HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana softball team will close out a five-game home stand on Tuesday, hosting No. 12 LSU for a 6 p.m. non-conference contest at North Oak Park.
 
Due to current health and safety protocols, attendance is limited and the game between the Lady Lions (12-10) and the visiting Tigers (15-7) is sold out. There is a limited allotment of tickets available for Southeastern students.
 
The game will be broadcast live on Cox Sports Television and ESPN+. Live stats will be available at www.LionSports.net/sidearmstats/softball.
 
Southeastern enters Tuesday's contest on a four-game winning streak. The Lady Lions opened Southland Conference play with a series sweep of Lamar. It marked SLU's first three-game series sweep to open league play since 2001.
 
Southeastern currently carries a .285 team batting average. Lindsey Rizzo (.420), Audrey Greely (.385), Aeriyl Mass (.351) and Cameron Goodman (.302) are the team's top hitters for average. Rizzo leads the Southland with 29 hits, while Mass has scored a league-high 20 runs.
 
Mass, Briahna Bennett and Ellie DuBois share the team lead with two home runs each. Ella Manzer has a team-high 14 RBI through 22 games this season.
 
Southeastern is leading the Southland with 75 stolen bases as a team. Mass (16 steals), Rizzo (15), Goodman (14) and Kelci Bodin (10) occupy spots 2-5 on the league's individual stolen base leaderboard.
 
Heather Zumo (7-2, 2.18 ERA) and MC Comeaux (5-4, 5.25 ERA) are the top arms for a Southeastern team that currently has a 4.63 team ERA. DuBois (0-1, 2.71 ERA, 2 saves) has been SLU's best reliever.
 
The Lady Lions will be facing an LSU lineup that is hitting .274 as a team. Aliyah Andrews leads the team with a .403 batting average, while Amanda Doyle (7 HR, 20 RBI), Taylor Pleasants (5 HR, 23 RBI) and Shelbi Sunseri (5 HR, 12 RBI) are the Tigers' top power threats.
 
LSU's pitching staff features a 2.34 team earned run average. Sunseri (4-2, 1.02 ERA), Ali Kilponen (3-3, 1.77 ERA, 1 save), Shelby Wickersham (4-2, 3.46 ERA) and Maribeth Gorsuch (2-0, 3.92 ERA) have all seen significant time in the circle for the visitors.
 
Up Next
Southeastern will open its Southland Conference road schedule this week at Houston Baptist. On Friday, SLU takes on the Huskies in a 5 p.m. doubleheader. The series concludes on Saturday at noon.
 
TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail and text message in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Softball, follow @LionUpSoftball on Twitter and Instagram, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
 
HOME RUN CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the softball program are encouraged to join the Home Run Club. Lady Lion softball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Home Run Club and S Club (softball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern softball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
 
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events (softball, baseball, football and basketball), effective with the start of the 2018 football season. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.