/21/10 L, 3-0 Baton Rouge05/21/10 W, 6-0 Baton Rouge02/23/11 W, 7-1 Baton Rouge04/13/11f W,f4-2f LakefCharles02/25/12 W, 2-0 Baton Rouge03/28/12f W,f4-0f LakefCharles

OFFENSEPlayer AVG H-AB R HR RBI BB SB-ATTKuhnf 1.000f 1-1f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0Bladesf .667f 4-6f 1f 0f 1f 1f 0-0Falconf .667f 2-3f 2f 0f 0f 2f 1-1Heywardf .429f 3-7f 2f 0f 0f 2f 2-2Alcarazf .333f 1-3f 1f 0f 0f 0f 0-0Trosclairf .300f 3-10f 1f 0f 0f 1f 1-1Supakf .250f 1-4f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0Russellf .211f 4-19f 2f 1f 5f 0f 0-0Applegatef .188f 3-16f 4f 0f 0f 3f 0-0Houstonf .167f 1-6f 1f 0f 1f 1f 1-1Wrayf .154f 2-13f 1f 0f 1f 1f 0-0Santosf .115f 3-26f 3f 1f 4f 0f 2-2Langonif .071f 2-28f 1f 0f 3f 4f 2-2Pizerf .000f 0-5f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0Andrewsf .000f 0-3f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0McCaslandf .000f 0-1f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0-0Bouletf .000f 0-0f 1f 0f 0f 0f 1-1

PITCHINGPlayer W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO AVGFicof 3-0f 0.56f 25.0f 13f 2f 2f 6f 22f .155Mackf 2-1f 1.31f 16.0f 9f 3f 3f 6f 18f .158Pattersonff 0-0f 2.33f 3.0f 4f 1f 1f 2f 5f .308

AT A GLANCE [FLORIDA STATE]Overall LSUfleadsf2-1Away FloridafStatefleadsf1-0Neutral LSUfleadsf2-0Streak W-2

GAME-BY-GAME Date Result Location03/13/98f L,f4-2f Tallahassee02/29/04f W,f4-3f Columbus,fGa.05/30/04f W,f2-1f OklahomafCity,fOkla.

•f JaceefBladesfhasfregisteredfhitsfinf10foffherflastf17foutingsfsincefbeingf insertedf intof thef startingf lineupf forf thef Mississippif Statefopenerf[Marchf16].fShefhasfgarneredf11foffthosef17fstartsfatfthefdesignatedfplayerfpositionf[Marchf20-Aprilf15].f

•f Bladesf hasf piecedf togetherf af pairf off three-gamef hittingf streaksf[Marchf 20-24f andf Marchf 28-31].f Shef registeredf hitsf inf twof offthreefgamesfinffourfoffLSU’sffivefSECfweekendfseries.f

•f Bladesfdepositedfaftwo-runfdoublefdownfthefrightffieldflinefdur-ingf thef secondf inningf off thef seriesf opener,f af 5-0f win,f overf thefGamecocksf[Marchf23].f

•f AshleyfLangonifhasfcontributedfsixfoffLSU’sf12fhomefruns,fbangedfhomefafteam-leadingf26fRBIsfonfthefseasonfandfwonfLSWAfHitterfoffthefWeekf[Marchf15].

•f LangonifhasfvaultedfherfwayfupfthefLSUfrecordfbookfinfmultiplefcategories.fAfterfblastingfaftwo-runfhomerfinfgameftwofatfNo.f2fAlabamaf [Aprilf 7],f Langonif sitsf alonef inf fifthf placef onf thef pro-gram’sfall-timefhomersflistfwithf29fcareerfdingers.

•f Langonif alsof workedf herf wayf intof thef No.f 8f positionfonf thef ca-reerfRBIsfrankings.fShefentersfthisfweek’sfactionfoneffawayffromfmatchingfQuinlanfDuhonf[2005-08]fwithf128fcareerfRBIsf.

•f Langonifhasfproducedfhitsf infninefoffherf lastf13foutingsf[Marchf24-Aprilf15]ffueledfbyfaftriofoffmulti-hitfefforts.fShefhadfafseason’sfbestffour-gamefhittingfstreakfendf[Marchf30-Aprilf4].ff

•f Langonif hasf drawnf af team-leadingf 37f walks,f includingf 23f freefpassesf inf herf lastf 20f outingsf [Marchf 14-Aprilf 15].f Herf 37f walksfalsofareftiedfforfsecondfplacefinfthefSECfrankings.ff

•f Langonifbecamefthefthirdfplayerfinfprogramfhistoryftofsurpassf100fcareerfwalksfduringfthefAlabamafopenerf[Aprilf6].fShefisfoneffreefpassf awayf fromf matchingf formerf All-Americanf Ashleef Ducote’sfsinglefseasonfmarkfsetfinf2000.

•f Langonifhasfcrossedfthefplatefafteam-highf31ftimesfandfmatchedfherfownfprogramfsingle-gamefrecordfwithffourfrunsfscoredfduringfthefSouthfCarolinaffinalef[Marchf25].f

•f JulianafSantosfandfAllisonfFalconfnotfonlyfreturnedftofthefheartfofftheflineupfbutfthefmiddlefoffthefinfieldfduringfthefSouthfCarolinafseriesf[Marchf23-25].f

•f LSU’sfdefensefhasfregisteredfanferrorlessfgamefinfninefoffitsflastf13foutingsfstartingfwithfthefSouthfCarolinafopenerf[Marchf23].fItfendedfafstretchfoffsevenfstraightfgamesfwithfanferrorfwherefthefTigersfcommittedf14fmiscues.f

•f Santosfhasfnotchedfhitsfinf22foffherf35fappearances,fincludingf14foffherflastf21foutingsf[Marchf3-14,fMarchf23-Aprilf15].fShefmissedfaffour-gamefstretchf[Marchf16-20]fdueftofinjury.f

•f Santosfhasfrecordedf29fhitsftofrankfsecondfonfthefteam.fShefalsofhasf chippedf inf 19f RBIsf andf registeredf af season-bestf threef RBIsfsparkedfbyfaftwo-runfdingerfatfSouthfCarolinaf[Marchf25].f

•f Santosfhasfalreadyfgarneredfthreeffour-gamefhittingfstreaksf[Feb.f11-18],f [Marchf 9-14]f &f [Marchf 30-Aprilf 4]f andf af pairf off three-gamefrunsf[Feb.f19-25]f&f[Marchf3-4].

•f Withftwofoutsfandfthefscoreftiedfatf1-1fduringftheffifthfinningffver-susfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4],fSantosfrippedfthefgo-aheadfRBIfsinglef

tofopenfupfaffive-runfframe.f•f Falconfhasffoundfherselffinffivefdifferentfspotsfinfthefbattingforderf

afterfstartingfthefseasonfatfthefbottomfofftheflineup,fmostfrecent-lyf13fstraightfapperancesfinfthefNo.f5fpositionf[Marchf23-Aprilf15].fShefdidfnotfplayfversusfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4].ff

INTESTINAL FORTITUDE: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 4 u 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2007 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS1 California [24] 39-2 744 12 Alabama [6] 40-2 725 23 Florida 38-5 675 34f ArizonafStatef 36-5f 662f 45f Texasf 35-5f 630f 56 Oklahoma 35-6 609 67f Louisiana-Lafayettef 38-2f 548f 88 Tennessee 35-9 539 109f Washingtonf 35-9f 488f 710f Missourif 32-8f 459f 911f Louisvillef 38-2f 443f 1212 Georgia 34-10 415 1113f Arizonaf 29-12f 394f 1314f Hawai‘if 35-4f 385f 1415f UCLAf 29-12f 330f 1616f Stanfordf 32-12f 315f 1517f SouthfFloridaf 40-6f 263f 1818f Oregonf 29-9f 243f 1919f TexasfA&Mf 29-13f 234f 1720 Michigan 30-11 176 2021f NorthfCarolinaf 32-10f 126f 2422 Florida State 37-10 116 2123 LSU 29-13 62 2224f TexasfTechf 34-10f 48f NR25f Baylorf 26-14f 42f 23

Dropped Out: No.f25fOregonfState

RV:fGeorgia Tech 24,fTulsaf18,fOregonfStatef13,fSyracusef10,fKentucky 5fandfNorthernfIowaf5.

Bold - 2012 Opponent; [] First Place Votes; [RV] Receiving Votes

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS1 California [15] 39-2 495 12 Alabama [5] 40-2 485 23f ArizonafStatef 36-5f 452f 34 Florida 38-5 431 45 Oklahoma 35-6 419 66f Texasf 35-5f 394f 57 Tennessee 35-9 380 108f Louisiana-Lafayettef 38-2f 365f 79f Louisvillef 38-2f 312f 1210f Missourif 32-8f 309f 911f Washingtonf 35-9f 298f 812f Arizonaf 29-12f 288f 1313 Georgia 34-10 255 1114f Oregonf 29-9f 233f 1515f UCLAf 29-12f 216f 1716f TexasfA&Mf 29-13f 200f 1417f SouthfFloridaf 40-6f 186f 1618f Hawai`if 35-4f 170f 1919f Stanfordf 32-12f 167f 1820 Michigan 30-11 121 2021f NorthfCarolinaf 32-10f 86f 2422 Florida State 37-10 55 2223 LSU 29-13 43 2124f OregonfStatef 27-14f 38f 2325f TexasfTechf 34-9f 27f -

Dropped Out: Baylorf[25]

RV: Syracusef25;fBaylorf16;fTulsaf13; Georgia Tech 9; DePaul 8; FresnofStatef1; Kentucky 1; UABf1fandfVirginiafTechf1

Bold - 2012 Opponent; [] First Place Votes; [RV] Receiving Votes

ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL TOP 25

USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25Preseasonf No.f22f[119]Feb. 14 No.f25f[47]Feb. 21f RVf[10]Feb. 28 RVf[15]March 6f RVf[1]ffMarch 13f NRMarch 20 RVf[7]March 27f RVf[30]April 3 No.f24f[82]April 10f No.f22f[106]April 17 No.f23f[62]April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15

ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL TOP 25Preseasonf No.f20f[106]Feb. 14 RVf[26]Feb. 21f NRFeb. 28 RVf[9]March 6f NRffMarch 13f NRMarch 20 RVf[11]March 27f No.f23f[43]April 3 No.f21f[101]April 10f No.f21f[112]April 17 No.f23f[43]April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15

TIGERS IN THE POLLS

RIKKI ALCARAZ•f TigerfInvitationalfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/26]

ASHLEY APPLEGATE•f LSU’sfnomineefforfSEC’sfBradfDavisfCommunityfServicefPost-

GraduatefScholarshipf[03/28]

ALLISON FALCON•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]

RACHELE FICO•f USAfSoftballfPlayerfoffthefYearfTopf25fFinalistf[04/11]•f LSWAfPitcherfoffthefWeekf[02/15,f02/29,f04/04,f04/10]•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]•f TigerfInvitationalfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/26]•f TigerfClassicfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/12]

ASHLEIGH KUHN•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]

ASHLEY LANGONI•f LSWAfHitterfoffthefWeekf[03/15]•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]

BRITTANY MACK•f LSU’sfnomineefforfSEC’sfH.fBoydfMcWhorterfScholar-AthletefPost-

GraduatefScholarshipf[03/28]•f SECfCo-PitcherfoffthefWeekf[03/26]•f LSWAfPitcherfoffthefWeekf[03/28]•f LOWE’SfSeniorfClassfFinalistf[02/15]

MEGHAN PATTERSON•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]•f TigerfInvitationalfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/26]

MORGAN RUSSELL•f TigerfInvitationalfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/26]

DYLAN SUPAK•f Purplef&fGoldfChallengefAll-TournamentfTeamf[03/11]•f TigerfInvitationalfAll-TournamentfTeamf[02/26]

HONORS & AWARDS

•f Falconf missedf anf eight-gamef stretchf [Feb.f 25-Marchf 4]f duef tofinjury.fShefhasftalliedfaf.310fbattingfaveragefandfnotchedf17fRBIsftofrankfthirdfonfthefteam.f

•f Falconf recentlyf producedf af career-longf six-gamef hittingf streakf[Marchf28-Aprilf7].fShefrippedfafRBIfsinglefinfthefthirdfinningfoffLSU’sf3-2fwinfoverfNo.f2fAlabamaf[Aprilf7]fwhichfprovedftofbefthefgame-winningfhit.f

•f Falconfblastedfafsolofhomefrunfduringfthefsecondf inningfoff thefTennesseefseriesffinalef[Aprilf15]ftofgivefLSUfaf1-0fedge.

