LSU softball regional schedule: Complete info for first round in Baton Rouge
LSU softball regional schedule: Complete info for first round in Baton Rouge
LSU softball earned the No. 10 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament and the right to host a regional. The Tigers open play against Southland Conference champion Southeastern Louisiana on Friday in what is arguably the toughest regional in the field.
Nebraska, Big East Tournament champion UConn and Southland Louisiana will take the field in the Baton Rouge regional. After a quarterfinal exit in the SEC Tournament, LSU will fight to extend its season from its home field against a familiar opponent.
Southeastern Louisiana nearly defeated LSU, but the Tigers completed a comeback and secured a walk-off win 3-2 in Baton Rouge.
Tori Edwards batted in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. LSU was outhit 6-3 in the contest but rode the strong pitching of Sydney Berzon, who picked up the win in the complete game effort.
At the hands of reigning national champions Oklahoma, the Tigers were knocked out of the conference tournament on Thursday with a 4-1 loss. In a stacked softball conference, LSU finished the season 41-14 and ranked fourth nationally in RPI.
Baton Rouge Regional Schedule
Date Time Event Friday, May 16 2 p.m. CT Game 1: #3 UConn vs. #2 Nebraska Friday, May 16 4:30 p.m. CT Game 2: #4 Southeastern Louisiana vs. #1 LSU Saturday, May 17 12 p.m. Game 3: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner Saturday, May 17 2:30 p.m. Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser Elimination Game Saturday, May 17 5 p.m. Game 5: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner Elimination Game Sunday, May 18 2 p.m. Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner Sunday, May 18 4:30 p.m. Game 7: Game 6 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser If necessary
NCAA Regionals are set up as four-team, double-elimination tournaments. If LSU takes care of business in every game, the regional will be over in three games. If we have a competitive field, it can take as many as seven games to determine who advances.
UConn and Nebraska will get the action started at 2 PM CT on Friday. Then, LSU will begin its NCAA Tournament path vs. Southeastern Louisiana at 4:30 PM CT. The winners of games one and two will meet at noon on Saturday.
LSU NCAA Championship History
LSU makes its 26th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament this year and its second consecutive tournament as a host. It's the Tigers' ninth time hosting over the last 10 years, and they hold a 65-31 record in the tournament's regional round.
Under head coach Beth Torina, LSU made the College World Series four times, including three consecutive from 2015-17. Last year in the tournament, the Tigers won their three regional games in Baton Rouge to advance to the Super Regional against Stanford. They dropped a three-game series to the Cardinal, which ended their season.
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