LSU Tigers softball

College softball team

LSU Tigers Softball

2025 LSU Tigers softball team
Founded| 1979 (46 years ago)
University| Louisiana State University
Athletic director| Scott Woodward
Head coach| Beth Torina (13th season)
Conference| SEC
Location| Baton Rouge, LA
Home stadium| Tiger Park (Capacity: 1,289 (1,200 additional seats on the Tiger Park Terrace)
Nickname| Tigers
Colors| Purple and gold[1]

NCAA WCWS appearances
2001, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA super regional appearances
2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament championships
1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
Regular-season conference championships
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

The LSU Tigers[n 1] softball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays home games in Tiger Park. The team is currently coached by Beth Torina.

## History

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LSU has won nine Western Division titles, five regular season SEC championships and five SEC tournament championships. LSU has also appeared in six Women's College World Series and nineteen NCAA tournaments. The team has finished third at the Women's College World series four times (2001, 2004, 2015, 2016) and fifth two times (2012, 2017).

### Carol Smith era (1979-1981)

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LSU softball had its beginnings in 1979 with a team coached by Carol Smith. However, after only three seasons, LSU decided to disband its softball program. During Smith's tenure, she coached the team to an overall record of 45–28 (.616).

### Cathy Compton era (1997-1998)

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In 1997 the Southeastern Conference decided to begin sponsoring softball, partly to help member institutions to comply with Title IX. LSU softball was reborn with the hiring of Cathy Compton from Nicholls State University. Compton was head coach from 1997 through the 1998 regular season and finished with an overall record of 100–26 (.797) and 41–12 (.774) in the SEC.

### Glenn Moore era (1999-2000)

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Glenn Moore became head coach at LSU starting with the 1998 NCAA Tournament. He was head coach at LSU through the 2000 season and compiled a 117–25 (.824) overall record and 53–7 (.883) SEC record.

### Yvette Girouard era (2001-2011)

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In 2001, LSU hired NFCA Hall of Fame head coach Yvette Girouard from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. During her 11 years as head coach, Girouard had an overall record of 526–171–1 (.754) and SEC record of 220–93–1 (.702). She led the Tigers to two College Women's World Series appearances and made the NCAA Tournament in ten of her eleven years as head coach. She coached LSU to three SEC championships (2001, 2002, 2004) and four SEC tournament championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007). She retired following the 2011 season.

During Girouard's tenure as head coach, LSU moved into the new Tiger Park during the spring of 2009 after previously playing at the Original Tiger Park that opened in 1997.

### Beth Torina era (2012-present)

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On June 9, 2011, LSU announced long-time Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy was hired to replace Yvette Girouard. However, three days later, Murphy announced that he had changed his mind and would remain at Alabama. LSU then hired Beth Torina, head coach at Florida International University (FIU) on June 20, 2011. Torina led the Tigers to the Women's College World Series in her first season as head coach in 2012 and also has led the Tigers to the World Series in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

With Torina as head coach, the program earned its 1,000th victory on May 1, 2016 after defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks 9-1 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[3]

## Year-by-Year Records

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Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Notes