•f Forfthefseason,fFalconfisftiedfwithfAndrewsfwithfsixfmulti-hitfper-formancesfonfthefteam.f

•f Afterf battlingf anf injuryf andf appearingf inf onlyf threef gamesf inf2011,f Ashleyf Applegatef hasf startedf 41f off 42f gamesf thisf seasonfwithf37foffthosefstartsfcomingfinfrightffield.f

•f Applegatefhasfrecordedfhitsfinfherfninefoffherflastf13fgamesf[Marchf25-Aprilf15].fShefrecentlyfequaledfafcareer-longfsix-gamefhittingfstreakf[Marchf25-Aprilf4]fbeingfusedfinftheflineup’sfNo.f6fspot.f

•f Applegatef crankedf af two-runf singlef duringf thef sixthf innngf tofvaultftofaf3-2fcomebackfvictoryfinfthefArkansasffinalef[Aprilf1].

•f Inf herf 21f startsf atf catcher,f Laurenf Houstonf hasf reachedf basef inf14foffthosefgames.fShefhasfcompiledfaf.466fon-basefpercentagefbeingfhit-by-a-pitchfonf13foccasions,fwhichfisfsecond-bestfinfthefSECfrankings.ff

•f Houstonfhasfscoredfafrunfduringfthreefoffherflastfsixfappearancesf[Marchf25-Aprilf15].fShefturnedfinfaf2-for-3fperformancefwithfafpairfoffsinglesfwhichfledftofLSUfscoringfrunsfduringfaf4-0fwinfoverfMississippifStatef[Marchf18].f

•f Tammyf Wrayf hasf startedf herf sophomoref seasonf goingf 11-for-76f atf thef plate.f Shef knockedf af RBIf singlef inf thef seventhf inningftof sparkf LSU’sf comebackf attemptf whichf fellf shortf 4-2f atf No.f 10fTennesseef[Aprilf14].

•f DylanfSupakfhasfproducedfhitsfinf11foffherf25fstartsfonfthefseason,fbutfhasftalliedfaf4-for-30fclipfduringfherflastf13fgamesfsincefSECfactionfbeganf[Marchf14-Aprilf8].f

•f Supakfdeliveredfaftwo-runfsinglefwhichfprovedftofbefthefgame-winnerfduringfLSU’sfeight-runfthirdfinningfversusfMississippifStatef[Marchf16].f

•f Supak’sffive-RBIfperformancesfarefthirdfonfthefteamfonlyfbehindfLangonif andf Santos.f Shef isf tiedf forf fourthf onf thef squadf withf 11ftotalfRBIs.f

•f SimonefHeywardfhasfalreadyffoundfherselffinffourfdifferentfposi-tionsfinfthefbattingforderfonfthefyoungfseason.f

•f Afterfmissingfaf15-gamefstretchfdueftofinjuryf[Marchf2-21],fHey-wardf hasf returnedf tof actionf byf makingf sevenf appearancesf asf afpinchf hitterf [Marchf 23-Aprilf 8]f andf herf firstf startf inf centerfieldfversusfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4].f

•f Heywardfdrewfafleadofffwalkfandfscoredfthefgame-winningfrunfinfLSU’sf1-0fwalk-offfwinfoverfArkansasf[Marchf30].fShefhasfscoredfeightf timesf inf 2012,f andf LSUf isf 30-4f overf thef lastf twof seasonsfwhenfshefcrossesfthefplate.f

•f Offfthefbench,fAlexfBouletfhasfscoredfduringffourfoffherf lastfsevenfpinchfrunningfappearancesf[Marchf18-Aprilf15].fShefstolefhomeftoftiefthefgamefatf1-1finftheffourthfinningfversusfGeorgiafTechf[Marchf20].f

•f RikkifAlcarazfhasfscoredfrunsfandfdrawnfafquartetfoffwalksfinfherflastfthreefoutingsfasfthefstartingfsecondfbasemanf[Marchf18-20,fAprilf 4].f Shef ignitedf LSU’sf five-runf fifthf inningf versusf NichollsfStatef[Aprilf4]fwithfafleadofffdouble.

•f Earlierfthisfseason,fAlcarazfputftogetherfaffive-gamefhittingfstreakf[Feb.f21-26]fandfclaimedfTigerfInvitationalfAll-Tournamentfhonors.f

•f Jaceef Blades,f Ashleighf Kuhnf andf Heidif Pizerf havef registeredf afcombinedf8-for-10fclipfasfpinchfhitters.fThefrestfoffthefLSUfteamfhasfgarneredfaf1-for-25fmark.f

•f Kuhnfhasfdrivenfhomefninefoffherf11fRBIsfduringfherflastf11fout-ingsf[Marchf7-28,fAprilf4-15].fShefhasftalliedfaf2-for-18fclipfatfthefplatefinfSECfaction.f

•f Asfafpinchfhitter,fKuhnfrippedfafwalk-offfRBIfsinglefduringfLSU’sf1-0fwinfoverfTroyf[Marchf9].fShefrippedfaftwo-runfdoublefasfpartfoffLSU’sffive-run,ffifthfinningfversusfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4]f

•f KaileyfMcCaslandfhasfmadef11fstartsfatfthirdfbasefandfsevenfstartsfatfdesignatedfplayerfonfthefseason.fShefendedfaf0-for-14fstretchf

[Marchf10-28]fwithftwofhitsfagainstfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4]fandfafpinch-hitfsinglefatfNo.f10fTennesseef[Aprilf14].f

•f McCaslandfbeltedfherffirstfcareerfhomefrun,fscoredftwofrunsfandfclaimedf threef RBIsf duringf LSU’sf 7-4f winf overf thenf No.f 23f Okla-homafStatef[Feb.f23].

•f Morganf Russellf hasf producedf hitsf inf threef off herf lastf fivef startsf[Aprilf4-15],f includingfafRBIfsingleftofcapfLSU’sffive-runffifthfin-ningfversusfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4].fHerf17fcareerfsacrficefhitsfareftiedfforf11thfinfprogramfhistory.f

•f Defensively,fRussellfhasfputfafcloseftofafpairfoffimpressivefstolenfbasef streaksf inf SECf play.f Shef endedf Alabama’sf Jenniferf FentonfNCAA-recordf74-basefrunf[Aprilf7]fandfstoppedfTennessee’sfRavenfChavannefstreakfoff40fconsecutivefstealsf[Aprilf15].

•f RussellfcontributedfbothfoffLSU’sfRBIsfhighlightedfbyfafsixth-in-ningfsolofhomefrunfduringfaf2-0fwinfoverfMcNeesefStatef[Feb.f25].f

•f CassiefTrosclairf madef herf seasonf debutf atf thefTigerf Invitational.fInfherffirstfgame,fshefrippedfafRBI-doublefwhichfprovedftofbefthefgame-winningfrunfinfaf5-4fwinfoverfSouthfAlabamaf[Feb.f25].

•f Trosclairfdepositedfaftwo-out,ftwo-runfsinglefduringfLSU’sf7-4fwinfoverfthenfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[Marchf3].fShefscoredfasfafpinchfrunnerf[Marchf24]fandfaddedfafRBIfinfieldfsinglef[Marchf25]fdur-ingfthefSouthfCarolinafseries.f

•f Infthefcircle,fRachelefFicofisf14-6fwithfafblisteringf1.07fERAfwhichfranksfthirdfinfthefSECfinfadditionftofeighth-lowestfnationally.fTheffour-timef Louisianaf Pitcherf off thefWeekf hasf receivedf onlyf threefrunsfoffsupportfduringfherfsixfsetbacks.

•f Forfthefseason,fFicofhasfbeenftouchedfupfforfjustf20fearnedfrunsfinf 131.0f inningsf off work.f Shef tossedf fourf straightf SECf shutoutsf[Marchf18-30]fhighlightedfbyfafseason’sfbestf11fKsfinfafthree-hitf

INTEGRITY: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 5 u 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2007 SEC WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONS

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

CAREER RECORD WATCH • HITTING

RUNS SCORED11f 116f LaurenfCastlef 2004-0612f 106f QuinlanfDuhonf 2005-0813 103 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current14f 100f AprilfJanzenf 1998-99,f2001-0214f 100f LaDoniafHughesf 2003-0416f 98f SarafFitzgerlaldf 2001-0417 96 Juliana Santos 2009-Current

HITS19f 169f KirstenfShortridgef 2009-1020 151 Ashley Langoni 2009-201221f 145f LaurenfDelahoussayef 2003-0622f 144f Shaunte’fFreminff 1997-200023f 142f LaDoniafHughesf 2003-0424f 138f SarafFitzgeraldf 2001-0425 135 Juliana Santos 2009-Current26f 134f JodifOttenf 1997-9827 129 Ashley Applegate 2008-Current

HOME RUNS1f 33f RachelfMitchellf 2007-102f 32f LesliefKleinf 2004-073f 31f JuliefWiesef 2001-044f 30f QuinlanfDuhonf 2005-085 29 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current

RUNS BATTED IN5f 144f TrenafPeelf 1999-20026f 137f StephaniefHastingsf 1998-20017f 128f QuinlanfDuhonf 2005-088 127 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current

MULTI-RBI GAMES3f 42f TarafAsbillf 1997-20004f 39f AshleefDucotef 1997-20005f 35f ChristyfConnerf 2001-035 35 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current

TOTAL BASES11f 300f QuinlanfDuhonf 2005-0812f 285f KillianfRoessnerf 2005-0813f 279f LaurenfCastlef 2004-0614f 274f ChristyfConnerf 2001-0315 272 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current

WALKS1f 121f RachelfMitchellf 2007-102f 115f JuliefWiesef 2001-043 104 Ashley Langoni 2009-Current4f 98f CamillefHarrisf 2003-065f 77f AshleefDucotef 1997-20006f 75f LesliefKleinf 2004-077f 72f TrenafPeelf 1999-20028f 68f QuinlanfDuhonf 2005-088 68 Ashley Applegate 2008-Current

SACRIFICE HITS7f 19f AuburnefZioberf 1998-20017f 19f AleshiafPerryf 2001-029f 18f CamillefHarrisf 2003-069f 18f JazzfJacksonf 2007-0911f 17f Shaunte’fFreminf 1997-200011 17 Morgan Russell 2009-Current

CAREER RECORD WATCH • PITCHING

WINS3f 84f EmilyfTurnerf 2004-074f 68f AshleyfLewisf 1999-20015f 59f DanifHoferf 2006-20096 52 Brittany Mack 2009-Current7 48 Rachele Fico 2010-Current

STRIKEOUTS4f 623f DanifHoferf 2006-20095 527 Brittany Mack 2009-Current6f 474f CodyfTrahanf 2007-107 473 Rachele Fico 2010-Current

STRIKEOUTS PER 7 IP1f 9.82f BritnifSneedf 1999-20022f 9.19f DanifHoferf 2006-20093f 8.12f KristinfSchmidtf 2002-20044f 7.52 Brittany Mack 2009-Current5 7.39 Rachele Fico 2010-Current

SHUTOUTS4f 20f DanifHoferf 2006-20095 18 Rachele Fico 2010-Current6f 16f AshleyfLewisf 1999-20017f 15f BrandifLandryf 1997-19987f 15f CodyfTrahanf 2007-108 13 Brittany Mack 2009-Current

SAVES1f 12f BritnifSneedf 1999-20022 8 Rachele Fico 2010-Current3f 7f KristinfSchmidtf 2002-044f 4f SarahfKnifeChieff 1997-984f 4f EmilyfTurnerf 2004-074f 4f DanifHoferf 2006-097f 3f CaseyfFailef 2008-107 3 Brittany Mack 2009-12

shutoutfoffArkansasf[Marchf30.•f Ficofhasfalreadyftossedfninefoverallfshutoutsftofrankfinfafeighth-

placeftiefnationally.fShefhasffiredfafquartetfoffone-hittersfagainstfLouisianafTechf[Feb.f12],fUtahfStatef[Feb.f19],fMcNeesefStatef[Feb.f25]fandfTroyf[Marchf10].f

•f Forfherfcareer,fFicofhasftotaledf18fshutoutsftofrankffifthfinfprogramfhistory.fShefisftwofshutoutsfawayffromfDanifHoferf[2006-09]fforfthefNo.f4fspot.f

•f Ficof becamef onlyf thef secondf pitcherf duringf thef 2012f seasonf tofdefeatfNo.f2fAlabamaf[Aprilf7].fShefaccomplishedfthefimpressiveffeatfonfthefbiggestfoffstagesf in-frontfoffafthenfRhoadsfStadiumfrecordfcrowdfoff3,521fspectators.f

•f Ficoffinishedfthefgamefin-stylefbyfrecordingfsixfoffherfninefstrike-outsf andf retiringf ninef off thef finalf 11f battersf shef facedf overf theffinalfthreefinnings.

