Lourdes Bacon had a two-run single in ULM's 9-3 loss to No. 18 LSU Wednesday.
Dezmond Jackson
9
Winner LSU LSU 12-0
3
ULM ULM 7-6
Winner
LSU LSU
12-0
9
Final
3
ULM ULM
7-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
LSU LSU 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 9 10 0
ULM ULM 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3

W: Sydney Berzon (5-0) L: Hulett, Gianni (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

ULM Softball Falls to No. 18 LSU Before Record-Setting Crowd

MONROE, La. – Danieca Coffey and Georgia Clark each hit three-run homers and Sydney Berzon pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings as No. 18 LSU defeated ULM, 9-3, in front of a record crowd of 1,244 at the ULM Softball Complex Wednesday night. The attendance total shattered the previous mark of 1,081 set the last time LSU played at ULM on April 1, 2014.
 
Coffey opened the game with a lead-off single up the middle off ULM starter Gianni Hulett. Two batters later, Taylor Pleasants singled to center field, sending Coffey to third. Georgia Clark picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice as Coffey beat the throw home as the Tigers took a 1-0 lead.
 
LSU (12-0) extended its lead to 4-0 in the top of the second as Ciara Briggs drew a lead-off walk, Maci Bergeron reached on a fielder's choice and Coffey followed with a three-run blast to right field.
 
ULM (7-6) answered in the bottom of the second inning against LSU starter Ali Kilponen. With one out, Kennedy Johnson singled up the middle. With two away, Kilponen issued back-to-back walks to Jacelyn Buck and Campbell Selman to load the bases. Gabby Davila drew another walk on six pitches, forcing in a run, to put the Warhawks on the scoreboard. Up next, Lourdes Bacon drove in a pair of runs on a single to center field, scoring Buck and Selman as ULM pulled to within 4-3.
 
"Last night's atmosphere was incredible," ULM head coach Molly Fichtner said. "It has been so much fun watching this sport grow over the years. When Lou hit that single to put us within one run, I've never heard a crowd that loud since being in the World Series. It was electric."
 
It remained a one-run game until the top of the fourth. Briggs drew another lead-off walk from Adrianna Chavarria, Pleasants singled to left-center field and Clark followed with a three-run homer to left center as the Tigers' built a 7-3 lead.
 
With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh, LSU added to its lead as Karli Petty reached on an infield single to third that scored Briggs from third and Maia Townsend from second on a throwing error to extend the lead to 9-3.
 
LSU outhit the Warhawks, 10-4. The top three hitters in the Tiger lineup went a combined 7-for-13, scored five runs and drove in three (Coffey 3-for-5, Briggs 2-for-4 and Pleasants 2-for-4). Johnson posted her third multi-hit game of the season for ULM, finishing 2-for-3.
 
 
Berzon (5-0), who threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowed two hits and three walks while recording five strikeouts.
 
Hulett (1-1), who made her second start of the season, went 1 1/3 innings, permitted four runs, three earned, with a walk.
 
This weekend, ULM travels to Birmingham, Alabama, to participate in the Green & Gold Classic (Friday, Feb. 24-Sunday, Feb. 26), hosted by UAB. The Warhawks will play five games over three days, beginning with a split doubleheader Friday against Cleveland State at 9 a.m. and Butler at 11:15 a.m., followed by another split doubleheader Saturday against host UAB at 10 a.m. and Cleveland State at 2:30 p.m. ULM will conclude the weekend with single game against UAB at 12:30 p.m.
 
 
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