Taylor Pleasants thought she had her nerves under control when the first pitch of her first collegiate at-bat was delivered on opening night.
Then she stepped out, took the second pitch, and her heart started pounding.
Entering with lofty expectations as a freshman, Pleasants needed little time to make some noise in her first collegiate game, doubling into the right-center field gap in the bottom of the fourth for her first career hit. From that point on, the nerves subsided, and it was business as usual.
With LSU sitting at 16-3 overall heading into March, Pleasants currently leads the team in runs (19) and hits (18), while hitting .