MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama softball team will head to 15th-ranked LSU Tuesday night for its final midweek contest of the season.  First pitch versus the Tigers is set for 6 p.m. at Tiger Park.

GAME: 48 | AT LSU
Venue: Tiger Park | Baton Rouge, La.

SERIES SCHEDULE
Wed., April 24 | 6 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Television: SECNetwork+
Radio: None
Audio Stream: www.USAJaguars.com
Live Stats: www.USAJaguars.com
Live Stream: www.USAJaguars.com
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_SB

South Alabama JAGUAR
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | RPI: 54
Record: 25-22, 10-11 SBC
Head Coach: Becky Clark (Mobile, '95)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .259 / .362 / .337
Runs Per Game: 3.7
Runs Per Game Allowed: 3.3

LSU TIGERS
NFCA: No. 15 | USA: No. 15 | RPI: 12
Record: 35-11, 9-8 SEC
Head Coach: Beth Torina (Florida, '00)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP) – .264 / .376 / .353
Runs Per Game: 4.1
Runs Per Game Allowed: 1.7

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS    
– South Alabama (25-22, 10-11 SBC) comes into the midweek contest versus the Tigers after taking two of three from Appalachian State over the weekend.  
– The Jaguars have won six of their last eight after the series win over the Mountaineers.
– Haleigh Lowe led South at the plate hitting .583 in the three-game series.  Lowe had a walk-off double in the series opener against the Mountaineers and then had another clutch two-run double in game two.
– The senior leftfielder has been outstanding at the plate lately as she has a seven-game hit streak and at least one hit in eight of her last nine.  During that time, she has raised her batting average to .322.  Lowe is second on the team with 11 multi-hit games and leads the team with eight multi-RBI games.
– Over her last nine games, Lowe has hit .485 (16-for-33) with seven extra-base hits and a team-high 11 RBI.  She has had multiple hits in five of those contests.
– Kaleigh Todd enters the midweek with a 23-game reached base safely streak and a six-game hit streak.  
– Todd leads the team with a .380 batting average, which is tied for fifth in the Sun Belt.  She also has 57 hits – tied for third-most in the conference – while she is ninth in the league in steals (13) and 10th in runs scored (28), to go along with her .422 on-base percentage.
– The Bessemer, Ala., native has been outstanding during SBC play hitting .444 against league competition and her 23-game reached base safely streak which is tied with Brittany Fowler (2014) for the fourth-longest streak in program history.  It is the longest streak since Emily Messer's 26-game streak set during the 2016 season.
– Over her last 20 games, Todd is batting .500 (37-for-74), scored 20 runs and recorded 12 multi-hit games.
– B. Reid (.297) leads the team with 16 extra-base hits, while her six home runs lead the club and her seven doubles are second-most.  Her 22 RBI are third on the team, three behind Lowe (25).
– The sophomore outfielder is 10th in the Sun Belt in total bases with 70.  
– Kristian Foster is tied for fifth in the Sun Belt in doubles with 10, while she leads the team in RBI with 27.
– Devin Brown (16-12) enters play this weekend with a 1.85 earned run average and 198 strikeouts. She has 21 complete games on the year and holds seven shutouts – six solo and one combined.
– Brown recorded her sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season in the series opener against Appalachian State last weekend and extended her program mark to 38 with her 16 strikeouts, which was one shy of tying her career high.
– She is second in the league in innings pitched (189.2), strikeouts looking (56) and strikeouts. Her strikeout tally is 17th in the latest NCAA rankings.
– Brown is also just two strikeouts away from becoming the fifth Sun Belt pitcher to eclipse the 900-strikeout mark for their career.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS    
– LSU (35-11, 9-8 SEC) enters the midweek contest after two of three from ninth-ranked Texas A&M in Baton Rouge over the weekend.
– The Tigers are led offensively by Amanda Doyle who has a .345 batting average and a team-high 14 doubles.  Doyle is second on the team with 51 hits and has driven in 42 runners.
– Aliyah Andrews is batting .338 and leads the team in hits (54) runs scored (30) and stolen bases (34).  Andrews is 12th in the NCAA in stolen bases per game and has only been thrown out once this season.
– Emily Griggs is also hitting over .300 as she is batting .315.
– The strength of the Tigers is in the circle as Allie Walljasper (1.05 ERA) and Carley Hoover (1.16 ERA) lead a staff that ranks ninth in the NCAA with a 1.31 earned-run average.
– Hoover, an All-American candidate, leads the team in wins (15), complete games (17), shutouts (7) and strikeouts (164).
– Walljasper is 13-4 this season and has struck out 108 to go along with five shutouts.

THE SERIES VS. LSU    
– The meeting between South Alabama and LSU will mark the 12th in the all-time series between the two clubs.
– LSU has won nine of the previous 11 meetings, including the last four in the series.
– Last season, the Tigers picked up a 6-0 win in Baton Rouge, which was the fourth-straight at Tiger Park.  
– LSU is 9-1 on its home field with the lone win for the Jaguars in Baton Rouge coming on Feb. 15, 2014, a 2-1 win at the Tiger Classic.
– The Tigers hold seven shutouts in the series, including each of the last three meetings.
– During the four-game win streak in the series, LSU has outscored South Alabama 25-1.  
– In the all-time series, LSU has scored 56 runs, while holding South to 19 runs.  Of the 19 runs scored in the series by the Jags, 12 came in a 12-5 in Mobile during the 2015 season.

INSIDE THE SERIES VS. LSU    
Series: 2-9 (H: 1-0 / A: 1-9 / N: 0-0)
Extra-Inning Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 0-2 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-2 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 0-0 (H: 0-0 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 2/29/08
Last Meeting: 4/25/17
Longest South Alabama Streak: 2 ('13-'14)
Longest LSU Streak: 5 ('08-'12)
Current Streak: 4 by LSU
Last 5 – 1-4
Last 10 – 2-8

THE JAGUARS VS. THE SEC    
– South Alabama holds an all-time record of 12-39 (.235) against current Southeastern Conference members.
–The game against the Tigers will mark the 52nd in program history versus a SEC opponent.
– Of the eight teams from the SEC, Alabama and Florida are the lone two teams from the league that South Alabama has yet to pick up a win against as the Jaguars hold at least one victory over the other six schools that they have faced.
– LSU will be the sixth SEC team that the Jaguars have faced this season.  USA is 0-6 against the league entering the midweek contest against the Tigers.
– South dropped its season opener 1-0 to Alabama on Feb. 8 and then fell 6-3 at Mississippi State at the February Freezer in Starkville, Miss.  During week three of the season, the Jags suffered a 1-0 loss to South Carolina at the Diamond 9 Citrus I Classic, and then in week four South fell twice (4-0 and 2-0) at Tennessee at the Tennessee Invitational.
– The 14 meetings against Alabama are the most against any SEC member, while USA has also faced LSU 11 times and MSU 9.

MIDWEEK MAGIC    
– Midweek games this season for the Jaguars have been good for South Alabama this season.  In their 10 midweek games this season, the Jags have won eight, including seven in a row heading into the weekend series against Appalachian State.
– During the recent 7-game midweek win streak, South Alabama is outscoring its opponents 70-17.
– South is also 4-0 this season in road midweek games.

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