•f Fico’sfsparklingfpitchingfperformancefendedfaf13-gamefwinningfstreakfbyfthefhomefteamfinfthefseriesfandfgavefLSUfitsffirstfwinfinfTuscaloosafdatingfbackftofthef2006fseason.

•f Ficof hadf anf impressivef runf off sevenf straightf victoriesf [Marchf16-Aprilf8]fcomeftofafclosefatfNo.f10fTennesseef[Aprilf14].

•f Ficofhasflimitedfopponentsftofaf.192fhittingfclipfandfnotchedf129fstrikeoutsftofrankfsixthfandfseventh,frespectively,finfthosefcatego-riesfamongfthefSECfleaders.

•f Fico’sf 473f careerf strikeoutsf placesf herf seventhf onf LSU’sf all-timeflist.f Thef juniorf right-handerf isf twof Ksf awayf fromf passingf CodyfTrahanf[2008-2011]fforfthefNo.f6fposition.ffff

•f BrittanyfMackfisf12-7fwithfaf2.46fERAfandfrecentlyfhadfherfstretchfoffninefconsecutivefwinsf[Marchf3-Aprilf1]fcomeftofafclosefduringfthefseriesfopenerfatfNo.f2fAlabamaf[Aprilf6].f

•f Duringfthefnine-gamefrun,fMackfcarriedfafno-hitterfonefoutfintofthefseventhfinningfatfSouthfCarolinaf[Marchf24].f Infthefprocess,fshefbecameftheffifthfpitcherfinfLSUfhistoryftofeclipsef500fcareerfstrikeoutsfandfreachfthef50-winfplateau.fThefseniorfright-handerfpickedfupfSECfCo-PitcherfofftheffWeekf[Marchf26]fforfherfefforts.f

•f MackfwasfselectedfasfthefNo.f1fpickfduringfthefNationalfProfFast-pitch’sfCollegiatefDraftf[Marchf7].fItfmarksfthefthirdfstraightfyearfthefSECfhasfhadfthefNo.f1fpickfinfthefNPFfDraft.f

•f AgainstfMississippifStatef[Marchf16-17],fMackfrecordedftwofstrike-outsfinfafrelieffappearancefduringfthefseriesfopenerftofearnfherffirstfsavefoffthefseason.fThefseniorfright-handerffollowedfthatfupfwithfaf10-strikeoutfperformancefinfgameftwo.f

•f MeghanfPattersonf isf3-0fandfhasf rackedfupf37fstrikeoutsf infherf31.1finningsfoffwork,fincludingfafcareer-bestf13fKsfagainstfAlcornfStatef[Feb.f26].f

•f Pattersonfhasfbeenftouchedfupfforfonefrunfonf11fhitsfinfherflastf25fframesfoffactionf[Feb.f26-Aprilf4].fShefmadefherfSECfseasonfdebutfatfSouthfCarolinaf[Marchf25].

•f Pattersonf wentf thef distancef andf notchedf fivef strikeoutsf duringfherflastfstartfagainstfNichollsfStatef[Aprilf4].

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

RPI REPORT • NATIONAL RANKINGS

Overall Ranking 20Recordfvs.fRPIf1-25f 3-11Homeff 2-2Awayff 1-6Neutralf 0-3Recordfvs.fRPIf26-50f 6-1Homef 5-0fAwayf 0-1Neutralf 1-0Recordfvs.fRPIf51-100f 11-1Homeff 8-1Awayff 3-0Neutralf 0-0Recordfvs.fRPIf101-150f 2-0Homeff 2-0Awayff 0-0Neutralf 0-0Recordfvs.fRPIf151f+f 7-0Homeff 4-0Awayff 1-0Neutralf 2-0

OPPONENT RPI AS OF 04/09/12SEC RANK [RECORD]Alabamaff 2f[1-2]Tennesseef 3f[0-3]fFloridaff 6f[0-0]Georgiaff 17f[0-0]LSU 20Auburnf 29f[1-1]MississippifStatef 31f[3-0]Kentuckyf 38f[0-0]Arkansasff 58f[3-0]SouthfCarolinaf 77f[3-0]OlefMissf 96f[0-0]

NON-CONFERENCE RANK [RECORD]Californiaf 1f[0-1]Oklahomaf 7f[0-2]FloridafStatef 18f[0-0]DePaulff 21f[0-1]Michiganff 24f[0-1]GeorgiafTechff 25f[1-0]OklahomafStatef 39f[1-1]SouthfAlabamaf 42f[2-0]Troyf 55f[2-0]McNeesefStatef 76f[2-0]PennfStatef 93f[1-1]MississippifValleyfStatef 148f[2-0]LouisianafTechf 158f[1-0]fUtahfStatef 169f[1-0]CalfStatefNorthridgef 174f[1-0]NichollsfStatef 237f[2-0]SoutheasternfLousianaff 252f[1-0]AlcornfStatef 284f[1-0]

TOP 100 NCAA TEAM RANKINGS AS OF 04/09/12CATEGORY RANKERAf[1.75]f 13thW-LfPercentagef[.690]f 38thStolenfBasesfPerfGamef[1.21]f 72nd

TOP 100 NCAA PLAYER RANKINGS THUR GAMES 04/01/12CATEGORY PLAYER RANKERAf[1.07]f RachelefFicof 8thShutoutsf[9]f RachelefFicof T-8thWalksfPerfGamef[0.88]f AshleyfLangonif 9thStrikeoutsfPerf7fIPf[7.80]f BrittanyfMackf 50thWinsf[14]f RachelefFicof 73rdStrikeoutsfPerf7fIPf[6.90]f RachelefFicof 89th

LSU MULTI-HIT GAMES

PLAYER 2 3 4+ SEASON CAREERAshleyfLangonif 9f 1f -f 10f 35JulianafSantosf 3f 2f -f 5f 28AshleyfApplegatef 3f -f -f 3f 26SimonefHeywardf 1f -f -f 1f 12MorganfRussellf 2f -f -f 2f 10AllisonfFalconf 5f 1f -f 6f 9LaurenfHoustonf 2f -f -f 2f 9JaceefBladesf 2f -f -f 2f 8CassiefTrosclairf -f -f -f 0f 8TammyfWrayf 1f -f -f 1f 8A.J.fAndrewsf 6f -f -f 6f 6DylanfSupakf 5f -f -f 5f 5AshleighfKuhnf 3f -f -f 3f 3KaileyfMcCaslandf 3f -f -f 3f 3HeidifPizerf -f -f -f 0f 2RikkifAlcarazf 1f -f -f 1f 1AlexfBouletf -f -f -f 0f 1

LSU MULTI-RBI GAMES

PLAYER 2 3 4+ SEASON CAREERAshleyfLangonif 4f 4f -f 8f 35JulianafSantosf 6f 1f -f 7f 22AshleyfApplegatef 1f -f -f 1f 13MorganfRussellff 2f -f -f 2f 10TammyfWrayf 1f -f -f 1f 8AllisonfFalconf 3f -f -f 3f 6LaurenfHoustonf 1f -f -f 1f 5HeidifPizerf 1f -f -f 1f 5DylanfSupakf 5f -f -f 5f 5AshleighfKuhnf 2f -f 1f 3f 3A.J.fAndrewsf 1f 1f -f 2f 2CassiefTrosclairf 1f -f -f 1f 2RikkifAlcarazf 1f -f -f 1f 1JaceefBladesf 1f -f -f 1f 1KaileyfMcCaslandf -f 1f -f 1f 1TammyfVermuelenf 1f -f -f 1f 1

LSU HITTING STREAKS

PLAYER SEASON CURRENT CAREERJaceefBladesf 3f -f 7AshleyfLangonif 4f 1f 7AshleyfApplegatef 6f 1f 6AllisonfFalconf 6f 1f 6JulianafSantosf 4f 1f 6TammyfWrayf 3f -f 6RikkifAlcarazf 5f 2f 5SimonefHeywardf 3f -f 5MorganfRussellf 2f 2f 5HeidifPizerf 4f -f 4LaurenfHoustonf 2f -f 3AshleighfKuhnf 3f -f 3KaileyfMcCaslandf 3f -f 3DylanfSupakf 3f -f 3A.J.fAndrewsf 2f 1f 2AlexfBouletf -f -f 2KatiefGuilloryf -f -f 2CassiefTrosclairf 1f -f 2TammyfVermeulenf 2f 2f 2

