While No.7 LSU’s six dominating wins last weekend at the Tiger Classic served as a strong opening statement, this weekend’s St.Pete/Clearwater Invitational featured four ranked teams, and five games against teams that qualified for the 2018 Women’s College World Series tournament. The Tigers survived the weekend gauntlet, picking up three-of-five games at the weekend tournament with a 3-1 win over No.20 Oklahoma State, 7-1 victory over No.11 Texas, and a 7-2 win against Ohio State while dropping 9-1 by run rule No.1 Florida State and 8-5 to No.19 Oregon.
Building off an explosive opening weekend, the Tiger offense had another strong showing, scoring five or more runs in three of the five games, with production coming from up and down the lineup.