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Independent (1979–1981)
1979  | Carol Smith | 16–7  |  |  |
1980  | Carol Smith  | 15–9  |  |  |
1981  | Carol Smith  | 14–12  |  |  |
No team fielded from 1982–1996
Southeastern Conference (1997–present)
1997  | Cathy Compton | 44–14  | 18–6  |  | SEC Western Division Champions
1998  | Cathy Compton (first 68 games)
Glenn Moore (last 4 games)  | 58–14  | 23–6  |  | SEC Western Division Champions; NCAA Regionals
1999  | Glenn Moore | 56–10  | 27–3  |  | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; NCAA Regionals
2000  | Glenn Moore  | 59–13  | 26–4  |  | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Runners-Up; NCAA Regionals
2001  | Yvette Girouard | 59–11  | 26–4  |  | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Women's College World Series
2002  | Yvette Girouard  | 56–11  | 25–4  |  | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; NCAA Regionals
2003  | Yvette Girouard  | 50–18  | 20–9  |  | SEC Tournament Runners-Up; NCAA Regionals
2004  | Yvette Girouard  | 57–12  | 22–6  |  | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Women's College World Series
2005  | Yvette Girouard  | 31–23  | 12–18  |  |
2006  | Yvette Girouard  | 55–14  | 22–8  |  | NCAA Super Regionals
2007  | Yvette Girouard  | 55–12  | 22–6  |  | SEC Western Division Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; NCAA Super Regionals
2008  | Yvette Girouard  | 44–18  | 17–11  |  | NCAA Regionals
2009  | Yvette Girouard  | 34–18–1  | 15–10–1  |  | NCAA Regionals
2010  | Yvette Girouard  | 45–16  | 20–8  |  | NCAA Regionals
2011  | Yvette Girouard  | 40–18  | 19–9  |  | NCAA Regionals
2012  | Beth Torina | 40–25  | 15–13  |  | Women's College World Series
2013  | Beth Torina  | 42–16  | 15–8  |  | SEC Western Division Champions; NCAA Regionals
2014  | Beth Torina  | 38–24  | 13–11  |  | NCAA Regionals
2015  | Beth Torina  | 52–14  | 15–9  |  | Women's College World Series
2016  | Beth Torina  | 50–16  | 13–11  |  | Women's College World Series
2017  | Beth Torina  | 48–22  | 12–12  |  | Women's College World Series
2018  | Beth Torina  | 45–17  | 13–11  |  | NCAA Super Regionals
2019  | Beth Torina  | 43–19  | 14–10  |  | NCAA Super Regionals
2020  | Beth Torina  | 21–3  | 0–0  |  | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021  | Beth Torina  | 35–22  | 13–11  |  | NCAA Super Regionals
2022  | Beth Torina  | 34–23  | 13–11  |  | NCAA Regionals
2023  | Beth Torina  | 42–17  | 13–11  |  | NCAA Regionals
2024  | Beth Torina  | 44–17  | 12–12  |  | NCAA Super Regionals
2025  | Beth Torina  | 41–14  | 12–12  |  |
Total  |  | 1,363–499–1 (.732)  | 487–254–1 (.657)  |  |

### NCAA Tournament seeding history

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National seeding began in 2005. The LSU Tigers have been a national seed 14 of the 20 tournaments.

Years →  | '06 | '07 | '08 | '10 | '13 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '21 | '23 | '24 | '25

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## Awards and honors

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### National awards

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Women's College World Series MVP[4]

* Kristin Schmidt (2004)

NFCA Catcher of the Year[5]

* Killian Roessner (2007)

### Conference awards

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SEC Player of the Year

* Ashlee Ducote (2000)
* Britni Sneed (2001)
* Trena Peel (2002)

SEC Pitcher of the Year

* Britni Sneed (2002)

SEC Freshman of the Year

* Rachele Fico (2010)
* Bianka Bell (2013)
* Tori Edwards (2025)

SEC Tournament MVP

* Ashley Lewis (1999)
* Britni Sneed (2001, 2002)
* Kristin Schmidt (2003, 2004)
* Dani Hofer (2007)

### All-Americans

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Player | Position | Year(s) | Team

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Jodi Otten  | 2B  | 1998  | 3rd Team
Ashlee Ducote  | 3B  | 1999, 2000  | 1st Team, 1st Team
Stephanie Hastings  | 2B  | 2000  | 1st Team
Tara Asbill  | SS  | 2000  | 3rd Team
Britni Sneed  | P  | 2000, 2001, 2002  | 2nd Team, 1st Team, 1st Team
Trena Peel  | OF  | 2002  | 2nd Team
Kristin Schmidt  | P  | 2003, 2004  | 3rd Team, 2nd Team
LaDonia Hughes  | OF  | 2004  | 2nd Team
Leslie Klein  | OF  | 2004, 2006, 2007  | 3rd Team, 3rd Team, 3rd Team
Emily Turner  | P  | 2006,  | 3rd Team
Killian Roessner  | C  | 2007  | 1st Team
Kirsten Shortridge  | OF  | 2009, 2010  | 3rd Team, 1st Team
Brittany Mack  | P  | 2011  | 3rd Team
Rachele Fico  | P  | 2012, 2013  | 1st Team, 1st Team
AJ Andrews  | OF  | 2013  | 3rd Team
Sahvanna Jaquish | DP or UT  | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017  | 2nd Team, 2nd Team, 3rd Team, 1st Team
Bianka Bell  | SS, 3B  | 2015, 2016  | 1st Team, 3rd Team
Allie Walljasper  | P  | 2015, 2017  | 3rd Team, 3rd Team
Carley Hoover  | P  | 2015  | 3rd Team
Bailey Landry  | OF  | 2015, 2017  | 2nd Team, 1st Team
Amanda Sánchez | 3B  | 2019  | 2nd Team
Shelbi Sunsieri  | UT/P  | 2019  | 2nd Team