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Scored three runs in a game:f AshleyfLangonifvs.fNo.f5fFlorida,f05/14/10Scored four runs in a game:f AshleyfLangonifatfSouthfCarolina,f03/25/12Had four hits in a game:f JulianafSantosfvs.fLouisianafTech,f02/13/11Had five hits in a game:f JulianafSantosfatfArkansas,f04/02/11Had five RBIs in a game:f AshleyfLangonifatfArkansas,f04/01/11Had six RBIs in a game:f VanessafSotofvs.fCentenary,f02/10/07Had seven RBIs in a game:f StephaniefHillfvs.fNichollsfState,f04/01/04Had two doubles in a game:f DylanfSupakfatfSouthfCarolina,f03/23/12Had three doubles in a game:f TessafLynamfvs.fJacksonfState,f02/28/03Had two triples in a game:f LesliefKleinfvs.fAlcornfState,f02/20/04Had two home runs in a game:f AnissafYoungfvs.fFordham,f02/26/10Hit a grand slam:f AnissafYoungf[1st]f&fAshleyfLangonif[2nd]fatfArizonafState,f05/16/09Lead off game with home run:f KirstenfShortridgefatfHawai`i,f02/07/09Lead off inning with home run:f AllisonfFalconfatfNo.f10fTennesseef[2nd],f04/15/12Hit an inside-the-park home run:f ShannonfSteinfvs.fAuburn,f05/08/08Hit a walk-off home run to win regulation game:fffffffff KirstenfShortridgefvs.fKentucky,f05/13/10Hit a walk-off home run to win an extra inning game: AnissafYoungfvs.fNo.f1fAlabamaf[10th],f04/09/11Had eight total bases in a game: f AshleyfLangonifvs.fSyracuse,f05/21/11Had nine total bases in a game: f KristenfHobbsfvs.fMissouri,f02/10/07Had 10 total bases in a game:f AnissafYoungfvs.fSoutheasternfLouisiana,f02/24/10Had 13 total bases in a game:f fAshleefDucotefatfSouthfCarolinaf[Gmf2],f04/14/00Drew three walks in a game:f AshleyfLangonifatfSouthfCarolina,f03/25/12Drew four walks in a game:f AshleyfLangonifvs.fPennfState,f02/11/12Drew two intentional walks in a game:f KillianfRoessnerfvs.fTroy,f03/11/08Drew three intentional walks in a game:f StephaniefHillfatfOlefMissf[Gmf1],f04/17/04Hit by pitch twice in a game:f LaurenfHoustonfatfMcNeesefState,f03/28/12Struck out three times in a game:f JulianafSantosfatfNo.f2fAlabama,f04/08/12Struck out four times in a game:f AlexfBouletfvs.fNo.f1fAlabama,f04/08/11Struck out five times in a game:f AshleyfLewisfvs.fSouthernfMiss,f05/20/00Had two sacrifices hits in a game:f AshleyfLangonifvs.fNo.f1fAlabama,f04/08/11Had three sacrifice hits in a game:f TarafAsbillfatfAlabamaf[Gmf1],f05/05/00Had two sacrifice flies in a game:f JulianafSantosfatfMississippifState,f04/28/11Had two stolen bases in a game:f A.J.fAndrewsfatfNo.f2fAlabama,f04/07/12Had three stolen bases in a game:f JulianafSantosfvs.fLouisianafTech,f02/13/11Had four stolen bases in a game:f CassiefTrosclairfvs.fSacredfHeart,f05/21/11Seven-inning complete-game shutout:f RachelefFicofvs.fArkansas,f03/30/12Extra-inning complete-game shutout:ff RachelefFicofvs.fPennfStatef[8fIP],f02/11/12Seven-inning complete-game one-hitter:f BrittanyfMackfatfSouthfCarolina,f03/24/12Tossed a perfect game:f RachelefFicofvs.fSoutheasternfLouisianaf[5fIP],f02/16/11Tossed a no-hitter:f MeghanfPattersonfvs.fSouthernf[5fIP],f02/18/11Seven-inning no-hitter:f EmilyfTurnerfatfArkansasf[Gmf2],f04/21/07Recorded 12 strikeouts in a game: BrittanyfMackfvs.fNo.f6fTennessee,f04/15/11Recorded 13 strikeouts in a game: MeghanfPattersonfvs.fAlcornfState,f02/26/12Recorded 14 strikeouts in a game: BrittanyfMackfvs.fNo.f1fAlabama,f04/08/11Recorded 15 strikeouts in a game:f DanifHoferfvs.fAuburn,f03/21/08Recorded 16 strikeouts in a game:f DanifHoferfvs.fSouthfFloridaf,f03/16/08Recorded 17 strikeouts in a game:f KristinfSchmidtfvs.fOlefMissf[Gmf1],f04/18/03Recorded 18 strikeouts in a game: RachelefFicofvs.fSyracuse,f05/20/11Recorded 19 strikeouts in a game:f BritnifSneedfvs.fOklahoma,f05/26/01Pitched 10+ innings:f RachelefFicofvs.fNo.f1fAlabama,f04/11/11Pitched 11+ innings:f RachelefFicofvs.fSyracuse,f05/20/11Pitched 13+ innings:f BrittanyfMackfvs.fNo.f1fAlabama,f04/10/11Had 17 putouts:f LeighfAnnfDanosfvs.fSouthfCarolinaf[Gmf1],f03/13/04Had 18 putouts:f MorganfRussellfvs.fSyracuse,f05/20/11Had 19 putouts:f JenniferfSchuelkefvs.fOklahoma,f05/26/01Had six assists:f CassiefTrosclairfvs.fNo.f18fTexasfA&M,f05/22/11Had seven assists:f JulianafSantosfatfKentuckyf[Gm.f2],f04/25/10Had eight assists:f TarafAsbillfvs.fSouthfCarolina,f05/14/00Had two errors: f KaileyfMcCaslandfvs.fAuburnf[Gmf1],f03/14/12Had three errors: f EmilyfTurnerfatfArkansasf[Gmf2],f04/26/06Had four errors: f AndreafSmithfvs.fArizona,f05/26/06

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SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + TOTALSLSUf 41f 24f 36f 20f 33f 10f 7f 1f 0f 0f 172Opponentsf 22f 12f 5f 8f 21f 20f 7f 0f 0f 1f 96

INNING-BY-INNING

Scored 10 or more runs:f MississippifStatef[10],f03/16/12Scored 15 or more runs:f MississippifValleyfStatef[16],f03/10/12Scored 20 or more runs:f vs.fGramblingfStatef[20],f02/15/06Allowed 10 or more runs: f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[10],f04/15/12Allowed 15 or more runs:f NeverRecorded 10 or more hits:f Arkansasf[11],f03/31/12Recorded 15 or more hits:f atfSoutheasternfLouisianaf[15],f03/24/10Recorded 20 or more hits:f vs.fAlcornfStatef[21],f02/20/04Allowed 10 or more hits: f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[13],f04/15/12Drove home 10 or more RBIs:f MississippifValleyfStatef[14],f03/10/12Hit six or more doubles:f vs.fGramblingfStatef[8],f02/15/06Hit three or more triples:f vs.fAlcornfStatef[3],f02/20/04Hit four or more home runs:f vs.fFordhamf[4],f02/26/11Stole eight or more bases:f atfOlefMissf[8],f04/22/11Drew 10 or more walks:f vs.fMemphisf[10],f02/11/07Pitched a no-hitter:f vs.fSouthern,f02/18/11Pitched 15 or more strikeouts:f vs.fSyracusef[18],f05/20/11Committed 4 or more errors:f Troyf[5],f03/09/12Defeated a ranked team:f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[3-2],f04/07/12Defeated a top-five ranked team:f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[3-2],f04/07/12Lost to an unranked opponent:f vs.fDePaulf[3-1],f02/18/12

THE LAST TIME LSU ...

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

BATON ROUGE - RachelefFicoffiredfherfthirdfone-hitterfoffthefseason,fwhilefMorganfRussellfgarneredfaf2-for-3fperformancefwithftwofRBIsfasfthefLSUfsoftballfteamfextendedfitsfwinningfstreakftoffourfgamesfwithfaf2-0fvictoryfoverfMcNeesefStatefatfTigerfPark.f “Itf definitelyf wasf af greatf day,”f headf coachf BethfTorinaf said.f“WeffacedfanotherfqualityfopponentfinfMcNeesefState,fsofoverallfitfwasfafgreatfday.fIflikedfhowfourfkidsfplayed.fIflikedfourfoffensivefproductionftoday.fIfthoughtftheyflookedfveryfconfident.”f ForfFico,fshefimprovedftof4-1fonfthefseason.fShefgarneredfsixfstrike-outsfagainstfonefwalkfandfherfERAfdroppedftof0.45fforfthefseason.f McNeesefStatef(9-5)fputfrunnersfonfthefcornersftofopenfthefgamefofffoffFicofasfClairefTerracinafknockedfafleadoffftriple,fwhilefKimfKen-nedyfwasfhit-by-pitch.f Ficofbuckledfdownfandfgotfthreefconsecutivefgroundfballs,finclud-ingfoneftofshortstopfJulianafSantos.fShefalertlyfthrewfhomeftofRus-sell,fwhoftaggedfTerracinafatfthefplateftofkeepfthefgamefscoreless.f “Gettingfoutfoff thatffirstf inningfafterfgivingfupfthef leadoffftriplefgavef herf af lotf off fire,f andf shef wasf reallyf excitedf aboutf that,”fTorinafsaid.f“Afterfthat,fshefjustfcontinuedftofdominatefthefrestfoffthefway.fIfthoughtfshefwasfreallyfsolid,fandfitfwasfanotherfgreatfperformanceffromfher.”f Ficofproceededftoffindfherfgroovefandfretiredf19fconsecutivefbat-tersfbeforefafone-outfwalkfinfthefseventhfinning.f “Allfoffherfpitchesfwerefworking,”fRussellfsaid.f“Herfcurvefballfwasfbreakingfgreat.fEverythingfshefcanfthrowfwasfworkingfatf itsfbest.f Ifwasfreallyfproudfoffherfandfthefwayfshefcamefthrough.fIfcouldftellfshefreallyfwantedfthefwin.”f LSUfusedfaftwo-outfrallyf inftheffourthfinningfforfthefgame’sffirstfrun.f Rikkif Alcarazf andf Dylanf Supakf rippedf singlesf tof centerfieldf tofsetftheftablefforfRussell.fSheftookfaf3-1fofferingfandfdepositedfafRBI-singleftofvaultfLSUfahead,f1-0.f Onf herf nextf platef appearancef duringf thef sixthf inning,f Russellfrippedfafsolofhomefrunfforfanfinsurancefrunftofmakefitf2-0.ff “It’sfawesomefbecausefwefhavefworkedfsofhardfthesefpastfcouplefoff weeks,”f Russellf said.f“Wef havef hitf somef bumps,f butf nowf wef arefstartingftofcomeftogetherfasfafteam.fWefarefdoingfourfjobfandfdoingfthefrightfthings.fItfisfafgreatffeeling.”f

2012 LSU SoftballMcNeese State at LSU

Feb 25, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Park)

McNeese State 0 (9-5)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lobTerracina, Claire lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0Kennedy, Kim 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0Conley, Stacey c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0DiVittorio, Alanna cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0Koetting, Marissa 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2Denham, Tiffany dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gunn, Caitlyn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Price, Dani 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Roux, Katie ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0Langner, Lauren rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Bond, Meagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Totals 22 0 1 0 1 6 18 4 3

LSU 2 (7-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lobAshley Applegate rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3Simone Heyward cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Ashley Langoni lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0Juliana Santos ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Tammy Wray 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1Rikki Alcaraz 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0Dylan Supak 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 Heidi Pizer 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Morgan Russell c 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 0Cassie Trosclair dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Rachele Fico p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0Totals 25 2 6 2 1 3 21 7 7

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EMcNeese State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1LSU 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 6 0

E - Bond, M.(1). LOB - McNeese St 3; LSU 7. 3B - Terracina, C(2). HR - Russell(1). HBP - Kennedy, K.; Supak. SB- Heyward(3).

McNeese State ip h r er bb so ab bf npBond, Meagan 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 25 27 114

LSU ip h r er bb so ab bf npRachele Fico 7.0 1 0 0 1 6 22 24 91

Win - Fico (4-1). Loss - Bond, M. (7-3). Save - None.HBP - by Fico (Kennedy, K.); by Bond, M. (Supak). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Bond, M. 114/76;Fico 91/63.

Umpires - HP: Debbie Berens 1B: Michael Parker 3B: Darryl SandersStart: 3:10 pm Time: 1:45 Attendance: 1268Weather: 59 couldy; NE 8 mph

