TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES
LSU slugger Jalia Lassiter has been named the Southeastern Conference softball player of the week after leading the Tigers to a three-game sweep of Auburn in the final weekend of the regular season.
Lassiter led LSU with nine total hits, highlighted by three multi-hit games in the 4-0 week overall for the Tigers. The senior had a .600 batting average and paced the team with a 1.000 slugging percentage after tallying four extra-base hits (three doubles and a homer).
The senior outfielder from Atmore, Alabama, capped off an eight-run second inning with a two-run blast in a 16-0 victory over McNeese State last Tuesday before recording multiple hits in all three games of the weekend series against Auburn.
She had two base hits, including a run-scoring single and a two-run home run in the 3-0 win in the series opener against Auburn on Thursday. She followed that with a career-best four hits and scored three runs in the historic 25-0 victory on Saturday over Auburn when LSU set school records for runs and hits with 24.
Lassiter concluded the weekend with a 2-for-4 performance in the finale, helping LSU secure the sweep with a 7-2 win on Sunday. She is the seventh Tiger to record multiple seasons with 60 hits and 50 runs, and her 58 runs this season rank No. 7 in the SEC. Lassiter leads LSU with a .361 average and 13 doubles, and she has a career-high eight homers.
The No. 8 seed Tigers (37-16, 13-11 SEC) play No. 9 seed Georgia (36-17, 12-12 SEC) in the SEC Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on the SEC Network.
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