Tech falls to LSU, 8-0, in NCAA Regional play

BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 11/14 Virginia Tech (47-11, 18-6 ACC) fell to No. 18/18 LSU (39-17, 13-11 SEC), 8-0 (6), in the Winners Bracket of the Baton Rouge Regional on Saturday afternoon at Tiger Park.

The Hokies will face the winner of Akron/South Alabama on Saturday night at 6 p.m. ET.

How It Happened
The game was scoreless through the first inning as an unassisted double play from Annika Rohs got the Hokies out of an early jam to end the inning.

LSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second after capitalizing on four walks by Emma Mazzarone in the inning. A two-run home run and a sacrifice fly gave the Tigers a three-run advantage, but Nora Abromavage’s catch at the warning track prevented further damage.

Avery Layton entered the circle for the Hokies in the bottom of the second and despite giving up a sacrifice fly, the true freshman held the Tigers scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when an RBI double put LSU up 4-0.

The Tigers threatened once again in the bottom of the fifth, but a spectacular catch at the warning track from Addison Foster kept it a 4-0 game.

LSU scored four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to earn the run-rule victory. Two RBI singles, a fielding error and a sacrifice fly saw four runs cross the plate for the Tigers to make it an 8-0 game.

Game Notes
• Tech was shutout for the first time all season
• Tech has not been shutout in an NCAA Regional round game since a 12-0 loss to Tennessee on May 17, 2014
• Tech was outhit by its opponent for just the sixth time this year
• Emma Mazzarone is now 16-6 on the season
• Avery Layton threw 4.1 innings with two strikeouts

Up Next
No. 11/14 Virginia Tech (47-11, 18-6 ACC) faces the winner of Akon/South Alabama at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Tiger Park.