2012 SEASON SERIESLSU 2, MCNEESE STATE 0 • 02/25

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

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LAKE CHARLES - BrittanyfMackffiredfaffour-hitterfasfthefLSUfsoftballfteamfextendedfitsfseason’sflongfwinningfstreakftofeightfgames,fandfthefTigersfclaimedftheirffourthfstraightfshutout,faf4-0fvictoryfoverfMc-NeesefStatefatfCowgirlfDiamond.f LSUf(24-8)falsofhasfwonf21foffitsflastf25fgamesfdatingfbackftofFeb.f19fandfendedfMcNeesefState’sf(20-9)frunfofffivefconsecutivefwins.f Mack,f thef reigningf SECf Co-Pitcherf off thefWeek,f wonf herf eighthfstraightfdecisionfsincefMarchf3fandfimprovedftof11-4fonfthefseason.fSheffannedfsixfbattersfversusftwofwalksftofsecurefLSU’sf16thfshutoutfoffthefseason.ff Afterfafleadoffftriplefduringftheffirstfinning,fMackfsatfdownf10fbat-tersf infafrow.fFivefoffthefsevenfMcNeesefStatefrunnersfshefstrandedfwerefinfscoringfposition.ff “WefdefinitelyffacedfafqualityfopponentftonightfinfMcNeesefState,fandfwefknewftheyfwerefsomeonefwefcouldn’tftakeflightly,”fheadfcoachfBethfTorinafsaid.f“WefputfBrittanyfMackfonfthefmound,fapproachedfitflikefonefofftheftougherfgamesfonfourfschedulefandfweffoundfafwayftofwin.”f Offensively,f LSUf wasf fueledf byf Allisonf Falcon’sf 2-for-3f effortf atfthef plate.f Ashleyf Applegate,f Jaceef Bladesf andf Ashleighf Kuhnf alsofrecordedfhitsfforfthefTigers.f “Allisonfisfaftoughfoutfatfthefplate,”fTorinafsaid.f“Iffeelfthatfshefal-waysfhasfqualityfat-batsfandfisfgoingftofmakefsomethingfhappenfbyfputtingfthefballfinfplayfhard.fThere’sfnofdoubtfthatfshe’sfafdifferencefmakerfinfourflineup.”f LSUfbrokefthroughfforfaftriofoffrunsfduringftheffourthfinning.fFalconfsmashedf af one-outf singlef tof centerfield,f whilef Applegatef followedfwithfafdoublefintofthefrightfcenterfieldfgap.f Afterf Laurenf Houstonf wasf hit-by-a-pitchf tof fillf thef bases,f FalconfcrossedfthefplatefwithfLSU’sffirstfrunfviafafwildfpitch,fandfApplegatefalertlyfscoredffromfsecondfbasefafterfafthrowingferrorfbyfMSUfcatcherfAshleyfModzelewski.fThefTigersfmadefitf3-0fonfafKatiefRouxffieldingfmiscue.f LSUftackedfonfanotherfrunfinftheffifthfinning.fWithfrunnersfonfthefcorners,f Ashleyf Langonif andf Falconf executedf af doublef stealf tof per-fectionf tof pushf thef leadf tof 4-0.f Falconf gotf caughtf inf af rundownf infbetweenffirstfandfsecondfbase,fwhichfallowedfLangoniftofsprintfhomefandfslidefaroundftheftag.f Tiffanyf Denhamf wasf taggedf withf thef lossf andf fellf tof 7-3f forf thefseason.fShefwasftouchedfupfforffourfruns,fonefearned,fonffivefhits.fff “ComingfofffafgreatfweekendfatfSouthfCarolina,fwefknewfwefhadftofbeffocusedfforfMcNeesefState,”fFalconfsaid.f“Wefhadftofplayfatfourfbestftofcomefinfandfgetfthefjobfdone.fThisfwinfcontributesftofthefmo-mentumfwefarefbuilding.fOurfdefensef isfdoingfwell,fourfpitchingf isfphenomenalfandfourfhittingfisfcomingfalong.”

2012 LSU SoftballLSU at McNeese State

Mar 28, 2012 at Lake Charles, La. (Cowgirl Diamond)

LSU 4 (24-8)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lobA.J. Andrews cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ashleigh Kuhn ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Jacee Blades dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kailey McCasland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ashley Langoni lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0Juliana Santos ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1Allison Falcon 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0Ashley Applegate rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1Lauren Houston c 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Simone Heyward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tammy Wray 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0Dylan Supak 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 Heidi Pizer ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0Brittany Mack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0Totals 27 4 5 0 1 4 21 8 5

McNeese State 0 (20-9)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lobTerracina, Claire lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2Langner, Lauren 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2DiVittorio, Alanna cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Koetting, Marissa rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1Modzelewski, Ashley c 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0Kennedy, Kim 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2Price, Dani 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 0Roux, Katie ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 Jolly, Kelsey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Conley, Stacey dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knippa, Megan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Young, MyKeisha pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Denham, Tiffany p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0Totals 26 0 4 0 2 6 21 15 7

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ELSU 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 5 0McNeese State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

E - Modzelewski(1); Roux, K. 2(6). DP - McNeese St 1. LOB - LSU 5; McNeese St 7. 2B - Applegate(5); Conley,S.(3). 3B - Terracina, C(7). HBP - Houston 2. SB - Langoni(4); Falcon(5).

LSU ip h r er bb so ab bf npBrittany Mack 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 26 28 109

McNeese State ip h r er bb so ab bf npDenham, Tiffany 7.0 5 4 1 1 4 27 30 100

Win - Mack (11-3). Loss - Denham, T. (7-3). Save - None.WP - Denham, T.(2). HBP - by Denham, T. (Houston); by Denham, T. (Houston). Inherited runners/scored: None.Pitches/strikes: Mack 109/78; Denham, T. 100/64.

Umpires - HP: Steven Patrick 1B: Butch Dowies 3B: Wayne GeorgeStart: 6:02 pm Time: 1:51 Attendance: 794Weather: 76 mostly cloudy; SSE 10 mph

2012 SEASON SERIESLSU 4, MCNEESE STATE 0 • 03/28

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

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P STARTS RECORD RachelefFicof 20f 14-6BrittanyfMackf 19f 12-7MeghanfPattersonf 3f 3-0

C STARTS RECORD LaurenfHoustonf 21f 18-3MorganfRussellf 20f 10-10

1B STARTS RECORD AshleighfKuhnf 18f 10-8DylanfSupakf 17f 13-4HeidifPizerf 7f 6-1

2B STARTS RECORD AllisonfFalconf 25f 15-10RikkifAlcarazf 15f 13-2CassiefTrosclairf 2f 1-1

SS STARTS RECORD JulianafSantosf 33f 20-13DylanfSupakf 5f 5-0AllisonfFalconf 4f 4-0

3B STARTS RECORD TammyfWrayf 31f 21-10KaileyfMcCaslandf 11f 8-3

LF STARTS RECORD AshleyfLangonif 42f 29-13

CF STARTS RECORD A.J.fAndrewsf 24f 15-9SimonefHeywardf 14f 10-4JaceefBladesf 3f 3-0AlexfBouletf 1f 1-0

RF STARTS RECORD AshleyfApplegatef 37f 27-10JaceefBladesf 3f 0-3A.J.fAndrewsf 2f 2-0

DP STARTS RECORD JaceefBladesf 13f 11-2KaileyfMcCaslandf 7f 3-4CassiefTrosclairf 6f 4-2AshleyfApplegatef 4f 1-3DylanfSupakf 3f 2-1AllisonfFalconf 2f 2-0JulianafSantosf 2f 2-0RikkifAlcarazff 1f 0-1A.J.fAndrewsf 1f 1-0AshleighfKuhnf 1f 1-0HeidifPizerf 1f 1-0TammyfVermeulenf 1f 1-0

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2012 LSU SoftballOverall Statistics for LSU (as of Apr 15, 2012)

(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 29-13 Home: 20-3 Away: 6-7 Neutral: 3-3 SEC: 11-6

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 0 Ashley Langoni . 3 2 7 42-42 101 31 33 8 1 6 26 61 . 6 0 4 37 1 16 0 . 5 0 0 3 0 5-6 46 3 1 . 9 8 0

32 Allison Falcon . 3 1 0 31-31 84 15 26 2 1 2 17 36 . 4 2 9 5 4 6 1 . 3 7 6 0 2 5-6 39 32 5 . 9 3 4

2 Juliana Santos . 3 0 5 35-35 95 15 29 4 0 1 19 36 . 3 7 9 14 2 11 1 . 3 9 8 2 0 5-6 48 51 2 . 9 8 0

10 Ashley Applegate . 2 2 8 41-41 114 15 26 5 1 0 5 33 . 2 8 9 15 2 15 1 . 3 2 8 0 2 4-4 36 1 2 . 9 4 9

--------------------28 Tammy Vermeulen . 5 0 0 12-1 4 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 . 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 . 6 6 7 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

6 A.J. Andrews . 2 8 2 32-27 78 13 22 0 1 0 8 24 . 3 0 8 12 0 12 0 . 3 7 8 0 1 10-12 18 0 1 . 9 4 7

23 Jacee Blades . 2 6 2 30-19 61 9 16 1 0 0 2 17 . 2 7 9 4 2 11 0 . 3 2 8 0 3 3-6 7 0 1 . 8 7 5

47 Ashleigh Kuhn . 2 4 0 22-19 50 3 12 2 0 0 11 14 . 2 8 0 5 0 8 2 . 3 0 4 1 1 0-1 94 0 2 . 9 7 9

11 Dylan Supak . 2 3 9 29-25 67 8 16 3 0 1 11 22 . 3 2 8 6 2 13 1 . 3 2 0 0 3 1-1 78 6 4 . 9 5 5

1 Rikki Alcaraz . 2 3 8 21-16 42 13 10 3 0 0 4 13 . 3 1 0 10 1 13 0 . 3 9 6 0 0 2-3 33 16 2 . 9 6 1

16 Lauren Houston . 2 3 1 22-21 39 10 9 0 0 0 4 9 . 2 3 1 5 13 4 0 . 4 6 6 1 2 0-0 156 10 4 . 9 7 6

33 Kailey McCasland . 2 2 9 23-18 48 7 11 1 0 1 7 15 . 3 1 3 4 2 11 2 . 3 1 5 0 0 1-1 11 15 4 . 8 6 7

4 Morgan Russell . 2 0 5 22-21 44 3 9 1 0 1 6 13 . 2 9 5 4 7 4 1 . 3 6 4 0 3 0-0 146 14 0 1.000

25 Simone Heyward . 1 8 2 22-14 33 8 6 0 0 0 3 6 . 1 8 2 9 2 9 0 . 3 7 0 2 1 5-5 15 1 1 . 9 4 1

12 Heidi Pizer . 1 7 4 19-8 23 6 4 0 0 0 4 4 . 1 7 4 4 0 8 0 . 2 9 6 0 0 1-1 52 2 0 1.000

3 Cassie Trosclair . 1 6 7 15-8 24 2 4 1 0 0 4 5 . 2 0 8 1 1 11 0 . 2 3 1 0 1 2-3 2 1 2 . 6 0 0

18 Tammy Wray . 1 4 5 36-31 76 6 11 1 0 0 8 12 . 1 5 8 13 3 19 1 . 2 9 3 0 2 1-1 31 56 10 . 8 9 7

9 Alex Boulet . 0 0 0 20-1 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 5-6 1 0 0 1.000

44 Brittany Mack . 0 0 0 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 7 37 3 . 9 3 6

Totals . 2 4 7 42 994 172 246 32 4 12 142 322 . 3 2 4 150 42 174 10 . 3 6 7 9 21 52-64 828 272 47 . 9 5 9

Opponents . 2 0 9 42 1038 96 217 27 3 15 80 295 . 2 8 4 93 27 293 3 . 2 9 1 1 23 35-48 792 316 40 . 9 6 5

LOB - Team (253), Opp (258). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (17). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (5), Langoni 5.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha37 Rachele Fico 1 . 0 7 14-6 22 20 15 9/1 1 131.0 92 32 20 45 129 13 2 6 . 1 9 2 5 9 0 1 1144 Brittany Mack 2 . 4 6 12-7 22 19 14 3/2 1 113.2 108 55 40 38 127 11 1 6 . 2 3 9 5 16 1 0 11--------------------20 Meghan Patterson 2 . 0 1 3-0 8 3 3 2/3 0 31.1 17 9 9 10 37 3 0 3 . 1 5 9 4 2 0 0 1Totals 1 . 7 5 29-13 42 42 32 17/3 2 276.0 217 96 69 93 293 27 3 15 . 2 0 9 14 27 1 1 23

Opponents 3 . 6 3 13-29 42 42 20 7/1 1 264.0 246 172 137 150 174 32 4 12 . 2 4 7 13 42 7 9 21

PB - Team (6), Houston 4, Russell 2, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (1), Russell 1. SBA/ATT - Russell (17-25), Mack (19-23),Houston (18-23), Fico (14-21), Patterson (2-4).