## Stadiums

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### Tiger Park

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Tiger Park

Main article: Tiger Park

Tiger Park opened in 2009, the same year the new Alex Box Stadium opened for baseball, and serves as the Tigers' home field. The official capacity of the stadium is 1,289 people. The stadium also features an outfield berm, renamed the Tiger Park Terrace in 2016, that can accommodate an additional 1,200 fans.[1]

### Tiger Park (1997)

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Main article: Tiger Park (1997)

The original Tiger Park was a softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] It served as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team from 1997-2008. The official capacity of the stadium was 1,000 people. The stadium was opened prior to the 1997 college softball season and played host to four NCAA Regionals in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2006 and hosted the 2008 SEC softball tournament. The 2008 season was the twelfth and final season in the original Tiger Park. LSU closed out the original Tiger Park with a home record of 331-51, including 140-34 in the SEC and 1-1 in the SEC Tournament.

The original Tiger Park was at the northwest corner of campus, near tennis' Dub Robinson Stadium (which has also been torn down, with new tennis facilities built near the current softball park), and two dormitories.

## Practice and Training facilities

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### LSU Strength and Conditioning facility

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Main article: LSU Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU North Stadium Weight Room strength training and conditioning facility is located in the LSU Strength and Conditioning facility. Built in 1997, it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium.[6] Measuring 10,000-square feet with a flat surface, it has 28 multi-purpose power stations, 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area, medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment.[7] It also features 4 treadmills, 6 stationary bikes, 4 elliptical cross trainers, 2 stair stepper and stepmill.[8]

## Head coaches

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Name | Years | Record at LSU

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Carol Smith | 1979–1981  | 45–28 Overall
Cathy Compton | 1997–1998  | 100–26 Overall, 41–12 SEC
Glenn Moore | 1998–2000  | 117–25 Overall, 53–7 SEC
Yvette Girouard | 2001–2011  | 526–171–1 Overall, 220–93–1 SEC
Beth Torina | 2012–present  | 358–153 Overall, 110–85 SEC

## See also

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* LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers
* List of NCAA Division I softball programs

## Footnotes

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1. ^ LSU uses the nickname of "Lady Tigers" only in sports that have both men's and women's teams. Since LSU only sponsors gymnastics, soccer, softball, and volleyball for women, those teams use "Tigers" instead.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Brand Guidelines: Colors". LSUAthletics.LingoApp.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
2. ^ Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015. "An Associated Press survey of all 65 schools from the five major conferences found that at least 28 had separate nicknames for men's and women's teams at some point in their histories. Only seven continue that practice, and in most cases they only have separate nicknames for certain women's teams. Texas Tech uses the Lady Raiders for women's teams in sports that also have men's teams: basketball, tennis, golf, track and cross country. LSU uses a similar strategy."
3. ^ "Softball Sweeps Arkansas With 9-1 Win". lsusports.net. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
4. ^ "Schmidt Named WCWS MVP, Harris to All-Tournament Team". lsusports.net. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
5. ^ "Diamomnd catchers of the year Division I". nfca.org. Retrieved June 15, 2008.
6. ^ "LSU Strength and Conditioning". lsusports.net. September 29, 2009. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
7. ^ "A Strength Training Legacy" (PDF). biggerfasterstronger.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
8. ^ "LSU Tigers' Weight Room". ESPN The Magazine. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2014.

## External links

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Located in: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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