STARTERS BY POSITION RECORD

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

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1ST STARTS RECORD AshleyfApplegatef 25f 18-7A.J.fAndrewsf 15f 10-5JaceefBladesf 1f 1-0SimonefHeywardf 1f 0-1

2ND STARTS RECORD JaceefBladesf 16f 11-5AllisonfFalconf 10f 8-2SimonefHeywardf 9f 7-2CassiefTrosclairf 4f 1-3A.J.fAndrewsf 2f 2-0JulianafSantosf 1f 0-1

3RD STARTS RECORD AshleyfLangonif 38f 26-12JulianafSantosf 3f 2-1AllisonfFalconf 1f 1-0

4TH STARTS RECORD JulianafSantosf 31f 20-11AshleyfLangonif 4f 3-1

AllisonfFalconf 3f 3-0AshleighfKuhnf 2f 1-1DylanfSupakf 2f 2-0

5TH STARTS RECORD AllisonfFalconff 13f 8-5DylanfSupakf 12f 9-3TammyfWrayf 7f 6-1AshleighfKuhnf 6f 3-3AshleyfApplegatef 2f 2-0RikkifAlcarazf 1f 1-0MorganfRussellf 1f 0-1

6TH STARTS RECORD AshleyfApplegatef 14f 8-6KaileyfMcCaslandf 12f 8-4RikkifAlcarazff 11f 8-3TammyfWrayf 2f 2-0SimonefHeywardf 1f 1-0LaurenfHoustonff 1f 1-0AshleighfKuhnf 1f 1-0

7TH STARTS RECORD LaurenfHoustonf 13f 11-2TammyfWrayf 11f 6-5KaileyfMcCaslandf 5f 3-2DylanfSupakf 4f 3-1MorganfRussellf 4f 1-3RikkifAlcarazf 2f 2-0AshleighfKuhnf 2f 2-0HeidifPizerf 1f 1-0

8TH STARTS RECORD MorganfRussellf 16f 10-6TammyfWrayf 11f 7-4LaurenfHoustonf 7f 6-1AshleighfKuhnf 2f 1-1RikkifAlcarazf 1f 1-0JaceefBladesf 1f 1-0KaileyfMcCaslandf 1f 0-1HeidifPizerf 1f 1-0DylanfSupakf 1f 1-0TammyfVermuelenf 1f 1-0

9TH STARTS RECORD A.J.fAndrewsf 10f 6-4AshleighfKuhnf 6f 3-3HeidifPizerf 6f 5-1DylanfSupakf 6f 5-1AllisonfFalconf 4f 1-3CassiefTrosclairf 4f 4-0SimonefHeywardf 3f 2-1RikkifAlcarazff 1f 1-0JaceefBladesf 1f 1-0AlexfBouletf 1f 1-0

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2012 LSU SoftballConference statistics for LSU (as of Apr 15, 2012)

(SEC games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 11-6 Home: 7-1 Away: 4-5 SEC: 11-6

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 0 Ashley Langoni . 3 8 9 17-17 36 12 14 3 0 3 10 26 . 7 2 2 20 0 5 0 . 5 9 6 1 0 2-3 21 2 0 1.000

2 Juliana Santos . 3 5 0 14-14 40 3 14 1 0 1 10 18 . 4 5 0 3 1 8 0 . 4 0 0 1 0 1-2 25 25 2 . 9 6 2

6 A.J. Andrews . 3 1 0 14-14 42 7 13 0 1 0 7 15 . 3 5 7 6 0 8 0 . 3 9 6 0 0 6-7 12 0 1 . 9 2 3

32 Allison Falcon . 2 5 5 17-17 47 3 12 1 1 1 8 18 . 3 8 3 1 2 4 0 . 3 0 0 0 1 1-1 23 21 2 . 9 5 7

10 Ashley Applegate . 2 2 0 17-17 50 6 11 0 1 0 4 13 . 2 6 0 3 2 7 1 . 2 9 1 0 0 1-1 13 0 1 . 9 2 9

23 Jacee Blades . 2 1 7 16-15 46 7 10 1 0 0 2 11 . 2 3 9 3 1 7 0 . 2 8 0 0 3 1-3 5 0 1 . 8 3 3

-------------------- 3 Cassie Trosclair . 3 3 3 6-0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

16 Lauren Houston . 2 6 3 9-9 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 6 3 2 3 2 0 . 4 1 7 0 1 0-0 50 7 2 . 9 6 6

11 Dylan Supak . 1 6 7 11-10 24 3 4 2 0 0 2 6 . 2 5 0 3 1 8 0 . 2 8 6 0 1 0-0 27 3 1 . 9 6 8

4 Morgan Russell . 1 4 3 8-8 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 . 1 4 3 2 2 3 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 0-0 59 5 0 1.000

18 Tammy Wray . 1 2 1 17-15 33 2 4 0 0 0 3 4 . 1 2 1 9 1 7 1 . 3 2 6 0 1 0-0 12 30 4 . 9 1 3

47 Ashleigh Kuhn . 1 1 1 9-8 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 . 1 5 8 0 1 0-0 44 0 1 . 9 7 8

12 Heidi Pizer . 1 0 0 7-4 10 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 . 1 8 2 0 0 0-0 34 1 0 1.000

33 Kailey McCasland . 0 8 3 6-4 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 8 3 0 1 4 0 . 1 5 4 0 0 1-1 0 6 2 . 7 5 0

25 Simone Heyward . 0 0 0 7-0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

1 Rikki Alcaraz . 0 0 0 3-1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 . 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 2 0 1.000

44 Brittany Mack . 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 10 0 1.000

9 Alex Boulet . 0 0 0 6-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

28 Tammy Vermeulen . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

Totals . 2 3 4 17 402 60 94 8 3 5 49 123 . 3 0 6 58 14 76 3 . 3 4 9 2 9 15-21 332 121 19 . 9 6 0

Opponents . 2 1 1 17 417 44 88 7 1 7 39 118 . 2 8 3 38 9 107 0 . 2 9 0 1 11 17-23 325 134 10 . 9 7 9

LOB - Team (100), Opp (100). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (4). IBB - Team (3), Langoni 3.

(SEC games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha37 Rachele Fico 1 . 6 1 7-3 11 10 7 3/1 0 65.1 49 21 15 26 64 5 1 5 . 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 544 Brittany Mack 2 . 6 8 4-3 9 7 6 1/0 1 44.1 38 23 17 12 43 2 0 2 . 2 2 2 1 6 0 0 6--------------------20 Meghan Patterson 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 2 . 0 2 11-6 17 17 13 5/1 1 110.2 88 44 32 38 107 7 1 7 . 2 1 1 3 9 0 1 11

Opponents 3 . 3 6 6-11 17 17 7 4/0 1 108.1 94 60 52 58 76 8 3 5 . 2 3 4 7 14 6 2 9

PB - Team (2), Russell 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Russell (10-13), Fico (7-12), Mack (10-11), Houston (7-10).

STARTERS BY LINEUP SPOT RECORD

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

NO. PLAYER [HR NUMBER] OPPONENT [DATE] PITCHER ON-BASE INNING OUTS COUNT SCORE FINAL1f AshleyfLangonif[1]f PennfStatef[Feb.f10]f Akaminef[RHP]f 0f 5f 1f 1-1f 1-5f L,f5-32f AshleyfLangonif[2]f vs.fUtahfStatef[Feb.f19]f Harmonf[RHP]f 1f 4f 0f 2-2f 11-0f W,f13-03f MorganfRussellf[1]f McNeesefStatef[Feb.f25]f Bondf[RHP]f 0f 6f 2f 2-2f 1-0f W,f2-04f KaileyfMcCaslandf[1]f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[Marchf3]f Espinosaf[RHP]f 0f 5f 1f 2-1f 6-2f W,f7-45 Ashley Langoni [3] at Nicholls State [March 7] Andrus [RHP] 1 1 2 0-1 0-0 W, 10-26f DylanfSupakf[1]f atfNichollsfStatef[Marchf7]f Andrusf[RHP]f 0f 1f 2f 1-1f 2-0f W,f10-27f AllisonfFalconf[1]f Troyf[Marchf9]f Affeldtf[RHP]f 1f 5f 1f 1-0f 2-1f W,f6-38f AshleyfLangonif[4]f atfSouthfCarolinaf[Marchf24]f Broylesf[RHP]f 1f 3f 1f 2-1f 1-0f W,f5-09 Ashley Langoni [5] at South Carolina [March 25] Howser [RHP] 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 W, 9-010f JulianafSantosf[1]f atfSouthfCarolinaf[Marchf25]f Howserf[RHP]f 1f 4f 2f 0-2f 5-0f W,f9-011 Ashley Langoni [6] at No. 2 Alabama [April 7] Jury [RHP] 1 1 1 3-1 0-0 W, 3-212 Allison Falcon [2] at No. 10 Tennessee [April 15] E. Renfroe [RHP] 0 2 0 2-0 0-0 L, 10-2

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NUMBER OF OUTS0fOutsf 21fOutf 52fOutsf 5

COUNT0-0fCountf 10-1fCountf 10-2fCountf 11-0fCountf 11-1fCountf 21-2fCountf 02-0fCountf 12-1fCountf 22-2fCountf 23-0fCountf 03-1fCountf 13-2fCountf 0

CLASSFreshmenf 2Sophomoref 2Juniorf 0Seniorf 8

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MISCLeadofff 1InsidefthefParkf 0

HOME RUN BREAKDOWN

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

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DATE OPPONENT RESULT INN LSU R-H-E OPP. R-H-E RECORD [SEC] PITCHER OF RECORD ATT TIMEFeb. 10 Penn State [1] L, 5-3 7 3-5-1 5-4-1 0-1 [0-0] Mack [0-1] 1,073 2:44Feb. 11 No. 15 Michigan [1] L, 2-1 7 1-3-0 2-11-0 0-2 [0-0] Mack [0-2] 1,298 1:52Feb. 11 Penn State [1] W, 1-0 [8] 1-3-1 0-2-1 1-2 [0-0] Fico [1-0] 1,298 2:53Feb. 12 Louisiana Tech [1] W, 8-0 [5] 8-8-0 0-1-1 2-2 [0-0] Fico [2-0] 1,046 1:28Feb.f18f vs.fDePaulf[2]f L,f3-1f 7f 1-2-1f 3-9-1f 2-3f[0-0]f Ficof[2-1]f 387f 2:14Feb.f18f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef[2]f W,f11-0f [5]f 11-8-0f 0-1-2f 3-3f[0-0]f Mackf[1-2]f 387f 1:34Feb.f19f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf[2]f L,f14-3f [5]f 3-6-0f 14-12-0f 3-4f[0-0]f Mackf[1-3]f 414f 1:54Feb.f19f vs.fUtahfStatef[2]f W,f13-0ff [5]f 13-12-0f 0-1-1f 4-4f[0-0]f Ficof[3-1]f 414f 1:48Feb. 21 Southeastern Louisiana W, 7-0 7 7-9-1 0-3-4 5-4 [0-0] Mack [2-3] 893 2:02Feb. 25 South Alabama [3] W, 5-4 7 5-8-2 4-8-0 6-4 [0-0] Mack [3-3] 1,268 2:00Feb. 25 McNeese State [3] W, 2-0 7 2-6-0 0-1-1 7-4 [0-0] Fico [4-1] 1,268 1:45Feb. 26 South Alabama [3] W, 1-0 7 1-3-2 0-7-1 8-4 [0-0] Fico [5-1] 1,065 1:58Feb. 26 Alcorn State [3] W, 2-0 7 2-3-1 0-1-0 9-4 [0-0] Patterson [1-0] 1,065 1:26Marchf2f atfNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f L,f7-0f 7f 0-1-2f 7-7-2f 9-5f[0-0]f Mackf[3-4]f 647f 2:04Marchf3f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f W,f7-4f 7f 7-9-3f 4-9-3f 10-5f[0-0]f Mackf[4-4]f 1,137f 2:33Marchf3f vs.fNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f L,f5-0f 7f 0-3-2f 5-6-0f 10-6f[0-0]f Ficof[5-2]f 1,137f 2:02Marchf4f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f L,f1-0f [10]f 0-6-4f 1-12-1f 10-7f[0-0]f Ficof[5-3]f 322f 2:45Marchf7f atfNichollsfStatef W,f10-2f [5]f 10-9-0f 2-4-2f 11-7f[0-0]f Ficof[6-3]f 465f 1:38March 9 Mississippi Valley State [5] W, 2-0 7 2-2-0 0-3-1 12-7 [0-0] Patterson [2-0] 992 1:45March 9 Troy [5] W, 6-3 7 6-9-5 3-9-2 13-7 [0-0] Mack [5-4] 992 2:30March 10 Troy [5] W, 1-0 7 1-6-0 0-1-0 14-7 [0-0] Fico [7-3] 1,019 1:37March 10 Mississippi Valley State [5] W, 16-0 [5] 16-13-1 0-2-2 15-7 [0-0] Mack [6-4] 1,019 1:44March 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC} W, 4-1 7 4-9-3 1-4-0 16-7 [1-0] Mack [7-4] 1,226 1:59March 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC] L, 2-0 7 0-1-1 2-6-1 16-8 [1-1] Fico [7-4] 1,226 2:05March 16 Mississippi State [SEC] W, 10-7 7 10-8-3 7-8-2 17-8 [2-1] Fico [8-4] 1,022 2:41March 17 Mississippi State [SEC] W, 3-1 7 3-5-2 1-8-0 18-8 [3-1] Mack [8-4] 1,397 2:01March 18 Mississippi State [SEC] W, 4-0 7 4-3-2 0-3-2 19-8 [4-1] Fico [9-4] 1,098 2:19March 20 Georgia Tech W, 2-1 7 2-4-2 1-5-2 20-8 [4-1] Mack [9-4] 1,169 2:34Marchf23f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f5-0f 7f 5-8-0f 0-4-0f 21-8f[5-1]f Ficof[10-4]f 283f 1:59Marchf24f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f5-0f 7f 5-6-2f 0-1-1f 22-8f[6-1]f Mackf[10-4]f 463f 2:19Marchf25f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f W,f9-0f [6]f 9-8-0f 0-3-1f 23-8f[7-1]f Ficof[11-4]f 632f 1:50Marchf28f atfMcNeesefStatef W,f4-0f 7f 4-5-0f 0-4-3f 24-8f[7-1]f Mackf[11-4]f 794f 1:51March 30 Arkansas [SEC] W, 1-0 7 1-7-1 0-3-1 25-8 [8-1] Fico [12-4] 1,389 1:59March 31 Arkansas [SEC] W, 9-1 [5] 9-11-0 1-3-1 26-8 [9-1] Mack [12-4] 1,421 1:33April 1 Arkansas [SEC] W, 3-2 7 3-7-0 2-3-1 27-8 [10-1] Fico [13-4] 1,426 2:01April 4 Nicholls State W, 6-1 7 6-9-0 1-6-1 28-8 [10-1] Patterson [3-0] 1,122 1:58Aprilf6f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f L,f6-0f 7f 0-4-2f 6-5-0f 28-9f[10-2]f Mackf[12-5]f 3,266f 2:14Aprilf7f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f W,f3-2f 7f 3-5-0f 2-4-0f 29-9f[11-2]f Ficof[14-4]f 3,521f 2:23Aprilf8f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f L,f6-0f 7f 0-1-0f 6-7-0f 29-10f[11-3]f Mackf[12-6]f 2,684f 1:54Aprilf13f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f L,f2-0f 7f 0-3-0f 2-6-0f 29-11f[11-4]f Ficof[14-5]f 1.514f 1:50Aprilf14f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f L,f4-2f 7f 2-2-0f 4-7-0f 29-12f[11-5]f Mackf[12-7]f 1,609f 1:55Aprilf15f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f L,f10-2f [6]f 2-6-3f 10-13-0f 29-13f[11-6]f Ficof[14-6]f 1,845f 2:17

All home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park; Rankings reflect NFCA and USA Softball Top 25 polls on day of game; [1] Tiger Classic [Tiger Park]; [2] Louisville Slugger Desert Classic [Las Vegas, Nev.]; [3] Tiger Invitational [Tiger Park], [4] The Preview [Norman/Oklahoma City/Stillwater, Okla.]; [5] Purple & Gold Challenge [Baton Rouge]; [6] SEC Tournament [Tuscaloosa, Ala.].

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

WIN IT ALL: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 14 u 2012 STARTING LINEUPS BY BATTING ORDER

DATE OPPONENT 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9THFeb. 10 Penn State [1] Heyward Santos Langoni Kuhn Russell Applegate Wray McCasland FalconFeb. 11 No. 15 Michigan [1] Applegate Heyward Santos Langoni Kuhn McCasland Russell Wray FalconFeb. 11 Penn State [1] Applegate Heyward Santos Langoni Kuhn Alcaraz Wray Houston BladesFeb. 12 Louisiana Tech [1] Applegate Heyward Langoni Santos Kuhn McCasland Russell Alcaraz FalconFeb.f18f vs.fDePaulf[2]f Applegatef Heywardf Langonif Santosf Kuhnf McCaslandf Russellf Wrayf FalconFeb.f18f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef[2]f Applegatef Falconf Santosf Langonif Alcarazf Wrayf Houstonf Pizerf HeywardFeb.f19f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf[2]f Applegatef Falconf Langonif Santosf Kuhnf McCaslandf Wrayf Russellf HeywardFeb.f19f vs.fUtahfStatef[2]f Applegatef Falconf Langonif Santosf Wrayf Heywardf Houstonf Supakf AndrewsFeb. 21 Southeastern Louisiana Applegate Falcon Langoni Kuhn Wray Alcaraz McCasland Russell HeywardFeb. 25 South Alabama [3] Applegate Heyward Langoni Santos Wray Alcaraz Supak Houston TrosclairFeb. 25 McNeese State [3] Applegate Heyward Langoni Santos Wray Alcaraz Supak Russell TrosclairFeb. 26 South Alabama [3] Applegate Heyward Langoni Santos Wray Alcaraz Supak Russell TrosclairFeb. 26 Alcorn State [3] Andrews Heyward Langoni Santos Wray Alcaraz Kuhn Houston PizerMarchf2f atfNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f Applegatef Trosclairf Langonif Santosf Wrayf Alcarazf Supakf Houstonf AndrewsMfarchf3f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f Applegatef Trosclairf Langonif Santosf Supakf Alcarazf McCaslandf Houstonf AndrewsMarchf3f vs.fNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f Applegatef Trosclairf Langonif Santosf Supakf Alcarazf McCaslandf Russellf AndrewsMarchf4f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f Applegatef Trosclairf Langonif Santosf Supakf Alcarazf McCaslandf Russellf AndrewsMarchf7f atfNichollsfStatef Applegatef Andrewsf Falconf Langonif Supakf McCaslandf Houstonf Kuhnf TrosclairMarch 9 Mississippi Valley State [5] Applegate Falcon Langoni Santos Supak McCasland Alcaraz Russell BouletMarch 9 Troy [5] Applegate Falcon Langoni Santos Supak McCasland Houston Blades AndrewsMarch 10 Troy [5] Applegate Falcon Langoni Santos Supak McCasland Pizer Russell AndrewsMarch 10 Mississippi Valley State [5] Applegate Falcon Langoni Supak Kuhn Wray Houston Vermeulen AndrewsMarch 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC] Applegate Falcon Langoni Santos Supak McCasland Kuhn Houston AndrewsMarch 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC] Applegate Falcon Langoni Santos Supak McCasland Russell Kuhn AndrewsMarch 16 Mississippi State [SEC] Applegate Blades Langoni Falcon Supak McCasland Wray Russell PizerMarch 17 Mississippi State [SEC] Applegate Blades Langoni Falcon Supak McCasland Wray Houston PizerMarch 18 Mississippi State [SEC] Applegate Blades Langoni Falcon Supak Alcaraz Houston Wray PizerMarch 20 Georgia Tech Blades Andrews Langoni Supak Applegate Houston Alcaraz Wray PizerMarchf23f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Wrayf Russellf SupakMarchf24f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Houstonf Wrayf SupakMarchf25f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Houstonf Wrayf SupakMarchf28f atfMcNeesefStatef Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Houstonf Wrayf SupakMarch 30 Arkansas [SEC] Andrews Blades Langoni Santos Falcon Applegate Wray Russell KuhnMarch 31 Arkansas [SEC] Andrews Blades Langoni Santos Falcon Applegate Houston Wray KuhnApril 1 Arkansas [SEC] Andrews Blades Langoni Santos Falcon Applegate Houston Wray KuhnApril 4 NIcholls State Andrews Heyward Langoni Santos Applegate Kuhn McCasland Russell AlcarazAprilf6f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Houstonf Wrayf KuhnAprilf7f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Wrayf Russellf SupakAprilf8f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Wrayf Russellf SupakAprilf13f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Wrayf Russellf KuhnAprilf14f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Houstonf Wrayf PizerAprilf15f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Andrewsf Bladesf Langonif Santosf Falconf Applegatef Wrayf Russellf Kuhn

All home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park; Rankings reflect NFCA and USA Softball Top 25 polls on day of game; [1] Tiger Classic [Tiger Park]; [2] Louisville Slugger Desert Classic [Las Vegas, Nev.]; [3] Tiger Invitational [Tiger Park], [4] The Preview [Norman/Oklahoma City/Stillwater, Okla.]; [5] Purple & Gold Challenge [Baton Rouge]; [6] SEC Tournament [Tuscaloosa, Ala.].

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

DATE OPPONENT P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DPFeb. 10 Penn State [1] Mack Russell Kuhn Falcon Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate McCaslandFeb. 11 No. 15 Michigan [1] Mack Russell Kuhn Falcon Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate McCaslandFeb. 11 Penn State [1] Fico Houston Kuhn Alcaraz Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate BladesFeb. 12 Louisiana Tech [1] Fico Russell Kuhn Alcaraz Falcon McCasland Langoni Heyward Applegate SantosFeb.f18f vs.fDePaulf[2]f Ficof Russellf Kuhnf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Heywardf Applegatef McCaslandFeb.f18f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef[2]f Mackf Houstonf Pizerf Alcarazf Falconf Wrayf Langonif Heywardf Applegatef SantosFeb.f19f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf[2]f Mackf Russellf Kuhnf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Heywardf Applegatef McCaslandFeb.f19f vs.fUtahfStatef[2]f Ficof Houstonf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Heywardf Applegatef AndrewsFeb. 21 Southeastern Louisiana Mack Russell Kuhn Alcaraz Falcon Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate McCaslandFeb. 25 South Alabama [3] Mack Houston Supak Alcaraz Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate TrosclairFeb. 25 McNeese State [3] Fico Russell Supak Alcaraz Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate TrosclairFeb. 26 South Alabama [3] Fico Russell Supak Alcaraz Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Applegate TrosclairFeb. 26 Alcorn State [3] Patterson Houston Pizer Alcaraz Santos Wray Langoni Heyward Andrews KuhnMarchf2f atfNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f Mackf Houstonf Supakf Trosclairf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef AlcarazMarchf3f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f Mackf Houstonf Supakf Alcarazf Santosf McCaslandf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef TrosclairMarchf3f vs.fNo.f8fOklahomaf[4]f Ficof Russellf Supakf Alcarazf Santosf McCaslandf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef TrosclairMarchf4f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef[4]f Ficof Russellf Supakf Alcarazf Santosf McCaslandf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef TrosclairMarchf7f atfNichollsfStatef Ficof Houstonf Kuhnf Trosclairf Supakf McCaslandf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef FalconMarch 9 Mississippi Valley State [5] Patterson Russell Supak Alcaraz Santos McCasland Langoni Boulet Applegate FalconMarch 9 Troy [5] Mack Houston Supak Falcon Santos McCasland Langoni Andrews Applegate BladesMarch 10 Troy [5] Fico Russell Supak Falcon Santos McCasland Langoni Andrews Applegate PizerMarch 10 Mississippi Valley State [5] Mack Houston Kuhn Falcon Supak Wray Langoni Andrews Applegate VermeulenMarch 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC] Mack Houston Kuhn Falcon Santos McCasland Langoni Andrews Applegate SupakMarch 14 No. 20 Auburn [SEC] Fico Russell Kuhn Falcon Santos McCasland Langoni Andrews Applegate SupakMarch 16 Mississippi State [SEC] Fico Russell Pizer Falcon Supak Wray Langoni Blades Applegate McCaslandMarch 17 Mississippi State [SEC] Mack Houston Pizer Falcon Supak Wray Langoni Blades Applegate McCaslandMarch 18 Mississippi State [SEC] Fico Houston Pizer Alcaraz Falcon Wray Langoni Blades Applegate SupakMarch 20 Georgia Tech Mack Houston Pizer Alcaraz Supak Wray Langoni Andrews Applegate BladesMarchf23f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Ficof Russellf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesMarchf24f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Mackf Houstonf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesMarchf25f atfSouthfCarolinaf[SEC]f Ficof Houstonf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesMarchf28f atfMcNeesefStatef Mackf Houstonf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesMarch 30 Arkansas [SEC] Fico Russell Kuhn Falcon Santos Wray Langoni Andrews Applegate BladesMarch 31 Arkansas [SEC] Mack Houston Kuhn Falcon Santos Wray Langoni Andrews Applegate BladesApril 1 Arkansas [SEC] Fico Houston Kuhn Falcon Santos Wray Langoni Andrews Applegate BladesApril 4 Nicholls State Patterson Russell Kuhn Alcaraz Santos McCasland Langoni Heyward Andrews ApplegateAprilf6f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Mackf Houstonf Kuhnf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesAprilf7f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Ficof Russellf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesAprilf8f atfNo.f2fAlabamaf[SEC]f Mackf Russellf Supakf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Applegatef BladesAprilf13f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Ficof Russellf Kuhnf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Bladesf ApplegateAprilf14f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Mackf Houstonf Pizerf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Bladesf ApplegateAprilf15f atfNo.f10fTennesseef[SEC]f Ficof Russellf Kuhnf Falconf Santosf Wrayf Langonif Andrewsf Bladesf Applegate

All home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park; Rankings reflect NFCA and USA Softball Top 25 polls on day of game; [1] Tiger Classic [Tiger Park]; [2] Louisville Slugger Desert Classic [Las Vegas, Nev.]; [3] Tiger Invitational [Tiger Park], [4] The Preview [Norman/Oklahoma City/Stillwater, Okla.]; [5] Purple & Gold Challenge [Baton Rouge]; [6] SEC Tournament [Tuscaloosa, Ala.].

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WHATEVER IT TAKES: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 16 u PLAYER SEASON & CAREER HIGHS

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

#00 ASHLEY LANGONI • SR. • OF • R-R • PUEBLO, COLORADO

SEASON HIGHSRuns4f[2x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

Hits3f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/04/12

RBIs3f[4x]f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hit Streak4f f 03/30/12-04/04/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns4f[2x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

Hits3f[6x]f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/04/12

RBIs5f atfArkansasf 04/01/11

Hit Streak7f f 03/13/11-04/01/11

#1 RIKKI ALCARAZ • FR. • INF • L-R • ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

Hits2f SouthfAlabamaf 02/25/12

RBIs2f LouisianafTechf 02/12/12

Hit Streak5f f 02/21/12-02/26/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

Hits2f SouthfAlabamaf 02/25/12

RBIs2f LouisianafTechf 02/12/12

Hit Streak5f f 02/21/12-02/26/12

#2 JULIANA SANTOS • SR. • INF • R-R • NEWMAN, CALIFORNIA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f Troyf 03/09/12

Hits3f[2x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

RBIs3f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

Hit Streak4f[3x]f f 03/30/12-04/04/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[14x]f Troyf 03/09/12

Hits5f atfArkansasf 04/02/11

RBIs5f Kentuckyf 03/08/09

Hit Streak6f f 04/16/11-04/23/11

#3 CASSIE TROSCLAIR • SR. • INF • L-R • NEW ORLEANS, LA.

SEASON HIGHSRuns1f[2x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

Hits1f[4x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

RBIs2f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hit Streak1f[4x]f f 03/25/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f vs.fSacredfHeartf 05/21/11

Hits3f[2x]f vs.fSacredfHeartf 05/21/11

RBIs2f[2x]f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hit Streak3f f 04/06/11-04/09/11

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

#4 MORGAN RUSSELL • SR. • C • R-R • EDMOND, OKLAHOMA

SEASON HIGHSRuns1f[3x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

Hits2f[2x]f McNeesefStatef 02/25/12

RBIs2f[2x]f McNeesefStatef 02/25/12

Hit Streak2f[2x]f f 04/13/12-04/15/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[2x]f Purduef 02/13/11

Hits3f[2x]f SouthfCarolinaf 05/07/11

RBIs3f UABf 02/22/09

Hit Streak5f f 02/11/11-02/18/11

#6 A.J. ANDREWS • FR. • OF • L-R • OLDSMAR, FLORIDA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/24/12

Hits2f[6x]f Arkansasf 03/30/12

RBIs3f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

Hit Streak2f[6x]f f 04/08/12-04/13/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/24/12

Hits2f[6x]f Arkansasf 03/30/12

RBIs3f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/25/12

Hit Streak2f[6x]f f 04/08/12-04/13/12

#9 ALEX BOULET • SO. • OF • L-L • CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRuns1f[6x]f atfNo.f10fTennesseef 04/14/12

HitsNA

RBIsNA

Hit StreakNA

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[2x]f NichollsfStatef 04/06/11

Hits2f NichollsfStatef 04/06/11

RBIs1f[3x]f vs.fSacredfHeartff 05/22/11

Hit Streak2f f 04/23/11-04/27/11

#10 ASHLEY APPLEGATE • SR. • OF • L-R • MODESTO, CALIFORNIA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f[2x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits2f[3x]f Arkansasf 04/01/12

RBIs2f Arkansasf 04/01/12

Hit Streak6f f 03/25/12-04/04/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[10x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits4f Kentuckyf 03/07/09

RBIs3f atfSoutheasternfLouisianaf 03/24/10

Hit Streak6f[4x]f f 03/25/12-04/04/12

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NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

#11 DYLAN SUPAK • FR. • UTL • R-R • LAGRANGE, TEXAS

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f atfNichollsfStatef 03/07/12

Hits2f[5x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

RBIs2f[5x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/07/12-03/10/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f atfNichollsfStatef 03/07/12

Hits2f[5x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

RBIs2f[5x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/07/12-03/10/12

#12 HEIDI PIZER • SR. • INF • R-R • TIGARD, OREGON

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits1f[4x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

RBIs2f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hit Streak4f f 03/07/12-03/16/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[2x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits2f[2x]f LouisianafTechf 02/13/11

RBIs3f atfNichollsfStatef 04/14/10

Hit Streak4f f 03/07/12-03/16/12

#13 KATIE GUILLORY • SR. • OF • L-L • LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRunsNA

HitsNA

RBIsNA

Hit Streakf NA

CAREER HIGHSRuns1f[21x]f vs.fSacredfHeartf 05/21/11

Hits1f[3x]f NichollsfStatef 03/04/09

RBIs1f UABf 02/21/09

Hit Streak2f f 02/25/09-03/04/09

#16 LAUREN HOUSTON • JR. • C • R-R • YOUNGSVILLE, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hits2f[2x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

RBIs2f vs.fUtahfStatef 02/19/12

Hit Streak2f[2x]f f 03/24/12-03/25/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hits2f[8x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

RBIs3f[2x]f vs.fNichollsfStatef 02/19/11

Hit Streak3f[2x]f f 05/06/11-05/08/11

GET AFTER IT: 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 19 u PLAYER SEASON & CAREER HIGHS

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

#18 TAMMY WRAY • SO. • INF • R-R • SOMERS, NEW YORK

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef 02/18/12

Hits2f SoutheasternfLouisianaf 02/21/12

RBIs2f vs.fUtahfStatef 02/19/12

Hit Streak3f f 02/19/12-02/21/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f[6x]f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef 02/18/12

Hits3f SoutheasternfLouisianaf 02/16/11

RBIs3f[5x]f vs.fSacredfHeartf 05/21/11

Hit Streak6f[2x]f f 03/20/11-04/06/11

#23 JACEE BLADES • SO. • OF • L-R • BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRuns1f[9x]f Arkansasf 04/01/12

Hits2f[2x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/24/12

RBIs2f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

Hit Streakf 3f[2x]f f 03/28/12-03/31/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f vs.fNichollsfStatef 02/19/11

Hits3f vs.fNichollsfStatef 02/19/11

RBIs2f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

Hit Streak7f f 04/22/11-05/01/11

#25 SIMONE HEYWARD • SO. • OF • R-R • SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f LouisianafTechf 02/12/12

Hits2f LouisianafTechf 02/12/12

RBIs1f[3x]f vs.fUtahfStatef 02/19/12

Hit Streak3f f 02/21/12-02/25/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns4f LouisianafTechf 02/11/11

Hits2f[12x]f LouisianafTechf 02/12/12

RBIs1f[12x]f vs.fUtahfStatef 02/19/12

Hit Streak5f f 05/20/11-02/11/12

#28 TAMMY VERMEULEN • FR. • OF • L-R • PATCHOGUE, NEW YORK

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f MississippifValleyfStateff 03/10/12

Hits1f[2x]f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

RBIs2f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef 02/19/12

Hit Streak2f f 02/19/12-03/10/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f MississippifValleyfStateff 03/10/12

Hits1f[2x]f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

RBIs2f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef 02/19/12

Hit Streak2f f 02/19/12-03/10/12

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

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#32 ALLISON FALCON • SO. • INF • R-R • DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f[3x]f atfNichollsfStatef 03/07/12

Hits3f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgef 02/18/12

RBIs2f[3x]f MississippifStatef 03/17/12

Hit Streak6f[2x]f f 03/28/12-04/07/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns3f NichollsfStatef 03/23/10

Hits3f[2x]f vs.fCalfStatefNorthridgeff 02/18/11

RBIs3f Purduef 02/13/11

Hit Streak6f[2x]f f 03/28/12-04/07/12

#33 KAILEY MCCASLAND • FR. • UTL • R-R • SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA

SEASON HIGHSRuns2f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hits2f[3x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

RBIs3f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/07/12-03/09/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns2f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hits2f[3x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

RBIs3f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/07/12-03/09/12

#47 ASHLEIGH KUHN • SO. • UTL • R-R • NEDERLAND, TEXAS

SEASON HIGHSRuns1f[3x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

Hits2f[3x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

RBIs4f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/02/10-03/12/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns1f[3x]f MississippifStatef 03/18/12

Hits2f[3x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

RBIs4f MississippifValleyfStatef 03/10/12

Hit Streak3f f 03/02/10-03/12/12

RELENTLESSLY PURSUE IT : 2012 LSU SOFTBALL u PAGE 21 u PLAYER SEASON & CAREER HIGHS

NO. 23 LSU VS. MCNEESE STATE & NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE u APRIL 17-18 RECORD u 29-13 [11-6 SEC]

#20 MEGHAN PATTERSON • SO. • P • R-R • DESTREHAN, LOUISIANA

SEASON HIGHSRuns8f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf 02/19/12

Hits6f[2x]f NichollsfStatef 04/04/12

Walks5f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf 02/19/12

Strikeouts13f AlcornfStatef 02/26/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns8f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf 02/19/12

Hits10f vs.fNo.f14fCaliforniaf 02/26/11

Walks5f vs.fNo.f3fCaliforniaf 02/19/12

Strikeouts13f AlcornfStatef 02/26/12

#37 RACHELE FICO • JR. • P • R-R • OXFORD, CONNECTICUT

SEASON HIGHSRuns7f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits12f atfNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/04/12

Walks6f[2x]f atfNo.f10fTennesseef 04/13/12

Strikeouts10f[3x]f atfSouthfCarolinaf 03/23/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns7f[2x]f MississippifStatef 03/16/12

Hits13f No.f24fKentuckyf 03/18/11

Walks6f[5x]f atfNo.f10fTennesseef 04/13/12

Strikeouts18f vs.fSyracusef 05/20/11

#44 BRITTANY MACK • SR. • P • R-R • ROUND ROCK, TEXAS

SEASON HIGHSRuns7f atfNo.f8fOklahomaf 03/02/12

Hits11f No.f15fMichiganf 02/11/12

Walks6f vs.fNo.f23fOklahomafStatef 03/03/12

Strikeouts13f PennfStatef 02/10/12

CAREER HIGHSRuns7f atfNo.f8fOklahomaf 03/02/12

Hits12f MississippifStatef 04/10/10

Walks8f No.f1fAlabamaf 04/08/11

Strikeouts14f No.f1fAlabamaf 04/08/11